:Sam Houston High School (Arlington, Texas)
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{{Infobox school
| name = Sam Houston High School
| image =
| motto = In the halls of Sam Houston, there are no strangers
| established = 1963
| type = Co-Educational, Public, Secondary
| principal = Juan Villarreal
| district = Arlington Independent School District
| students = 3,177 (2023–2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=4808700&SchoolPageNum=4&ID=480870000249|title=SAM HOUSTON H S|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=January 28, 2025}}
| teaching_staff = 204.10 (FTE)
| grades = 9-12
| address = 2000 Sam Houston Drive
| city = Arlington
| state = Texas
| county = Tarrant County
| zipcode = 76014
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{coord|32.703341|-97.076229|type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Texas#USA
| accreditation = Texas Education Agency
| mascot = The Long Tall Texan
| colors = {{Unbulleted list|{{color box|red}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}} {{color box|blue}}|Red, white and blue}}
| athletics = UIL Class 5A
| newspaper = "Texans Talk" Newspaper
| yearbook = "Cherokee" Yearbook
| website = {{URL|aisd.net/sam}}
| footnotes =
| picture =
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File:2021 Arlington Independence Day Parade 062 (Sam Houston High School Tex-Annes).jpg
Sam Houston High School, located in east Arlington, Texas, is a public high school serving grades 9–12.
It is one of the six high schools comprising the Arlington Independent School District in Arlington, Texas. The current principal is Juan Villarreal.
The school is also known as Sam Houston HS, SHHS, and Big Sam. The mascot is the Long Tall Texan, and the colors are red, white, and blue.
History
Sam Houston HS became Arlington School District's second high school when it opened in 1963 for the fall semester.
The first graduating class was the Class of 1965.
The school moved from its original location on Browning Drive to its current location on Sam Houston Drive in 1970. The original location became Hutcheson Junior High School.
The first IB graduating class was the Class of 2011. Since then, the school has had the most students participating in the IB program of all the high schools in the district.
More than twenty students were awarded with the IB diploma with the Class of 2013.
The original Sam Houston campus was demolished in 2015{{Cite web |title=Hutcheson Junior High |url=https://www.aisd.net/bond/projects/campuses/hutcheson-junior-high-bond/ |access-date=July 24, 2024 |website=Arlington Independent School District Bond}} and was rebuilt as Dan Dipert Career and Technical Center in 2017.{{Cite web |title=AISD Dan Dipert Career and Technical Center |url=https://www.aisd.net/bond/projects/campuses/dan-dipert-career-and-technical-center-bond/ |access-date=July 24, 2024 |website=Arlington Independent School District Bond}}
As of 2017, Sam Houston is the largest high school in Tarrant County with over 3,600 students.{{cite web |date=2015-11-02 |title=Student Ethnicity Report |url=http://www.aisd.net/pdf/GradeTally/eth20151102.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117030428/http://www.aisd.net/pdf/GradeTally/eth20151102.pdf |archive-date=2015-11-17 |website=Arlington Independent School District}} It is also one of the largest predominantly Hispanic high schools in Texas.
In 2017, Sam Houston became the first Arlington ISD high school to open the 9th Grade Center. It was open to make room for freshmen of the 2017–2018 school year.{{Cite web |title=New Sam Houston High School ninth-grade classroom addition opens |url=https://www.aisd.net/bond/2017/08/new-sam-houston-high-school-ninth-grade-classroom-addition-opens/ |access-date=March 27, 2022 |website=Bond - Arlington ISD|date=25 August 2017 }}
In late fall of 2017, the school opened a second cafeteria addition.{{Cite web |title=Sam Houston High School's new cafeteria addition opens |url=https://www.aisd.net/bond/2017/12/new-cafeteria-addition-opens/ |access-date=March 27, 2022 |website=Bond - Arlington ISD|date=12 December 2017 }}
Feeder patterns
Anderson, Blanton, Crouch, Crow, Knox, Patrick, Rankin, Roark, Thornton, and a portion of Berry Elementaries feed into Carter Jr. High. Adams, Amos, Atherton, Goodman, Hale, Johns, Morton, Rankin, and Remynse Elementaries feed into Workman Jr. High. Carter and Workman Jr. Highs feed into Sam Houston.
Academics
Sam Houston HS offers Dual Credit course opportunities at the Southeast Campus of Tarrant County College, a local community college. This is in addition to the following Accelerated Academic programs:{{Cite web |title=Academics - Sam Houston High School |url=https://www.aisd.net/sam-houston-high-school/about/academics/ |access-date=March 27, 2022 |website=Sam Houston High School|date=7 April 2017 }}
- AP (Advanced Placement) Program
- AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) Program
- IB (International Baccalaureate) Program
- TRIO Educational Talent Search Program
- TRIO Upward Bound Program
Notable alumni
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- Félix Enríquez Alcalá (class of 1969) - American film and television director.
- Mike Adams (class of 1992) - Wide Receiver Pittsburgh Steelers
- Thasunda Brown Duckett (class of 1991) - President & CEO of TIAA{{Cite web |title=Former Student Thasunda Brown Duckett Gifts Kindness Benches to Arlington ISD |url=https://www.arlingtontx.gov/news/my_arlington_t_x/news_stories/kindness_benches |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=www.arlingtontx.gov |language=en-US}}
- Mark Clayton (class of 2000) - Wide Receiver Baltimore Ravens{{cite web |title=Gosselin: Arlington's Mark Clayton hoping for hometown Super Bowl |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/2010/08/17/gosselin-arlington-s-mark-clayton-hoping-for-hometown-super-bowl/?outputType=amp |website=Dallas News |access-date=31 May 2021 |language=en |date=2010-08-17}}
- Damon Dunn (class of 1994) - American politician, minister, and retired football player{{cite web|title=1997 Graduated Senior Bios|url=http://www.gostanford.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/stan-fb-arch-97senrbio.html|work=GoStanford.com|publisher=CBS Sports|access-date=December 30, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819114730/http://www.gostanford.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/stan-fb-arch-97senrbio.html|archive-date=2011-08-19|url-status=dead}}
- Trey Hillman (class of 1981) - Major League Baseball manager
- Lisa Love (class of 1974) - Former athletic director of Arizona State University.
- Guy Morriss (class of 1969) - Former center/guard (15 seasons) Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots; former head football coach at Baylor University
- Charles Randolph (class of 1981) - Film and TV writer; Won the Academy Award for the "Big Short" 2015
- M. David Rudd (class of 1979) - President, University of Memphis, Internationally known psychologist, Distinguished University Professor of Psychology
The Long Tall Texan Award is presented each year at the Sam Houston High School graduation ceremony every spring to the alumni who has positively impacted the SHHS community. Award winners include:
- 2018: Melynda Brooks Merrifield
- 2017: Sheila Ivy Young
- 2016: Claudia Perkins
- 2015: Eric Salas
- 2014: Bobby Callas
- 2013: Billy & Cheryl Stewart
- 2012: Derrick Kinney
- 2011: Judy Thomas
- 2010: Bobby Hunt
- 2009: Justin Chapa
References
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External links
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- {{Official website}}
{{Arlington Independent School District}}
{{Arlington, Texas}}
{{Texas UIL High School Athletic Regions}}
{{Sam Houston}}
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Category:Arlington Independent School District high schools
Category:High schools in Arlington, Texas
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