Sunset High School (Dallas)

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Vintage Postcard of Sunset High School

Sunset High School is a public secondary school (grades 9-12) in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas.

The school is a part of the Dallas Independent School District. It was opened in 1925 as the second high school in the Oak Cliff area; as such, its main rival is Adamson, which is the oldest high school in the Oak Cliff area.

The school serves a portion of Dallas. It will serve a portion of Cockrell Hill.

The mascot is the Bison (not the Bisons; Bison is both singular and plural); it was chosen since early students had to cross open fields to get to school.

1 Feeder patterns
2 Notable alumni
3 Fundraising
4 Alumni Associations
5 External links

[edit] Feeder patterns

As of 2005 [1], the following elementary schools feed into Sunset High School:

PK-6

Leila P. Cowart
Louise Wolff Kahn
George Peabody
Winnetka

K-6

Lida Hooe

3-6

Rosemont Elementary

PK-2

Rosemont Primary

Three middle schools, W.E. Greiner, Quintanilla, and Stockard, feed into Sunset.

Starting in the 2006-2007 school year [2], Anson Jones (PK-6) and Arturo Salazar (PK-6, a new school opening in fall 2006) will also feed into Sunset High School.

[edit] Notable alumni

Current DISD Superintendent Dr. Michael Hinojosa is a Sunset High School alumnus. 40's film star Linda Darnell also attended Sunset and was a member of the class of June, 1941.

Wimberly Goodman (Class of '36)played Sargent Garcia in the Disney TV series "Zorro". Golf great Don January graduated in the mid or late-40s. Jerry Rhome quarterbacked the Bison football team '59-'61. He was a back-up quaterback for the Dallas Cowboys for almost a decade, and is currently one of the most highly respected quarterback coaches in the NFL.

[edit] Fundraising

Sunset Foundation Inc. is a group of alumni who raise money and award college scholarships to Sunset High School students.

[edit] Alumni Associations

[edit] External links

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