Bay City High School
Coordinates: 28°58′49″N 95°59′08″W / 28.9803°N 95.9855°W
| Bay City High School | |
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400 7th Street Bay City, Texas, 77414 United States | |
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| School type | Nonmagnet Regular |
| School district | Bay City Independent School District |
| Superintendent | Keith Brown |
| CEEB Code | 440475 |
| Principal | Christopher Townsend |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Mascot | Blackcat |
| Website | Bay City High School |
Bay City High School is a public high school located on U.S. Highway 35, on the western edge of Bay City, Texas, United States. It is rated Academically Acceptable by the Texas Education Agency.[1]
Campus
The school's most recent campus (a 25 million dollar campus) opened in 2003, under the leadership of the principal and four assistant principals. In the current campus there is a detached administration building with visitor, student, and drop-off/pick-up parking lots.[2] Campus police recently responded when a student brought a loaded gun to school during February 2010, the student may have been subject to bullying [3]
BCHS is currently classified as a division 4A high school by the University Interscholastic League.
During the 2013-14 school year, there were 966 students enrolled in BCHS. Demographics at the school were as follows: White 28.3%, African American 17.4%, Hispanic 51.1%, Asian/Pacific Islander 1.2%, American Indian/Alaskan Native <1%, Two or more races 1.2%. 59% were classified as economically disadvantaged.
Curriculum
Bay City High School offers a curriculum in line with Texas state standards. Additional college prep programs include Advanced Placement or dual-credit courses, which are taken via Wharton County Junior College[4] and AVID. Vocational programs available to Bay City students include agricultural science, building trades and construction, cosmetology, pharmaceutical and health science technology, power technology, technology systems/auto mechanics, webmastering/desktop publishing/multimedia, and welding & drafting[5]
College entrance
The SAT and PSAT are administered at the school. Many of the students are offered scholarships by Wharton County Junior College (a local campus). "Automatic Admissions" to Texas State public colleges and universities are available at BCHS. These admissions are available to high school seniors that are in the top ten percent of their graduating class, this is determined by grade point average.[6] The Bay City High School class of 2009 was awarded over one million dollars in scholarships.[7]
Food service
There is a planned regular food service meal for all schools in the district.[8]
- Regular Lunch is priced at $2.25 [9]
- Most students qualify for reduced or free lunch.
- There is also a salad and snack bar option with the choices of bottled water and assortments of juices.
- Cookies and doughnuts are available and are priced at $.50.
Extracurricular activities
Student groups and activities at Bay City include:
- Band
- Cheerleading
- Choir
- Dance Team
- DECA
- Drama
- Dungeoneers
- Educators Rising
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes
- FFA
- Flag Corps
- HOSA
- Interact
- Key Club
- National Honor Society
- Spanish Club
- Speech and Debate
- Student Council
- VICA
- Yearbook
Past state championship titles include:
Athletics
The sign of the championship titles won by Bay City High School (4A) is on display outside the detached administration for public viewing. Bay City High School's athletic teams, known as the Blackcats (bearing the power-cat logo), compete in:
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cross Country
- Football
- Golf
- Powerlifting
- Soccer
- Softball
- Tennis
- Track
- Volleyball
Past state championship titles include:
- Boys' basketball: 1985 (4A)[12]
- Football: 1983 (4A), 2000 (4A Division I)[13]
- Boys Track & Field: 1979 (3A), 1984 (4A), 1990 (4A)[14]
Staff and faculty
The school employs over ninety people.[15]
Administration
Principal
- Chris Townsend
Associate Principal
- Dr. Diane McArver
Assistant Principals
- Harold Parnell
- Kathy McDaniel
- Jamie Bates
Athletic Director
- Lupe Florez
Notable alumni
- Jenna Blackwell, Former NBA Dancer, San Antonio Spurs
- Forrest Bess, painter
- LaBradford Smith, professional basketball player
- Joe DeLoach, Gold Medalist 1988 Summer Olympics
- Hart Lee Dykes, Former NFL player
- Ricardo Ramirez, Bishop of Las Cruces[16]
References
- ↑ "School District Locator : Accessible Version". Deleon.tea.state.tx.us. 2009-02-12. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
- ↑ Mygrants, Joy (2002-08-01). "Bay City High School starts anew". Matagorda County Advocate.
- ↑ "Was Student With Loaded Gun Bullied?". MyFoxHouston.com. 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
- ↑ Sliva, Allison (2009-03-30). "AP, dual credit classes help cut college cost". Bay City Tribune.
- ↑ "Bay City Independent School District - BCISD Career and Technology Programs". Bcblackcats.net. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
- ↑ http://www.fairtest.org/texas-maintains-“top-10”-automatic-admissions
- ↑
- ↑ "Bay City High School - Lunch Menu". Bcblackcats.net. 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
- ↑ Menzies, Heather (2010-07-22). "Bay City Tribune". Bay City Tribune. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
- ↑ "UIL One-Act Play Past Results".
- ↑ "UIL Team Debate Past Results".
- ↑ "UIL State Boys Basketball Champions".
- ↑ "UIL State Football Champions".
- ↑ "UIL State Champions".
- ↑ "Bay City High School - Contact Directory". Bcblackcats.net. 2010-01-06. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
- ↑ Cunningham, Ross (2006-12-23). "Bishop of New Mexico diocese celebrates jubilee in Bay City". Victoria Advocate.