Alpine High School is a

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located in the city of

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) and is classified as a 3A school by the UIL. It is a part of the

Alpine Independent School District The Alpine Independent School District is a school district based in Alpine, Texas, United States. The district operates one high school, Alpine High School. History Prior to 1996 Alpine High School served as the high school for students from ...

located in north-central

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. In 2015, the school was rated " Met Standard" by the

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History

In 1994 the school had 350 students. Prior to 1996 Alpine High School served as the high school for students from Terlingua Common School District. Beginning in the 1960s, students were bussed to Alpine, with the bus ride being the longest in the United States, with of distance each way, totaling about one hour and 55 minutes. A trip to and from Alpine High totaled . In 1994 about 24 students took this bus. Some students then traveled to and/or from the drop off point as additionally far as to and/or from their residences each way. This means adding an additional 45 minutes each way, which involved parents having to wake up early. Due to the distance and because there was only one bus each day, Terlingua area students could not participate in extracurricular activities after school. Additionally there was a 30% dropout rate among Terlingua area students.
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sent its high school students to Alpine High. In 1996

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opened in temporary facilities, and the Terlingua area students no longer came to Alpine High. The same year San Vicente ISD students were also redirected to Big Bend High.

Service area

Currently the high school serves Alpine. Residents of the

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. Retrieved on April 22, 2012. are zoned to Alpine ISD schools. Prior to 1996 the school served, in addition to Alpine, Lajitas, Panther Junction, and

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. The San Vicente and Terlingua districts include

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Academic awards

*UIL Team Debate Champions **1960 (2A) Boys, 1962 (2A) Girls

Athletics

The Alpine Bucks compete in the following sports. *

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* Cross Country *

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Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

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Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

Track and Field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

State Titles

*Boys Golf **1965 (2A) *Girls Golf **1986 (3A)

State Finalist

*Baseball **1994(3A) *Volleyball **1985 (3A), 1986 (3A)

Theater

*One Act Play UIL One Act Play Archives
. ''University Interscholastic League''. **1958 (B)

2016 shooting

On September 8, 2016, a female student shot and injured another student in a school hallway and then committed suicide in the bathroom. A

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officer who responded to the shooting was accidentally shot by a

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during the incident.

References

External links

* {{authority control Public high schools in Texas Schools in Brewster County, Texas