Thomas Jefferson High School (Dallas, Texas)

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Thomas Jefferson High School
No mountain too high, No ocean too wide, Reaching our goals with Patriot Pride.
Location
4001 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, Texas 75229
Information
School district Dallas Independent School District
Principal Manuel R. Ontiveros, M.Ed.
Dean Dr. O.D. Vega (Ed.D.)
Enrollment

1,673
Type High school
Grades 9-12
Mascot Patriot
Color(s) Columbia blue and cardinal red
Established ca. 1956
Information 972-502-7300 (office), 972-502-7301 (FAX)
Newspaper The Reveille
Homepage http://www.dallasisd.org/schools/hs/tjhs/info.htm

Thomas Jefferson High School (Dallas) is a secondary school in Dallas, Texas that serves grades 9-12. The school is part of the Dallas Independent School District and is located at 4001 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, Texas 75229. The school is named after the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, and locally is known simply as "TJ."

The school's colors are Columbia blue and cardinal red and its mascot is the Patriot. Until 1972, the (Confederate) Rebel served as school mascot and the Confederate Battle Flag was a recognized school emblem. The negative associations of both symbols led to a change following desegregation of Dallas schools in the early 1970s.[1][2][3] In the 2005-06 school year, the school celebrated its 50th anniversary.[4]

Jefferson serves several sections of Dallas, including Walnut Hill Lane and the adjacent residential area, the apartment complexes along the Webb Chapel Extension, and the Love Field neighborhood.

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[edit] The campus

The class of 1965 had 962 members, the largest graduating class of any high school in Texas up to that time.[5]

The high school shotput record was set at the Golden West Invitational in 1979 by then-senior Michael Carter, who threw the 12-pound shotput 81 feet, 31/2 inches. As of June 2006, the record had yet to be broken or even approached.[6]

In 2006, the League of United Latin American Citizens provided uniforms for all 20 members of the TJ boys' soccer team after learning that the team, which had taken second place in the athletic district, had been unable to afford to outfit the full team for the previous four years.[7]

[edit] School uniforms

Thomas Jefferson High School
Thomas Jefferson High School

Students are required to wear school uniforms.[8]

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; parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.[9]

[edit] Feeder patterns

The following elementary schools feed into Jefferson[10]:

  • David G. Burnet
  • F.P. Caillet
  • Leonides Cigarroa
  • Tom W. Field
  • Stephen C. Foster
  • Obadiah Knight
  • Julian T. Saldivar
  • Walnut Hill

Two middle schools, Edward H. Cary and Thomas J. Rusk (partial), feed into Jefferson.

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Former students

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Karen Elliott. "Black students stay out" (article about a walkout by black students protesting the refusal of many white students to attend the majority-black schools to which they had been assigned), The Dallas Morning News, September 14, 1971, page 1A. "Jefferson students also complained about the Rebel theme at the school, despite white students' agreement not to fly the Rebel flag or play Dixie at football games."
  2. ^ Karen Elliott. "Estes to get complaints," The Dallas Morning News, September 15, 1971, page 1A.
  3. ^ "Students vote today" (coverage of student vote for new symbols), The Dallas Morning News, April 13, 1972, page 1D.
  4. ^ TJ Alumni Association Main Page
  5. ^ a b c Class of 1965 Reunion site
  6. ^ John Crumpacker. The Carter family puts its emphasis in Sacramento, San Francisco Chronicle, June 6, 2006
  7. ^ LULAC Gives Uniforms to High School Soccer Team
  8. ^ Thomas Jefferson HS: Policies
  9. ^ Texas Education Code, Chapter 11, School Districts: Subchapter D, Powers and duties of board of trustees of independent school district: Sec. 11.162, School uniforms. Retrieved October 24, 2007.
  10. ^ Feeder Pattern for Thomas Jefferson HS, 2006-07 School Year
  11. ^ SF Chronicle
  12. ^ "Traditions in Sports," part of the exhibit ¡Siempre! Hispanics at Texas A&M Celebrating 130 Years
  13. ^ Mary Brown Malouf, Taco of the Town: Tupinamba deserves its spot in Tex-Metroplex history, Dallas Observer, May 9, 1996
  14. ^ Liner notes to Dallas' Scene, Heard - Rare and Unreleased Tracks Compiled by the Dallas Observer
  15. ^ Mike Nesmith, profile by Rhino Records
  16. ^ Philip Wuntch. "She's in retirement, but it's all an act," The Dallas Morning News, August 17, 2006. Retrieved August 4, 2007.
  17. ^ Owen Wilson bio at Wilson-brothers.com

[edit] External links

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Dallas Independent School District
High schools … full list Adams | Adamson | Carter | Conrad | Hillcrest | Jefferson | Kimball | Lincoln | Madison | Molina | North Dallas | Pinkston | Roosevelt | Samuell | Seagoville | Skyline | Smith | South Oak Cliff | Spruce | Sunset | W. T. White | Wilson
Middle schools … full list Anderson | Hill | Marsh | Quintanilla
Elementary schools … full list Hooe | Preston Hollow
Magnet schools Townview magnets: Government, Law, & Law Enforcement | Science and Engineering Magnet | Talented & Gifted | Business and Management | Education and Social Services | Health Professions
Other High Schools: Washington HS for Performing and Visual Arts | Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet | Skyline
Middle/High: Rangel Young Women's | PreK-8: Dealey Montessori | Stone Montessori | 4-8: Travis Academy/Vanguard

[edit] Alumni sites