Burleson High School is a four-year
public high school
State schools (in England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand) or public schools (Scottish English and North American English) are generally primary or secondary schools that educate all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in pa ...
consisting of grades 9–12 located in
Burleson, in the
U.S. state of
Texas, and is part of the
Burleson Independent School District Burleson may refer to:
Places
* Burleson, Texas
* Burleson County, Texas
* Old Burleson, Alabama
People with the surname
* Albert S. Burleson, American postmaster general and congressman
* Alec Burleson (born 1998), American baseball player
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History
In 1901, Burleson's first school, the Red Oak Academy, was constructed. In 1909, the building was destroyed by fire. The State of Texas granted a charter for an independent school district, and the citizens of Burleson voted to construct a new school. By 1910 the new school was opened, on what is now the old Nola Dunn Campus. The school was later torn down and a new high school was constructed in the 1960s. In 1997, a new, larger campus was built for the high school. It was built at 100 John Jones Road, but the street name later changed to Elk Drive.
Notable alumni
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Kyle Burns – drummer,
Forever the Sickest Kids
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Kelly Clarkson –
Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter, ''
American Idol'' season 1 winner, and daytime
talk show host
*Jonathan Cook – singer,
Forever the Sickest Kids
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Liz Lee – protagonist of the quasi-reality MTV show ''
My Life as Liz''
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Stacy Sykora
Stacy Denise Sykora (born June 24, 1977) is a retired American volleyball player. She was a two-time All-American at Texas A&M University and she competed in both the 2000 and the 2004 Olympics as part of the U.S. women's national team. She ma ...
– three-time Olympian volleyball player (2000, 2004, 2008)
References
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Schools in Johnson County, Texas
Burleson Independent School District high schools