McKinney Boyd High School

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McKinney Boyd High School
The McKinney Boyd Broncos
Motto	Believe In Boyd
Established	2006
School type	Free public
District	McKinney Independent School District
Grade levels	9^th, 10^th, 11^th, and (Beginning Fall 2007) 12^th
Principal	Rick McDaniel
Location	McKinney, Texas, USA
Campus	Suburban,
Enrollment	1,522
Faculty
Mascot	Bronco
Colors	Scarlet and Navy
Homepage	McKinney Boyd High School

McKinney Boyd High School (commonly Boyd, Boyd High School, McKinney Boyd, or MBHS) is a public secondary school located on North Lake Forest Drive in McKinney, Texas, USA that serves ninth, tenth and eleventh grade students. The school is part of the McKinney Independent School District.

1 History and forward plans
2 Academics
3 Extracurricular activities
- 3.1 Football
- 3.2 Band
4 Notable events
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History and forward plans

This is the third high school in McKinney, the others being McKinney High School and McKinney North High School. Setting McKinney Boyd up has proved controversial with many students being compulsorily transferred from the other schools. Further, bussing long distances to achieve socio-economic diversity is being continued.^[1]

Opened in August 2006, McKinney Boyd is named after Mary Crane Boyd who endowed an earlier school in 1914. Starting in fall 2007, there will be twelfth graders. The school is planned to have 3,000 students, when development is complete in 2008, making it one of the largest schools nationally.

[edit] Academics

Boyd operates on a 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. schedule, which includes seven class periods and a thirty minute lunch period. Students may not leave campus during this time due to MISD's closed campus policy.

[edit] Extracurricular activities

Boyd allows most of its clubs to be started by some students, so long as each club has a sponsor and constitution.^[2]

There are chapters of national organizations such as the National Honor Society and the National Forensic League and clubs such as Spanish Club and Whiz Quiz.

Boyd is also one of the only high schools in the U.S. to have a microtonal music club

Boyd teams compete in UIL competitions in District 9 of the 4A Class. Districts are assigned arbitrarily, with the sole controlling factor being the proximity of schools in the district. Boyd, along with the other High Schools in MISD will move up to the 5A class in the 2008–2009 school year, following the UIL system's biennial realignment.

Sports teams include Soccer, Track and Field, Football, Tennis, Softball, Baseball, Cross Country, Swimming, Wrestling, and Volleyball.

[edit] Football

Boyd's Varisty Football Team experienced an unsuccessful first season, with not a single win.^[3] The freshmen team, however, has had a more successful season, being the city Football champions in MISD.^[4]

[edit] Band

The McKinney Boyd High School Band, or the Blazin' Bronco Band, has had a successful début year. Its 2006 show titled "Bohemia!" is based on Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody and was arranged by Dwayne Rice. The Boyd Band has competed at several marching competitions in 2006. The Boyd Band finished in sixth place in the preliminary round at the Denton Golden Triangle Classic. In the final round, they advanced to fourth place, ranking ahead of many larger bands.^[5]

They also competed at the UIL Region 3-4A Marching Band competition on October 25, 2006 and received Sweepstakes Ratings, the highest rating awarded in marching band competition. The rating signifies a First Division Rating from all three judges at the competition.^[6]