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Royal Oaks Country Club, Houston, Texas
Royal Oaks Country Club is a country club and subdivision in Houston, Texas, United States, in the Alief community. The country club is located at 2910 Royal Oaks Club Drive,Royal Oaks Country Club Amenities and Info . nd. Retrieved July 10, 2011. west of The Galleria. Sunrise Colony Company developed Royal Oaks out of the former property. The country club portion was the first country club built in the Houston City limits in f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston City Council
The Houston City Council is a city council for the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. Currently, there are sixteen members, 11 elected from council districts and five at-large. The members of the Council are elected every four years, with the most recent election being held in 2019 and the next being held in 2023 (all positions, along with that of the Mayor who is elected separately, are up for re-election at the same time). Council Members are limited to two terms of four years. Under the current city charter, if the population in the city limits went past 2.1 million residents, the previous nine-member city council districts would be expanded with the addition of two city council districts. Since the threshold was passed, the city created two new districts.Foster, Robin.Candidates' forum offers reminder about new districts election: Fourm provides feedback Candidates' forum offers reminder about new districts" ''Houston Chronicle''. Tuesday September 20, 2011. Ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Oaks Country Club
River Oaks Country Club is a country club in the River Oaks neighborhood in Houston, Texas. The club has hosted the River Oaks International Tennis Tournament since 1931. It is located at 1600 River Oaks Boulevard, Houston TX 77019. History River Oaks Country Club was founded in 1923 in the River Oaks neighborhood in Houston. Architect John F. Staub was hired to design the original two-story Spanish revival clubhouse. The club house was built south of the golf course that was designed by Donald Ross. The current clubhouse was built in the 1950s on the same site as the original. River Oaks' golf course was the venue for the PGA Tour's Western Open in 1940, and the Houston Open in 1937, 1938, and 1946. River Oaks has been home to the River Oaks International Tennis Tournament from 1931 until it was merged with the oldest clay court tournaments in the United States, the U.S Men's Clay Court Championships. On May 8, 2007, the United States Tennis Association awarded River Oaks the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Energy Corridor, Houston
The Energy Corridor is a business district in Houston, Texas, located on the west side of the metropolitan area between Beltway 8 and the Grand Parkway. The district straddles a stretch of Interstate 10 (the Katy Freeway) from Kirkwood Road westward to Barker Cypress Road and extends south along Eldridge Parkway to Briar Forest Drive. Parts of the district overlap with the Memorial area of Houston. The district is located north of Westchase, another major business district of Houston, and east of Greater Katy. Many energy sector companies have major operations in the Energy Corridor, including BP America, Citgo, ConocoPhillips, Nouryon and Shell Oil Company. Non-energy firms also have a presence; Sysco and Gulf States Toyota Distributors are both headquartered in the district. The Energy Corridor contains over of office space, with an employment capacity of over 105,000. Over of urban park area borders the Energy Corridor, including George Bush Park and Bear Creek Pioneers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston Community College
Houston Community College (HCC), also known as Houston Community College System (HCCS) is a public community college system that operates community colleges in Houston, Missouri City, Greater Katy, and Stafford in Texas. It is notable for actively recruiting internationally and for the large number of international students enrolled, over 5,700 in 2015. Its open enrollment policies, which do not require proficiency in English, are backed by a full-time 18-month English proficiency program and remedial courses. As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of HCCS includes the following school districts: *the Houston Independent School District, *the Stafford Municipal School District, *the Spring Branch Independent School District (included in service area by state law, but is not part of the tax base), *the Alief Independent School District, *the Katy Independent School District, *the North Forest Independent School District (now consolidated into Houston ISD), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Energy Corridor
The Energy Corridor is a business district in Houston, Texas, located on the west side of the metropolitan area between Texas State Highway Beltway 8, Beltway 8 and the Texas State Highway 99, Grand Parkway. The district straddles a stretch of Interstate 10 in Texas, Interstate 10 (the Katy Freeway) from Kirkwood Road westward to Barker Cypress Road and extends south along Eldridge Parkway to Briar Forest Drive. Parts of the district overlap with the Memorial, Houston, Memorial area of Houston. The district is located north of Westchase, Houston, Westchase, another major business district of Houston, and east of Greater Katy. Many energy sector companies have major operations in the Energy Corridor, including BP, BP America, Citgo, ConocoPhillips, Nouryon and Shell Oil Company. Non-energy firms also have a presence; Sysco and Gulf States Toyota Distributors are both headquartered in the district. The Energy Corridor contains over of office space, with an employment capacity of ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Village School (Houston)
The Village School is a coeducational non-denominational college preparatory private school for grades Pre-K through high school in Houston, Texas. Description The Village School is located on over 28 acres in West Houston with over 200,000 square-feet of facilities. The school is fully accredited by the Texas Association of Accredited Private Schools. Village High School is an International Baccalaureate World School. The school has students representing six continents and more than 60 countries. Students at all grade levels participate in athletics. fine arts, and extracurricular activities. As of 2018 the head of school is Bill Delbrugge; as of 2021, the school had 1,750 students,Radcliffe, Jennifer.New head of independent Village school plans major renovation (). '' Houston Chronicle''. August 30, 2014. Updated September 3, 2014. See paywall version at the ''Chronicle'' website/ref> making it the largest private school. in the Houston area. The Village School is a part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alief Early College High School
Alief Early College High School (AECHS) is a magnet high school in Houston, Texas and a part of the Alief Independent School District, in conjunction with Houston Community College. It was scheduled to open in fall 2009, and 120 spaces were to be available for ninth grade students. The permanent campus was scheduled to open around fall 2010, with a temporary facility used for the school's first year. It allows students to take courses for dual credit and graduate with both a high school diploma and the equivalence of an associate degree at the same time. As part of the curriculum each student would take up to sixty credits at HCC during his/her high school career. Admissions Admission to the Alief Early College High School is by application only. According to Robin Foster of the ''Houston Chronicle'', admission to the school is not based on ability. Rather, "Students who will be selected are mostly under-represented at four-year colleges or will be the first in their family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerr High School
Alief Kerr High School is an Alief ISD public school located in the Alief community, and in the limited purpose city limits of Houston, Texas, United States. The school is a part of the Alief Independent School District and serves grades 9 through 12. Kerr High School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive, during the 2010–11 school year. The school also received the award in 2016, one of only 26 Texas schools to receive the award. The school also received the award in 2022. It is located in the International District. History Kerr High School was formally dedicated on March 12, 1995. It was named for Carey Jean Kerr, who began her 15-year career in Alief at Chancellor Elementary in 1976. In 1982, she transferred to Alief Middle School, where she was a special populations counselor and worked with at-risk students. "Her open-door policy inspired a trusting b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alief Taylor High School
Alief Taylor High School is a public high school in the Alief Independent School District. It is located in an unincorporated area in the Alief community of Harris County, near Houston. Opened in 2001, Alief Taylor is the newest high school in the district. It is named after Edward "Doc" Taylor, who taught AP American History at Alief Hastings High School. According to the Texas Education Agency, Taylor covers grades 9-12 and has 500 or more students in each grade level. When it opened in the fall of 2001, it had only freshmen and sophomores. During the 2002–2003 school year the 11th grade was added. Taylor added its first 12th grade class during the 2003–2004 school year. Alief Taylor is one of two schools in Alief ISD that does not include a Ninth Grade Center, a separate building for ninth grade students. The other is Kerr High School. Alief Taylor was originally referred to as "High School No. 4." It is located in the International District. In 2019, Taylor received a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alief Hastings High School
Alief Hastings High School is a public high school in the Alief area of Houston, Texas, United States. Originally Alief Junior-Senior High School, which became Alief Middle School, housed all of the secondary students in the district. The school's present location opened, while still under construction, for the fall semester of 1972. All high school students moved to that building, with the first graduating class in May 1973. Alief Hastings is a part of the Alief Independent School District and it serves grades 9 through 12. Ninth-graders are in the Alief Hastings Ninth Grade Center (6750 Cook Road, City of Houston, 77072) while tenth through twelfth graders are on the main campus (4410 Cook Road, City of Houston, 77072). The campuses had a combined enrollment of 4207 students as of the 2002-2003 school year. The opening of Alief Taylor High School reduced the overall class size at Alief Hastings significantly. Alief Hastings is considered to be the brother school of Ali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alief Elsik High School
Alief Elsik High School is a high school in the Alief region of Houston, Texas, United States. Elsik is divided into two campuses: the main campus (12601 High Star in Houston, zip code 77072), and the Alief Elsik Ninth Grade Center (located at 6767 South Dairy Ashford, city of Houston, 77072), which serves ninth graders. Both campuses, which are in the Alief Independent School District, serve grades 9 through 12. The ninth grade campus is located in the International District although the main high school building is outside of it. The school's mascot is a ram, and the school's basketball and football teams are well known throughout Texas, as is the speech and debate team. The school is considered to have the best speech and debate team in all of Houston, placing in the top ten qualifiers in the state of Texas as well as sweepstakes winners in the NFL state tournament. The academic teams at Alief Elsik - Academic Decathlon, Star Academic Challenge, and various UIL organiza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
