Seven Lakes High School

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Seven Lakes High School
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School type Free public
Established 2005
District Katy Independent School District
Grades 9-11
Principal Christie Whitbeck
Faculty 155
Students 1,562
Colors Blue and Orange
Mascot Spartans
Campus Suburban, 112 acres
Location Fort Bend County, Texas
Flag of United States United States
Website [1]

Seven Lakes High School is a school located in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas in the vicinity of Katy-Gaston Road and the future Fry Road intersection in Land Use Zone 74. The school has a Katy address and is within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston. Seven Lakes was designed by PBK Architects, as were many other area schools.

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[edit] Background

The school is located in the Katy Independent School District, and is the largest school built at one time in the state of Texas and second largest, as well as the most expensive, in the United States to be built at one time. The school serves a portion of Cinco Ranch, Texas. The school opened its doors for the first time in 2005 to 850 students, allowing only freshmen and sophomores to its first academic year.

[edit] Notable Occurrences

On 17 October 2006 at 12:05 PM the school was put into a lockdown after a 16-year-old sophomore student shot himself in the head at approximately 12:04 PM. Reports indicated a plausible suicide attempt and authorities later confirmed a note was left at the scene as well as a handgun. He was later air-lifted to Memorial Hermann Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The school nurse was the first medical responder to the student.[1] [2] [3] [4]

During the lockdown, students remained in their fifth period class for approximately two and a half hours. Students (via the public announcement system) and parents who called the school or district were told the situation was a "medical emergency."

[edit] Campus

The school contains the following:[5]

  • 615, 000 square feet
  • Natatorium with diving equipment
  • Football/Soccer fields
  • Baseball fields
  • 9 Tennis courts
  • Weight lifting room
  • 1 wrestling room
  • 16 computer labs
  • 3 computers per classroom
  • Wireless technology
  • Performing Arts Center
  • Black Box Theatre
  • 2 dark rooms
  • 21 science labs
  • 5 science prep areas
  • 4 art labs with courtyard

[edit] Awards and Honors

Seven Lakes High School Awards and Honors for the 2005-2006 School Year:

• American Computer Science League Intermediate 5 Division Champions; second place at All-Star Competition, 2006

• United States of America Mathematics Olympiad Exam qualifier, 2006

• All-State positions in band, choir and orchestra

• Teacher recipient of British Petroleum's 2006 A+ for Energy grant

• Two teams, computer science and social studies, qualified for the 2006 Academic University Interscholastic League State Competition

• Gold Key Award, Regional Scholastic Art Competition, 2006

• Has a longer Wikipedia page than Friendswood High School or any other 4A School

[edit] Feeder patterns

The following elementary schools feed into Seven Lakes:[6]

  • Alexander Elementary School
  • Creech Elementary School
  • Griffin Elementary School
  • Kilpatrick Elementary School
  • Williams Elementary School

The following middle schools feed into Seven Lakes:

  • Beck Junior High School
  • Beckendorff Junior High School

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4267271.html
  2. ^ http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_BRF_Texas_School_Shooting.html
  3. ^ http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4270115.html
  4. ^ http://www.fortbendnow.com/news/2093/seven-lake-high-school-student-shoots-himself-on-campus
  5. ^ http://kisdwebs2.katyisd.org/katywebs/Default.aspx?tabid=41701
  6. ^ http://www.katyisd.org/AZ/index.asp

[edit] External links


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