Douglas MacArthur High School (commonly MacArthur or Mac) is a

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on the northeast side of

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. The school, a part of the

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serves students in ninth grade through

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, with admission based primarily on the locations of students' homes. The school serves portions of San Antonio and the portion of

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History

MacArthur High School was the first high school in the

. It was established in 1950 as North East Rural High School, but was later renamed after Douglas MacArthur in the 1958–1959 school year after the opening of Robert E. Lee High School. The campus was composed of separate academic buildings spread out over 37.8 acres until 1999 when the school underwent major construction. All buildings were demolished, except for the

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, cafeteria, and

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s building, which were renovated. A new gymnasium was constructed, as well as a new main building, consisting of four wings, each three floors tall, with an open air

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in the center. The combining of the academic buildings allowed for the addition of several new athletic fields. The Track at the school was renovated in the summer of 2008. Additional construction began in 2016 to construct a new Science and Athletics building. In 2018, the Fine Arts building began renovations and expansion. The school's athletic and other organizations have seen many successes with district, regional, and state appearances and championships. The school has achieved notable recognition in recent years for its UIL Academic teams, with both teams and individuals placing at the state level in science, current events, and social studies competitions, and a 2007 TMSCA State Championship in science. On a national level, MacArthur physics students have placed consistently in the top 15 in the

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. The school was recognized as a

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in 1988–1989.

MacArthur letter

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sent a letter to the school in January 1964 after a birthday celebration in his honor. The letter is located on the first floor in the administration department.

Extracurricular activities

MacArthur hosted the first

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in 1964, and subsequently in 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1974 and 1995. Since its establishment in 1968, the MacArthur Blue Guard (MBG) varsity level armed drill team has continually represented MacArthur's Army Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (J.R.O.T.C.). Battalion and MacArthur High School with military excellence and precision in U.S. Army platoon drill and exhibition. Since the mid-1980's, MBG has achieved best in State status, to include best armed drill team in the nation at the drill team championships in Daytona Beach, FL in 1990. In addition to the Blue Guard, MacArthur High School's varsity Color Guard is made up of 4 members (U.S. Flag, Texas Flag, U.S. Flag Guard and Texas Flag Guard) of the MBG and would present those colors at all home football games as well as compete in competition around the state. MacArthur's football team has made one appearance in the UIL State 5A Championship game in 1998. MacArthur had lost on December 12 to

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14–6. However, Katy's win was forfeited for using an ineligible student during the regular season. Given hours to prepare, MacArthur played in the state title game but lost to Midland Lee 54–0. MacArthur's baseball team reached the state finals in 1966 in Class 4A, the largest classification at the time. It lost to the Freeport Brazosport Exporters, 6–1. And again in 1987, the baseball team reached the state finals in the UIL Class 5A category, losing to Abilene Cooper, 13–3. The Boys Cross Country team placed second behind Churchill in the district cross country meet on November 1, 2008. One runner from MacArthur placed third in the individual division at the District meet. The team finished in 14th place in the Region IV-Meet. Also one female runner the cross- country team qualified in the top 10 individual division to qualify for the Region IV meet on November 1, 2008. MacArthur High School also has a very active fine arts program with one of the highlights being the Marching Band known as "the Big Blue Marching Machine". The MacArthur marching band has stood for excellence for over 37 years now. The band has a 27-year record of Superior UIL Sweepstake Awards in marching, concert and sight-reading. The band has been winners of major music contests in Texas, Florida, and California. The band won two State Marching Band Championships in Class 5A, one in 1985, and the other in 1986. In addition, the theater department at MacArthur High School has been outstanding for many years, and won the UIL One Act Theater competition for many years, under the leadership of Charles Jeffries, Luis Munoz, Jerry Knight, and Molly Risso. In 2014, the MacArthur OAP was the only school in NEISD to compete in the State UIL competition, finishing 4th in the State. MacArthur Theater was under the direction of Dean Whitus and Casey O'Bryant. In 2015, under the direction of Dean Whitus and Margaret Tonra, MacArthur was the only NEISD school to make it into the Area competition, and finished in 3rd place and alternate for State competition. In 2007, the Brahmadoras varsity dance team WON nationals in the kick category at NDA nationals in orlando Florida In 2009, the Varsity Cheerleaders won the Universal Cheerleaders Association National Championship in the Small Varsity category. In 2010, the Varsity Football Team won the title of District Champions. In March 2015, the Lassies Junior Varsity dance team won the nationals in the Pom category at NDA Nationals in Orlando, Florida. In 2015, the MacArthur Winter Guard won 1st place in Scholastic A Class at the TCGC Championships in College Station, Texas. Throughout the season, they have won first place at every competition. Their show was entitled "Lose Yourself".

TAP

MacArthur High School houses the Electrical Systems Technology Program for students interested in the

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. The program has been established as a Technical Apprenticeship Program (TAP) in conjunction with the

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, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training. Students have the opportunity to earn apprenticeship hours while they are in high school. They Learn Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Motor Control Wiring, as Well as State Local and National Electrical Codes, and many continue to work for many of the local electrical contractors such as Five Point Electric, Calcote Electric and many others.

Notable alumni

Athletics * Jace Amaro (Class of 2010) – Current NFL player (tight end) for the Kansas City Chiefs *

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(Class of 1976) – College football coach who was most recently the head coach at Rice University from 2007 to 2017. *

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(Class of 1978) – NBA player (point guard) *

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(Class of 1980) – Former MLB professional baseball player and is the current manager of the Toronto Blue Jays *

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(Class of 1961) – Former MLB professional baseball player And World Series catcher with the

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(Class of 2016) – Active MLB third baseman for the Texas Rangers * Jason Szuminski (Class of 1997) – Former MLB professional baseball player Government *

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(Class of 1966) – Retired United States Army Lieutenant General *

Lyle Larson Lyle Thomas Larson (born March 25, 1959) is a businessman from San Antonio, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 122 in his native northern Bexar County. He was first elected to the state House in 2 ...

(Class of 1977) – Member of the Texas House of Representatives, from District 122 Art & Film *

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(Class of 1994) – Storyteller, actor, and author *

Terri Hendrix Terri Ann Hendrix is a Texas-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and independent artist who has been writing and performing an eclectic mix of Americana genre, encompassing folk, pop, country, blues, and jazz, since 1990. Since 19 ...

(Class of 1986) – singer-songwriter, independent record label owner, activist *

Terra Jolé Terra Jolé Odmark (born May 25, 1980, in Comal County, Texas) is a reality television personality known for '' Little Women: LA'' and its spinoffs and '' Dancing with the Stars''. She stands at 4'2" as a person with dwarfism. Career Jolé is p ...

(Class of 1998) – Reality TV star * Joseph King (Class of 1994) – Singer for the band Deadbeat Darling * Kirk Lynn (Class of 1990) – Playwright *

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(Class of 1968) – Actor *

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(Class of 1958) – Television producer *

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(Class of 1991) – co-anchor for ''

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''. *

Deborah Paredez Deborah Paredez (born December 19, 1970) is an American poet, scholar, and cultural critic. She is the author of the poetry collections, ''Year of the Dog'' and ''This Side of Skin,'' and the critical study, '' Selenidad: Selena, Latinos, and the ...

(Class of 1989) – Poet and academic * Robert Wright (Class of 1975) – Author of ''

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'', '' Nonzero'', ''

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'', and others Business * John Lilly (Class of 1989) – Venture capitalist and former CEO of the Mozilla Corporation from 2008 to 2010

References

External links

Official website
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