McCallum High School

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Not to be confused with McCollum High School.

A.N. McCallum High School

Address
5600 Sunshine Drive Austin, Texas Austin, Travis, 78756 United States
Information
Opened	1953
School district	Austin Independent School District
School number	512 414-2519
Principal	Michael Garrison
Grades	9-12
School color(s)	Royal Blue and Gray
Mascot	Knight
Nickname	MAC
Team name	The Knights, Lady Knights
Publication	Excalibur Literary Magazine
Newspaper	The Shield
Yearbook	The Knight

A. N. McCallum High School is a public high school in Austin, Texas, United States.

McCallum, the second oldest high school in the Austin Independent School District, opened in 1953 to relieve growth in north and northwest Austin. Named after AISD's first high school superintendent, A.N. McCallum, the school strives to reflect the initiatives and achievements of its namesake.

In 1994, McCallum motioned to make its campus the home of AISD's Fine Arts Academy. Currently, the Fine Arts Academy is open to all students in AISD who wish to attend, given that they are accepted following an admissions process. Current fine arts strands include visual arts, dance, theatre (acting/performance and technical), cinematic arts, voice, and instrumental music (band, orchestra, classical guitar, and collaborative piano).

Feeder Patterns

McCallum feeder schools include Kealing Middle School and Lamar Middle School.

Notable alumni

Kristian House, Professional Cyclist - British National Champion in 2009
Robbie Beckett, Major League Baseball pitcher and 1st round draft of the San Diego Padres in 1990 ^[1]
Matt Belisle, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds (1998) ^[2]
Gordon Bethune, Continental Airlines CEO (1958)^{[citation needed]}
LCDR Barry Cooke, a 1973 graduate of McCallum H.S. and a U.S. Naval aviator who was shot down and killed during Operation Desert Storm in 1991.^[3]
Geoff Ketchum, radio talk show host, football pundit, and author ^[4]
Tom Kite, PGA golfer ^[5]
Timothy Kopra, NASA astronaut (1981) ^[6]
Austin Nichols, actor and star of the HBO series John from Cincinnati ^[7]
Wiley Wiggins, actor and star of Dazed and Confused ^[8]

References

↑ Maher, John. "Wild Thing mellows out." Austin American-Statesman. February 18, 1996.
↑ Duffey, Gene. "McCallum High's Belisle now pitching for Reds." Austin American-Statesman. April 10, 2005.
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↑ Classmates: Geoff Ketchum
↑ Lemon, Del. "Refined line Allen, on constant quest for better swing, gets help from Kite." Austin American-Statesman. May 10, 1990.
↑ NASA biography of Timothy Kopra
↑ Cantu, Rick. "OFF THE BEATEN PATH." Austin American-Statesman. January 20, 2006.
↑ Osborn, Claire. "McCallum junior takes `Dazed' fame in stride." Austin American-Statesman. October 7, 1993.

External links

Class Reunion pages

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High Schools	Akins Anderson Austin Bowie Crockett Eastside Memorial High School LASA LBJ Lanier McCallum Reagan Travis

Middle Schools	Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders Bailey Bartlett Cocke Bedichek Burnet Covington Dobie Fulmore Garcia Gorzycki Kealing Lamar Martin Mendez Murchison O. Henry Paredes Pearce Small Webb

Elementary Schools	Allan Allison Andrews Baranoff Barrington Barton Hills Becker Blackshear Blanton Blazier Boone Brentwood Brooke Brown Bryker Woods Campbell Casey Casis Clayton Elementary School Cook Cook Cunningham Davis Dawson Doss Galindo Govalle Graham Gullett Harris Hart Highland Park Hill Houston Jordan Joslin Kiker Kocurek Langford Lee Linder Maplewood Mathews McBee Menchaca Metz Mills Norman Oak Hill Oak Springs Odom Ortega Volma Palm Patton Pease Pecan Springs Perez Pickle Pillow Pleasant Hill Read Reilly Ridgetop Rodriguez Sanchez Sims St. Elmo Summitt Sunset Valley Travis Heights Walnut Creek Widen Williams Winn Wooldridge Wooten Zavala Zilker

Alternative Schools	Secondary Alternative Learning Center Clifton Career Dev. School Garza Independence High Rosedale School Primary ACES Alternative Center For Elementary Students Rosedale School

Coordinates: 30°19′33″N 97°43′49″W / 30.32583°N 97.73028°W / 30.32583; -97.73028

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