Holtville High School teacher near perfect in AP

Cliff Williams
Cliff Williams
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Sep 3, 2025
Sep 3, 2025 Updated Sep 3, 2025

Real life experiences are behind the success of a Holtville High School teacher.

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Cliff Williams / TPI Holtville High School AP teacher Coach Phillip Smart, right, chats with students during open house recently. Smart has demonstrated growing student success with AP classes in the last few years.
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Cliff Williams / TPI Holtville High School AP teacher Coach Phillip Smart, right, chats with students during open house recently. Smart has demonstrated growing student success with AP classes in the last few years.
Cliff Williams 334-740-1116

This past year every single one of his 33 AP precalculus and AP calculus students had qualifying scores and all but one AP Chemistry student did as well. But the students' success is built on the foundation of Coach Phillip Smart’s own personal education.

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