Americas High School

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Americas High School
Type	Public High School
Principal	Mary Ross
Faculty	100+
Students	3,200
Grades	9th - 12th
Location	12101 Pellicano, El Paso, Texas, United States, {{{country}}}
District	Socorro Independent School District
Campus	Urban
Colors	Red, Blue, Gold
Mascot	Travis the Trail Blazer
Website	http://schools.sisd.net/amh/

Americas High School is a High School in El Paso, Texas, United States.

1 History
2 Faculty
3 Students
4 Extracurricular Activities
5 Notes
6 References
7 External Links

[edit] History

Americas High School First opened its doors on September 1996. Being a new school it enrolled seventh, eighth and ninth graders. That first generation of ninth graders became the first generation to graduate in May 2000.^[1]

[edit] Faculty

Teachers, Coaches

[edit] Students

Hispanics, Caucasians, African Americans, are a part of the students of Americas High School. AHS can be reffered as the melting pot school of El Paso, Texas, due to the variety of races the exist in this school.

[edit] Extracurricular Activities

Americas High School has a variety of extracurricular activities, from football to the band. The Americas High School Blazer Marching Band is a consecutive participant in the Bands of America competitions and a state band. They have received consecutive 1st division ratings on the UIL competitions and SISD Marching Festivals. Americas is proud to sponsor the AHS Fortissimo group, this Winter Guard group have won many regional competitions as well as national competitions. Fortissimo received second place in the 2007 WGI World Competition. Americas High School has other extracurricular activities such as football, cross-country, cheerleading, baseball, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, wrestling, and several other sports.