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Friends of Calvin High School connects families, alumni, neighbors, and local partners to urgent student needs, school programs, and Cougar traditions that deserve steady backing.
Mission Statement
Strengthening opportunity for every Calvin High School student.
Friends of Calvin High School exists to champion student achievement, encourage school spirit, and connect families, alumni, neighbors, and local partners in support of Calvin High School's academic, athletic, arts, and community programs.
Why Calvin Matters
Calvin High School is a daily anchor for students and families.
A strong high school shapes more than report cards. It builds confidence, keeps students connected to caring adults, and creates a place where effort, accountability, and pride are visible every day.
When the community shows up, students see that their goals matter. That support helps protect programs, celebrate achievement, and respond quickly when needs appear.
Quick Facts
Focused support. Clear priorities. Visible results.
Support can strengthen academics, athletics, arts, activities, recognition, and campus needs.
Families, alumni, businesses, and neighbors can all help move Calvin forward.
Generations of Calvin pride continue through students, families, alumni, and neighbors who show up with purpose.
Community Impact
Local support turns immediate needs into real student opportunities.
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Help teachers and staff respond faster to classroom, activity, and program needs.
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Encourage student participation by reducing barriers and recognizing effort.
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Build pride through events, traditions, and visible Cougar support throughout the year.
Community Survey
What Would Your Family Do?
If decision-makers ignore basic enrollment, funding, and community realities, they could create a chain reaction of student losses, declining revenue, and increased financial pressure across the district.
Families
Tell decision-makers where your children would likely attend school if Calvin closed.
Students
Share whether you would stay in parish, transfer, homeschool, or seek another option.
Teachers
Help show whether experienced educators would remain in the system or seek other opportunities.
Staff
Help document how closure could affect the people who keep the school running every day.
Survey Options
If Calvin closed, which path would your family most likely choose?
Out of Parish
Transfer to another public school district outside Winn Parish.
WPSB would lose MFP money.Homeschool
Leave the parish public school system for home education.
WPSB would lose MFP money.Private School
Choose a private school option.
WPSB would lose MFP money.Charter School
Support or attend a charter school option if available.
WPSB would lose MFP money.Winnfield
Attend a Winnfield school if Calvin closed.
Why this matters
The issue is not only where students would sit in a classroom. The issue is whether Winn Parish Schools would keep the students, families, educators, staff, state funding, and community trust connected to Calvin.
Volunteer and Support
Calvin needs people who can act, share, volunteer, and connect.
Start with one practical step: volunteer for a role, take the survey, join the support list, introduce a community partner, or help spread accurate information about what Calvin students need now.
Friends of Calvin High School supports the school and community by helping provide what is needed to sustain Calvin well into the future, protect it from misinformation, and guard against poor judgment concerning threats of closure.
Built by community. Focused on students. Proud to be Cougars.