James Bowie High School is a public

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. The school is a part of

Arlington Independent School District Arlington Independent School District or AISD is a school district based in Arlington, Texas (USA). The Arlington Independent School District covers the majority of Arlington and much of the Tarrant County portion of Grand Prairie. The distr ...

and serves students in grades 9 through 12 in southeast Arlington and southwest

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. Bowie High competes in Class 6A within the

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that governs interschool athletic, artistic, and academic competition in Texas.

History

The Original Bowie High School

The original Bowie High School opened in 1973, relieving Sam Houston High School. The original Bowie, AISD's fourth high school, was located three blocks west and two blocks south of Sam Houston. Cathy Brown of ''

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'' wrote "Bowie, in its first incarnation.bargain.n, are too close together to effectively serve the city's population. So community, be warned."Brown, Cathy (editorial columnist).
No blackboard jungles despite changing demographics
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''. Wednesday October 14, 1998. Opinions Arlington 7A. Retrieved on October 25, 2011. Many students in the Houston zone wanted to transfer to Bowie because it was newer, and the transfer process made it easy for them to do so. Martin High School opened in 1982, and the growth patterns in southern Arlington changed, so the district choose to close the original Bowie the following year. As of that year, the original building is now Workman Junior High School.

Current building

In 1991, Bowie reopened and moved to its current building on Highbank Drive.

Feeder patterns

Bryant, Farrell, Starrett, West, and portions of Beckham and Remynse Elementaries feed into Barnett Jr. High. Barnett sends all of its students to BHS. Foster Elementary sends a portion of its population to Gunn Jr. High. Gunn sends the majority of its students to BHS and the rest goes to Arlington. Fitzgerald Elementary feeds into Ousley Jr. High. Ousley sends a small portion of its population to BHS. Burgin Elementary feeds into Workman Jr. High. Workman sends the majority of its students to BHS and the rest goes to Sam Houston.

Academics

In May 2006, Bowie High School joined the

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program. The Class of 2008 was the first class offered the opportunity to earn the

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. The school participates in the

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, offering the following Advanced Placement (AP) classes: AP Art: Studio Drawing, AP Art: Studio 2-D Design, AP Biology, AP Calculus AB/BC, AP Chemistry, AP Computer Science, AP English, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Environmental Science, AP European History, AP French, AP Geography, AP Government, AP Government and Politics, AP Latin, AP Macroeconomics, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Psychology, AP Spanish, AP Statistics, AP US History and AP World History. Dual credit courses, taken at

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(SE Campus) and/or

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, are offered in Algebra II, Art IV, English IV, Geology, Government/Economics, Music History, Psychology and Sociology.

Notable alumni

* Vincent Paul Abbott - Also known as "Vinnie Paul", of Hard-Rock Band

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. *

Darrell Lance Abbott Darrell Lance Abbott (August 20, 1966 – December 8, 2004), best known by his stage name Dimebag Darrell, was an American musician. He was the guitarist of the heavy metal bands Pantera and Damageplan, both of which he co-founded alongside hi ...

, who went to Bowie a short time. Also known as "Diamond Darrell", "Dimebag Darrell", "Dimebag" or simply "Dime", of Hard-Rock Band

. *

Terry Glaze Terrence Lee Glaze (born November 29, 1964) is an American singer and musician best known for his work with heavy metal band Pantera from 1981 to 1986. He appeared on the band's first three albums during their "glam metal" era as the band's lea ...

(Class of 1982) - Original lead Singer of the Heavy Metal band

and Lead singer of MCA recording artist and 80's Hair Metal band

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Lord Tracy album "Deaf Gods of Babylon" is number 50 on Rolling Stone Magazines 50 Greatest Hair Metal albums of all time. *

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—

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outfielder *

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- Country and pop music artist *

Kamaru Usman Kamarudeen Usman (born May 11, 1987) is a Nigerian and American professional mixed martial artist, former freestyle wrestler and retired folkstyle wrestler. He currently competes in the welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championsh ...

— Former

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* Ty Nsekhe (Class of 2005) —

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offensive tackle *

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(Class of 2012) - NFL running back * Kolby Listenbee - NFL wide receiver *

Cade Cunningham Cade Parker Cunningham (born September 25, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He attended Bowie High School in his hometown of Arlington, Texas, before tran ...

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point guard

References

External links

James Bowie High School Official Web Site

Arlington Independent School District Website
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