Clear Lake High School (Houston, Texas)

Clear Lake High School
Address
2929 Bay Area Boulevard
Houston, Texas, Harris, 77058
United States
Information
School type Public high school
Established 1972
School district Clear Creek Independent School District
Principal Karen Engle
Grades 9–12
Language English
School colour(s)           Red/Blue
Mascot Falcon
Newspaper Lake Reflections
Yearbook Talon
Website Official Website

Clear Lake High School is a public secondary school located in Houston, Texas, United States.

The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Clear Creek Independent School District. The school serves portions of Houston (including most of Clear Lake City) and Pasadena (including Clear Lake City). It previously served the cities of Seabrook, El Lago, and Taylor Lake Village, and the El Jardin del Mar portion of Pasadena, until Clear Falls High School in League City opened. Its colors are red, blue, and white. Its mascot and symbol is the Falcon.

History

Clear Lake High School opened in 1972 to alleviate overcrowding at what was then the district's only high school, Clear Creek High School with the first class graduating in 1973. The current campus has a ninth grade center — formerly Space Center Intermediate School — field house, and athletic fields, all across the street from the University of Houston–Clear Lake.

The ninth grade annex was first added to the Clear Lake High School campus in 1978. Later, the 9th grade center was used as Space Center Intermediate School but returned to a 9th grade center when SCIS moved to a newly built campus for the 1999-2000 school year.

For the 1986-87 school year Clear Lake High School became a National Blue Ribbon School.[1] Clear Lake High School is currently the largest school in Texas with a Texas Education Agency (TEA) ranking of Recognized.

The school discovered large-scale cheating in an English IV final examination in 2012.[2] The school invalidated all English IV final exam results, allowing students who did not cheat to have a final grade without the final or to take the final again. The students who cheated received scores of zero.[3]

Suicides in 1984

In the 1980s, the high school was perhaps most known for the suicides that occurred in 1984. Six teenagers committed suicide, with five of them doing so in the community of Clear Lake, and with the final one being a Clear Creek High School student.[4] From August until October of that year, two Clear Lake students and three former Clear Lake students killed themselves.[5]

Loren Coleman, author of The Copycat Effect: How the Media and Popular Culture Trigger the Mayhem in Tomorrow's Headlines, wrote that "Needless to say, the community was alarmed by the deaths and feared more."[6] The New York Times reported that there were rumors of a suicide pact that included up to thirty students but that this story turned out to be "a lark." Psychologists were sent to the school to deal with any residual stress that resulted from these events.[5] In January 1985 area police department stated that since October 1984 there had been no suicides of teenagers. In 1985 Scott Lally, a 17-year-old fourth year student who worked for the school newspaper, stated "It's funny but you really don't hear the suicides talked about that much any more. But the kids who are having trouble now have a place to go."[7]

B. Comstock, the author of "Youth Suicide Cluster: A Community Response" in Newslink, argued that the "wide press coverage" and the "abundance of volunteers eager to help but not organized to do anything" were problematic.[8] He stated that there was a lot of panic and confusion in the Clear Lake community and that the residents of the area were not happy with the media presence.[8]

Campus

In May 2013 voters in CCISD approved a $367 million district bond. According to the referendum, Clear Lake High will get new campus buildings, valued at $98.6 million total.[9] PBK Architects designed the new additions, a two story classroom building and a fine arts center. Construction is scheduled to begin in April 2014.[10]

Extracurricular activities

In 2005 the school had 525 students enrolled in its music classes. That year, the school was named a Grammy Signature School. Its music department received a grant for $2,000.[11]

Student body

As of 2009, many students at Clear Lake High are children of NASA engineers and executives in oil companies.[12] As of the 2013-2014 school year there was 2300+ students enrolled

Academics and extracurricular activities

The Bill Krueger Field House for Clear Lake athletics.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF)
  2. ↑ Rhor, Monica. "Clear Lake students involved in cheating scandal." Houston Chronicle. January 5, 2012. Retrieved on April 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ Rhor, Monica. "Clear Lake students punished in cheating scandal." Houston Chronicle. January 19, 2012. Retrieved on April 1, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Clear Lake Teen Seen Sixth Victim of Suicide." Associated Press at The Victoria Advocate. Friday October 12, 1984. Retrieved from Google News (16 of 29) on April 4, 2014.
  5. 1 2 Associated Press (1984-10-14). "Houston Suburb Institutes Anti-Suicide Plan". The New York Times. Retrieved 2006-12-07. "The last of the student suicides was that of Darren Thibodeaux, 14 years old, the authorities said.[...]Darren was a ninth-grader at Clear Creek High School, in the same district as Clear Lake High School, where two teen-agers killed themselves since a week ago today. Three former students have killed themselves since August."
  6. ↑ Coleman, Loren. The Copycat Effect: How the Media and Popular Culture Trigger the Mayhem in Tomorrow's Headlines. Simon & Schuster, September 14, 2004. ISBN 1416505547, 9781416505549. p. 102.
  7. ↑ Haitch, Richard (1985-01-20). "Follow-up on the News; Suicide Outbreak". The New York Times. Retrieved 2006-12-07.
  8. 1 2 Poland, Scott. Suicide Intervention in the Schools (Guilford school practitioner series). Guilford Press, 1989. ISBN 0898622328, 9780898622324. p. 151.
  9. ↑ "Residents view proposed Clear Lake High School design." Houston Chronicle. September 10, 2013. Ultimate Bay Area. Retrieved on April 1, 2014.
  10. ↑ Baird, Annette. "Campus design for Clear Lake High School wins approval." Houston Chronicle. October 8, 2013. Retrieved on April 1, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Clear Lake High earns honor." Houston Chronicle. March 31, 2005. Baytown News, Schools. Retrieved on April 1, 2014.
  12. 1 2 Fulginiti, Mary, Kristin Pisarcik, Miguel Sancho, and Tom McCarthy. "High School 'Miss Irresistible' Accused of Killing Friends." 20/20. September 23, 2009. 1. Retrieved on December 25, 2012. Archived October 18, 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  13. 1 2 3 "UIL One Act Play State Champions". uil100.org. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  14. ↑ http://office.tmea.org/honor_history/index_orch.php 1991 HS Full Results
  15. ↑ "Clear Lake HS cheerleaders are national champs". www.yourbayareanews.com. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  16. ↑ "Texas State Marching Band Conference 5A Preliminary Results". Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  17. ↑ "Clear Lake High students sweep BPA Nationals". www.yourbayareanews.com. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  18. ↑ "Craig Veasey NFL & AFL Football Statistics | Pro-Football". Retrieved May 10, 2010.
  19. ↑ "Jeff Novak Past Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards". Retrieved May 10, 2010.
  20. ↑ "MEDIA GUIDE, pgs. 134-178" (PDF). Miami Dolphins. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
  21. ↑ "Steve McKinney - Player - Houston Texans". Houston Texans. Archived from the original on March 11, 2008. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
  22. ↑ "Jon Switzer Statistics and History". Baseball Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
  23. ↑ "UFC 69 is homecoming for Swick". Houston Chronicle (Hearst Corporation). March 12, 2007. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
  24. ↑ "Clear Lake kicker commits to Fla. State". ABC Inc. February 6, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
  25. ↑ "Pete Olson: About". Retrieved May 10, 2010.
  26. ↑ "Scott Sheldon Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  27. ↑ "Jared Woodfill Biography". mbasic.facebook.com. Retrieved July 1, 2015.

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