Pampa, Texas

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Pampa is a city in Gray County, Texas, United States. The population was 17,887 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Gray County.GR6

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[edit] Geography

Location of Pampa, Texas

Pampa is located at 35°32′35″N, 100°57′53″W (35.543005, -100.964744).GR1

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 22.6 km² (8.7 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 17,887 people, 7,387 households, and 5,074 families residing in the city. The population density was 791.1/km² (2,050.0/mi²). There were 8,785 housing units at an average density of 388.5/km² (1,006.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 83.69% White, 3.85% African American, 1.07% Native American, 0.41% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 8.22% from other races, and 2.73% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.72% of the population.

There were 7,387 households out of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.9% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.3% were non-families. 28.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the city the population was spread out with 25.9% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 91.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $31,213, and the median income for a family was $39,810. Males had a median income of $32,717 versus $20,492 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,791. About 12.1% of families and 14.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.7% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Education

The City of Pampa is served by the Pampa Independent School District. Pampa ISD Home Page

[edit] Elementary

[edit] Travis Elementary

[edit] History

Travis Elementary History Travis Elementary was completed in 1959 to serve the influx of Baby Boomer families into Pampa after World War II. The school was named in honor of William Barret Travis, a hero of the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. Each March 6, we fly the flag of the Constitution of 1824 which was the flag flown by the defenders in the Alamo.Travis was originally built with 16 classrooms, a cafeteria, a gym, and an administrative area. Six additional classrooms and two restrooms were added to the East wing approximately twenty-five years later.In 1997 all areas were remodeled and a new wing with thirteen classrooms was added. A new media center was made from three of the old rooms, and the administrative area was enlarged to create a reception area, principal's office, nurse's office, secretary's office, records room, conference room, and a two restrooms for the staff. A modern twenty station computer lab was developed for use by all grades.In the forty-two years since Travis was opened, there have been six principals. The first principal was Wendell Altmiller. Others who have served as principal were Dan Johnson, Cameron Marsh, Jack Bailey, and Mike Sherrer.The current principal is Doug Rapstine. Today Travis has approximately 370 students in grades kindergarten through fifth and a staff of 50 full or part time employees.

[edit] School Colors

Green and Gold

[edit] Ausin Elementary

[edit] Motto and Mission

[edit] Austin Motto

Recognize Your Own Magnificence!

[edit] The Austin Mission

Austin Elementary wishes to instill in all children a love for life-long learning and to encourage them to become productive citizens by providing a learning environment that respects individual differences and emphasizes positive attitudes, skill for success, and moral values.

[edit] School Colors

Blue and Yellow

[edit] Wilson Elementary

[edit] Mission

The mission of Pampa I.S.D., the district in Texas committed to educational and operational excellence, is to graduate responsible, adaptable, creative, and successful citizens by providing a varied, innovative curriculum to all populations of students, taught in a nurturing, cooperative climate of mutual respect through the efficient utilization of family school and community resources.

[edit] School Colors

Red and White

[edit] Lamar Elementary

[edit] History

Lamar Elementary School was built in 1953 when Knox Kinard was Superintendent of Schools and H.R. Thompson was the Board of Trustees president. The building was named for Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar, a Texas hero who is known as the Father of Texas Education.The elementary school is located at 1234 S. Nelson in Pampa, TX. on the southern borders of the city. It serves about 430 children in pre-school through grade 5. It is the only elementary school in the Pampa district that offers the Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities, Heat Start classes, and pre-school classes. The school also has a vital parent program that includes parenting classes, as well as ESL and GED classes. A parent liaison coordinates parent groups and school volunteers.The building has a gymnasium and a cafeteria and two playground areas. The whole facility was re-modeled and a new wing was added in 1997 under the direction of Supt. Dawson Orr and the Board of Trustees president John Curry. The campus has a library of about 10,000 volumes and a Family Literacy Center that offers a set of computers for family and student use.

[edit] School Colors

Purple and Yellow

[edit] Pampa Junior Highschool

[edit] School Colors

Green and Gold

[edit] Pampa Highschool

[edit] History

The 10 acres purchased for $2,000 on the north edge of town in 1929 was first used for athletic purposes. As the school outgrew the central campus, Work Progress Administration work began on a large high school building at 111 E. Harvester. Later a music and art addition to the east, a field house, a woodshop and homebound class building, a music building, the remodeling of the library and girls gymnasium, an athletic building, new tennis courts, stadium improvements, a cinder track, an area vocational building, and paved parking lot and baseball diamond have been added to keep pace with the changing times. Off Price Road is an area purchased for an F.F.A. livestock feeding facility.

Campus structures named to honor outstanding teachers or students include Clifton McNeely Field House named for the outstanding basketball coach who led the Harvesters to four state basketball championships during his 1947-1960 term. Matson Track was named for Pampa High’s only Olympic champion, Randy Matson. In 1984 the livestock feedlots were named in honor of Bob Skaggs.

[edit] School Colors

Green and Gold

The Harvesters

[edit] School Songs

[edit] Fight Song

On Ye Harvesters! On Ye Harvesters Fight on down that line. Toss the ball clear down the field. A touchdown sure this time Rah! Rah! Rah! On ye Harvesters! On ye Harvesters! Fight on for your fame. Fight! Harvesters, Fight! Fight! Fight! And win this game Go Green!

To the music of “On Wisconsin”

[edit] School Song

Dear old Pampa High School, we’re in love with you; Dear old Pampa High School, we will be true blue; Keep your colors flying as we stand by you- Dear old Pampa High School, we’re in love with you!

”To the music of “Let Me Call You Sweetheart”

[edit] DateLine

The Pampa Highscool football team was featured on Dateline in 2006.
"Every Friday night, small town America shows its spirit on fields like Harvester. This is a story about football—intensely and passionately played. But it is also a story of family, friendship and faith."
Dateline-Pride of Pampa

[edit] Pampa Learning Center

The Pampa Learning Center is a school of choice for students between the ages of 16 to 21. Student apply to attend this small slef-paced school. The student boyd is composed of students who have dropped out of school or were at rick of becoming dropouts. Many are either teen parents or soon to be parents. They offer basic high school curriculum and an excellent Teen Parenting program with Day care available. They also offer a GED pre prgram for qualified students. Our student body is composed of students who have dropped out of school or were at risk of becoming dropouts.

[edit] 1995 Tornado

On June 8, 1995 an F4 tornado hit the industrial section of Pampa, Texas, destroying or damaging 200 homes and 50 businesses. The Pampa tornado resulted in $30 million in damage which is the costliest and the most destructive tornado on record. This tornado was one of 70 tornadoes in the 1995 tornado outbreak in which all 70 tornadoes including this one were reported across the panhandles for the season, the most ever recorded in a single tornado season. It had a 3 mile path, 200 yards wide. At its peak, it packed winds between 207-260 making it an F4 on the Fujita Scale.

[edit] Famous People

Gerald J. Ford, most recently the Chairman of the Trustees of SMU, and former Chairman, CEO of the once NYSE publicly-traded company Liberte Investors, and former Chairman and CEO of the California-based Golden State Bancorp (sold to Citigroup in 2002 for $6.1 Billion Dollars), is a graduate of Pampa High School and Southern Methodist University in Dallas. The Gerald J. Ford Stadium on the campus of SMU in Dallas honors Pampa's Gerald Ford after he donated over $20 million dollars of the estimated $42 million dollars to build the on-campus stadium that replaced venerable old Ownby Field--the house that Doak Walker built.

William Watkins, CEO of the publicly-traded Seagate Technologies, is a 1971 graduate of Pampa High School.

Mary Jane Rose Johnson, renowned opera star, is a 1968 graduate of Pampa High School and Texas Tech University.

Former Congressman Robert D. Price, Republican, who passed away in 2004, lived in Pampa most of life.

T. Boone Pickens, Chairman of the private equity firm BP Capital Management, and former CEO of Mesa Petroleum, currently lives on his ranch north of Pampa.

Randy Matson, a former World Champion shot putter, an Olympic Gold (Mexico City-1968) and Olympic Silver (Tokyo-1964) medalist, and Sullivan Award Winner as the nation's top amateur athlete (1967), is a native of Pampa and graduate of Texas A&M University.

C.E. "Doc" Cornutt, President of Dallas-based Argent Property Company, is a 1967 graduate of Pampa High School.

Singer Woody Guthrie is a native of Pampa and a graduate of Pampa High School.

Kenny Hebert, an All-American football player at the University of Houston, is a 1964 graduate of Pampa High.

National Football League Miami Dolphins middle linebacker Zach Thomas is a graduate of Pampa High School and Texas Tech University.

John Jenkins, former University of Houston Head Football Coach, and former head football coach of the Ottawa Roughriders of the Canadian Football League, is a 1970 graduate of Pampa High School and the University of Arkansas.

[edit] External links

Pampa Independent School District website--> http://www.pampaisd.net/


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