North Little Rock High School

It’s a great year to be a Charging Wildcat! North Little Rock High School will show off many new facilities and amenities in the 2015-2016 school year, including the brand-new stadium and track which opened for football practices in July.

North Little Rock High School football field and scoreboard

North Little Rock High School football field

When school begins this month, two of the four new academic buildings will also be ready for students, and the remainder of the new high school buildings will open throughout the academic year.

North Little Rock High School

Our curiosity got the best of us and we had to see the progress for ourselves, so Little Rock Family took a tour in the final days of July. It's apparent that the new high school is designed for modern students: The environment encourages project and group learning, as well as collaborative lessons between classes and teachers.

An alternative learning area and project space in the new North Little Rock High School.

An alternative learning area and project space in the new North Little Rock High School.

During our tour, North Little Rock School District Superintendent Kelly Rodgers emphasized how the school is built for future growth and designed to evolve with teaching methods. "I believe it will truly make a difference in the level of education," Rodgers said of the new, state-of-the-art building and its features.

A large learning area with stadium seating at North Little Rock High School.

Smart boards and televisions will be in all of the classrooms at the new North Little Rock High School.

When construction is completed, the campus will have four academic buildings with labs, media centers, and career and tech centers that instruct students on digital animation, entrepreneurship, transportation and logistics, manufacturing, medical technology, television broadcasting and more. (Cool fact: On football game days, broadcast journalism students will run the cameras that feed the scoreboard's digital display.)

A view of the football field from the new media center/library at North Little Rock High School.

A part of the news studio for the broadcast journalism program at North Little Rock High School

The art department at North Little Rock High School

The Culinary Lab at North Little Rock High School

The Culinary Lab at North Little Rock High School

Students will also be able to enjoy a new commons and cafeteria, performing arts building with an auditorium that accommodates more than 1,000 audience members, a black box theater, modern theater classrooms, and space for band, choir and orchestra.

Construction continues on the cafeteria and common area at North Little Rock High.

North Little Rock High School football field; construction continues on the cafeteria (right) and the performing arts buildings (left)

Plus, the physical education and sports teams will have a new practice gym with multiple courts and a walking track on the second level.

Construction continues on the home side entrance to the North Little Rock High School football field.

A large learning area with stadium seating at North Little Rock High School.

A large learning area with stadium seating at North Little Rock High School.

The new North Little Rock High School is part of North Little Rock School District's Capital Improvement Plan, which includes five new elementary schools, four renovated elementary schools, a renovated preschool and the new high school. For more information, visit NLRSD.org.