R. C. Clark High School is a

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secondary school in Plano, Texas (USA) serving grades nine and ten. Founded in 1979, the school is part of the

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. Hendrick Middle School, Carpenter Middle School, and Schimelpfenig Middle School feed into Clark. Students leaving Clark go on to attend

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. The school colors are red, white, and black, and the school mascot is the

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. The high school added a new wing to the building for the 2012-2013 school year due to overcrowding in the old building. The new building houses science, art, and foreign language classes.

History

Clark High School is named in honor of Richard Calhoun Clark, a pioneer, and farmer who served in the

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under General R.W. Carpenter after the death of his father.

Previous feeder schools

Previously, only Carpenter and Hendrick Middle Schools fed into Clark High School and were zoned to Plano East Senior High until 2011-2012. In the 2011-2012 school year, Schimelpfenig students got to choose whether to go to Clark or Jasper High School. In the 2012-2013 school year, after school population debate, Schimelpfenig was zoned only to Clark High School.

Courses

Clark High School currently offers 3 AP courses: AP Human Geography, AP World History, and AP European History. Additionally, starting in the 2017-2018 school year, Clark will also offer AP Fundamentals of Computer Science. Students may also take AP Statistics at

if they have completed all prior math courses. If there are enough students registered for the course, Clark High School will offer AP Calculus AB or BC; otherwise, students may take the course at

. Clark also offers a variety of honors, regulars, and extracurricular courses along with many sports. Student athletes may choose to play for the

teams.

School awards

*1992–93

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References

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