In the early 1900s, students from Arab attended Albertville High School because Arab had no high school, and one group known as the “Brindlee Mountain Boys” traveled by buggy to Guntersville and then by train to Albertville, often staying away from home for months because the trip was so difficult. As more students sought an education, Arab residents decided to build a high school, raising money by mortgaging their farms and working cooperatively and sacrificially, cutting logs, hauling them to saw mills and planers to finish the interior, and making bricks on site at a kiln operated by parents around the clock for the exterior. Students also staged plays and talent shows to help pay the remaining debt. The land had originally belonged to town founder Stephen Tuttle Thompson and was donated by his descendants. In 1936, an auditorium next to the high school was built with federal government funding. Both buildings were used until a new high school was built in 1949, and over the years both structures have housed various businesses, while the high school building still retains its original hardwood flooring. From the effort to build the high school onward, a cooperative community spirit has continued in Arab’s pursuit of educational excellence.