Sam Houston High School (Houston)
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| Principal Administrator | Aida Tello |
| Grade levels | 9 - 12 |
| Founded | 1878 |
| School type | Public school (U.S.) |
| Religious affiliation | |
| Location | Houston, Texas |
| Enrollment | 2,897 students (2003-2004 school year) |
| Campus surroundings | Urban |
| Mascot | Tiger |
| School colors | Black, Gold |
| Magnet |
Sam Houston High School is a secondary school located at 9400 Irvington Boulevard in Houston, Texas. Houston High School handles grades nine through twelve and is part of the Houston Independent School District.
The school has the oldest high school newspaper in Texas, the Aegis, established in 1889. The world's first girls' Military Drill Squad, initially the Black Battalion, but now called the Tigerettes, originated at Houston High School.
Sam Houston High School is often nicknamed "Sam" by its students.
In addition, Sam Houston is making great social strides. Sam Houston High School Baseball Field is located at .
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[edit] History
It was founded in Downtown Houston in 1878 as Houston Academy. Since then, it had undergone several name changes.
- Houston Academy - 1878 to 1881
- Clopper Institute - 1881 to 1886
- Houston Normal School - 1886 to 1895
- Houston High School - 1895 to 1926
- Central High School - 1926 to 1955
- Sam Houston High School - 1955 to present, after Sam Houston
In 1955, Houston High School moved from its Capital Street location in Downtown to its current location.
Sam Houston, along with Jack Yates High School and Kashmere High School, are the three high schools in Houston ISD which have been consistently low-performing in test scores from 2001 to 2004. Because of this problem, there were movements to have the state or another organization take over the schools for a period so the test scores will be at acceptable levels. While Yates got an acceptable rating in 2005, Houston and Kashmere continued to get unacceptable ratings. Abelardo Saavedra, the superintendent of HISD, described Houston as being "close" to getting an acceptable rating. In August 2006 the school learned that it again is getting an unacceptable rating from the Texas Education Agency [1]. HISD threatened to close Sam Houston [2].
Sam Houston has Texas' oldest high school newspaper, the Aegis, started in 1889. In addition, the world's first girls' Military Drill Squad, formerly known as the Black Battalion, but now called the Tigerettes, originated at the school.
The school was originally all White; it was desegregated in 1970 and today has a mostly Hispanic student body [3]
[edit] Student body
During the 2004-2005 school year, the school had 2,788 students [4].
91% of the students qualified for free/reduced lunch.
[edit] Neighborhoods served by Sam Houston
Several areas outside of the 610 Loop that are far north of Downtown and south of the neighborhood of Aldine are zoned to Houston.
Neighborhoods include Melrose Park, Hardy Acres, Hardy Heights, Assumption Heights, Roos Acres, Virginia Acres, Sunnyland Farms, and Northline Terrace.
[edit] School uniform
As of 2006, Sam Houston students are required to wear a school uniform that consists of a polo shirt with the school's logo and khaki or denim trousers or skirts.
The Texas Education Agency specified that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform [5]; parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.
[edit] Feeder patterns
Elementary schools that feed into Sam Houston include:
- Barrick
- Burbank
- Coop
- DeChaumes
- Durkee
- Janowski
- Lyons
- Moreno
- Northline
- Scarborough
(partial)
- Allen
- Berry
- Garcia
- Herrera
- Osborne
All of Fonville Middle School-zoned residents and some residents of the Burbank Middle and Henry Middle School zones feed into Sam Houston.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Jeff Hunt - chief executive officer of GCI Group, a public relations firm
- Olga Gallegos - former Houston ISD board member and administrative aide to Texas state representatives Ben Reyes, Al Luna, and Roman Martinez.
- Nina Kaczorowski - Model, Actress; seen in Austin Powers in 'Goldmember' and the cult trailer for 'World's Finest', among other roles on television and film.
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| Alternative and magnet K-12 schools | T. H. Rogers |
| Alternative 7-12 schools | C.L.C. |
| High schools | Austin | Bellaire | Chávez | Davis | Furr | Sam Houston | Jones | Kashmere | Lamar | Lee | Madison | Milby Reagan | Scarborough | Sharpstown | Sterling | Waltrip | Washington | Westbury | Westside | Wheatley | Worthing | Yates |
| Magnet-Only High schools | Carnegie Vanguard | Challenge Early College | DeBakey | H.S.P.V.A. | Barbara Jordan | H.S.L.E.C.J. |
| K-8 schools | Gregory-Lincoln | Woodson |
| K-8 magnet schools | Briarmeadow | Kandy Stripe | Rice |
| 1-8 schools | E.O. Smith |
| Middle schools | Attucks | Black | Burbank MS | Clifton | Cullen | Deady | Dowling | Edison | Fleming | Fondren MS | Fonville | Grady Hamilton | Hartman | Henry | Hogg | Holland | Jackson | Johnston | Key | Long | Lanier | Marshall | McReynolds Ortíz | Pershing | Pin Oak | Revere | Ryan | Sharpstown | Stevenson | Thomas | Welch | West Briar |
| Elementary schools | Briargrove | Longfellow | Neff | Poe | River Oaks | Roberts | Twain | West University | Others |
