| T. H. Rogers School | |
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| The logo of the school
Achieving Excellence Through Teamwork
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| Houston, TX United States |
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| Type | alternative public school |
| School district | Houston Independent School District |
| Principal | Dave Muzyka |
| Grades | K-grade 8: gifted and talented students Pre-K–grade 8: Deaf students Age 3-Grade 12: Multiply impaired students |
| Number of students | 751 (2005–2006) |
| Mascot | Ram |
| Website | ms.houstonisd.org/throgers/ www.throgers.org (PTO) |
Thomas Horace Rogers School [1] is an alternative primary and secondary public school and part of the Houston Independent School District. The school is at 5840 San Felipe in Houston, Texas, United States, outside of the 610 Loop and inside Beltway 8, west of Uptown Houston.
T. H. Rogers serves gifted and talented students in the Vanguard program from kindergarten through 8th grade, deaf students from pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade, and multiply impaired students from age 3 through 12th grade.[2]
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Opened in 1962, T. H. Rogers was originally a regular middle school that served Uptown area residents. The school was named after Thomas Horace "T. H." Rogers, who served as the principal of San Jacinto High School. In 1952 Rogers died when police officers, intending to shoot a burglar, instead shot Rogers by mistake. After 1979 T. H. Rogers was no longer a middle school.[3] In 1982 T. H. Rogers was converted into a magnet school. Uptown residents were rezoned to Revere Middle School, but complaints from neighborhood parents that Revere was too far resulted in the re-opening of Grady Elementary School as a middle school in 1992.[4][5]
T. H. Rogers was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 1991-92.[6] and 2004 [7]
In 2005, the fifth grade Odyssey of the Mind (OM) team competed internationally, after winning 4th place in Region and 1st place in Texas. They took 18th place in all of the world under the leadership of Linda Hester.
In fall 2007 two members of the T. H. Rogers chess team entered the international championships in Antalya, Turkey.[8]
In December 2006, the 8th grade chess team took 1st place at the National Grade Chess Championships in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
In 2010 the Houston Press ranked T.H. Rogers as Houston's best school.[9]
Named #2 Public Middle School in 2009-2010 and #1 in Houston.
In 2011, the third and fourth grade Odyssey of the Mind team competed in the World Finals after scoring 6th in Region and 2nd in Texas. They got 23rd place in their problem, Extreme Mousemobiles.
T. H. Rogers has a selective admission process for Vanguard students. T. H. Rogers does not automatically take in students from the surrounding neighborhood; the surrounding neighborhood is zoned to Briargrove Elementary School[10], Grady Middle School[11], and Lee High School[12] (with Lamar High School and Westside High School as options).
During the 2009-2010 school year, T.H. Rogers had 379 students in its elementary school program.[13]
35% of its elementary students qualified for free or reduced lunch.
During the 2009–2010 school year, T.H. Rogers had 453 students in its middle and high school programs.[14]
31% of its secondary students qualified for free or reduced lunch.
T. H. Rogers does not have a zoning boundary, as it serves students from all over Houston ISD.
The deaf program only serves up to the eighth grade at T.H. Rogers; the deaf program is continued for grades 9 through 12 at Barbara Jordan High School in Houston. The Vanguard students go to a variety of high schools; many Vanguard T. H. Rogers pupils go on to Bellaire's Bellaire High School.
Multiply impaired students stay at T. H. Rogers for their entire K-12 careers.
T.H. Rogers has the following sports teams:[15]
In addition, the school has intramural sports teams.[15]
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