South Houston High School
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South Houston High School, nicknamed SOHO, is a secondary school located in South Houston, Texas, United States.
South Houston, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Pasadena Independent School District.
South Houston serves the city of South Houston and portions of Houston (including Easthaven) and Pasadena.
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[edit] History
South Houston High School opened in 1957 to relieve of Pasadena High School and produced its first class of graduates in 1959. Rapid growth in the area led to the opening of Sam Rayburn High School in 1964 and J. Frank Dobie High School in 1968, both of which siphoned South Houston students. The opening of Pasadena Memorial High School in 2003 relieved overcrowding at South Houston and Sam Rayburn [1].
In 2007, a study by Johns Hopkins University labeled 42 high schools in the Houston area as "dropout factories," including South Houston. [2].
[edit] Sports
South Houston High School competes in football, soccer, basketball, volleyball, softball, baseball, track/field, cross country, golf, tennis and swimming. The school has an NJROTC unit.
[edit] Mascot
The mascot for South Houston High School is Hector the Trojan. The school colors are scarlet and gray. The yearbook is called the Palladium. The student newspaper is called The Torch.
[edit] Feeder patterns
Elementary schools that feed into South Houston include:
- Fisher
- Freeman
- Jensen
- Jessup
- Walter Matthys
- Pearl Hall
- L.F. Smith
- South Houston
- Williams
Intermediate schools that feed into South Houston include Miller, Park View, Queens and South Houston.
Portions of the SHHS attendance boundary are served by Rick Schneider Middle School (Where Ilse goes!) (Grades 5-6).
[edit] Notable alumni
- Nathan Isgur (1964): world class theoretical physicist; winner of Sakurai Prize in Physics; Chief Scientist of Jefferson Physics Lab.
- Cheryl Williams Bolen (1964): journalist and author of several historical romance novels.
- Emory Gadd (1965): South Belt community leader and youth minister.
- Paul Zanowiak (1965): dentistry; humanitarian, adventurer, free-lance photographer; established dental clinic at the foot of Mount Everest.
- Suzanne Covington (1967): District court judge, Travis County, Texas.
- Darrell Harris (1967): Founder, Star Song, Nashville, contemporary Christian music label featuring several top Christian music artists, including the Resurrection Band and the Newsboys, acquired in 1996 by EMI.
- Katie Murphy Layman (1967): TV actress, "Another World" and other shows.
- Deborah Wrigley (1969): TV reporter for KTRK-TV, Houston.
- Al Carter (1970): sports journalist; former columnist for the Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News.
- Donella Coffey (1970): movie/TV production assistant; movie producer, based in Hollywood.
- Marvin Isgur (1970): lawyer and U.S. bankruptcy judge.
- Mary Lund (1970): nationally known family psychologist, based in Los Angeles.
- Susan Cobb Duff (1971): movie producer, mother/manager of actresses Hilary Duff and Haylie Duff.
- Steve Englishbey (1972): professional baseball player, first-round draft pick of the Houston Astros in 1972.
- Wes Hubert (1976): football player, All-Southwest Conference center for the Texas Longhorns in 1979.
- Cynthia Cisneros: (1977), TV reporter for KTRK-TV, Houston.
- Chris Tremie (1988): former Major League catcher with the Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers, Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros.
