Bowie High School (El Paso, Texas)

Coordinates: 31°45′57″N 106°27′31″W / 31.7657°N 106.4587°W / 31.7657; -106.4587

Bowie High School
Location
801 S. San Marcial Street
El Paso, Texas 79905
United States
Information
Type Public
Motto Once A Bear, Always a Bear
Established 1927
Principal Fancisco Ordaz
Grades 9-12
Color(s) Royal Blue and White         
Mascot Bear

Bowie High School is one of the oldest operating high schools in El Paso, Texas and is part of the El Paso Independent School District. It is located in the Chamizal neighborhood in the South Central part of the city next to the border with Mexico, not far from the Bridge of the Americas linking El Paso with Ciudad Juarez, across San Marcial Street from Chamizal National Memorial.

Bowie High serves Downtown El Paso and the western half of South Central (also known as South) El Paso; its attendance zone is roughly defined by Interstate 10 on the north, the Rio Grande on the south and west, and Luna Street on the east. It is fed by Guillen Middle School and the elementary schools in its feeder pattern include Aoy, Beall, Douglass, and Hart. Bowie High also hosts a magnet program for business and international relations, International Business Academy, which opened in 2003 and draws students from throughout the district. It was named for Texas Revolution hero and Alamo defender James Bowie. Bowie's main rival is Jefferson High School.

History

Bowie High School was founded in 1927 to relieve overpopulation at El Paso High School.[1] The first school building still exists on South Cotton Street at Sixth Avenue in the Segundo Barrio (Second Ward) section of South-Central El Paso; it is now Guillen Middle School. Bowie High was eventually relocated at its current location as a result of restructuring in South El Paso; it sits on what was once Mexican territory ceded to the United States as a result of the Chamizal Treaty which settled a boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico.[2]

Organizations

Bowie High School consists of great fine arts organizations including the Mighty Bowie Bear Band, Drama Club, Los Osos Orgullosos Mariachi, Los Osos Orgullosos Choir, and The Bear Orchestra. These organizations are located at the new Fine Arts building. Other organizations include

Athletics[3]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ http://epcc.libguides.com/content.php?pid=309255&sid=2559763
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-01-06. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  3. ↑ "Athletics - Bowie High School". bowie.episd.org. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
  5. ↑ http://www.tamupress.com/product/Mexican-Americans-and-Sports,377.aspx
  6. ↑ Nolan Richardson
  7. ↑ Border, Bears Beyond the. "Bears Beyond the Border". www.bearsbeyond.org. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
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