John Jay High School is a public high school in the

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), which generally serves the northwest portion of the city.

History

All high schools in the Northside Independent School District (NISD) are named for US Supreme Court Justices, and the first Supreme Court Chief Justice was

John Jay John Jay (December 12, 1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, patriot, diplomat, abolitionist, signatory of the Treaty of Paris, and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as the second governor of New York and the fir ...

. John Jay High also contains a

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, the John Jay Science and Engineering Academy.

Student Locator Project

On October 1, 2012, the high school and

Anson Jones Anson Jones (January 20, 1798 – January 09, 1858) was a doctor, businessman, member of Congress, and the fourth and last President of the Republic of Texas. Early life Jones was born on January 20, 1798, in Great Barrington, Massach ...

Middle School began the controversial "Student Locator Project." Students were required to wear school IDs embedded with

RFID Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. An RFID system consists of a tiny radio transponder, a radio receiver and transmitter. When triggered by an electroma ...

microchips at all times. Student Andrea Hernandez was suspended from the school for refusing to wear the badge for religious reasons, linking it to the "mark of the beast" in the biblical book of Revelation. The Rutherford Institute filed a suit on behalf of Hernandez, and on November 21, 2012, a judge tentatively blocked the suspension. Hernandez was expelled from the school in January 2013. In July 2013, she was allowed to re-enter the school, which had abandoned the RFID project.

Academics

In 2017, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency, with a 3-Star Distinction for Academic Achievements in Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.

Athletics

The Jay Mustangs compete in these sports: *

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Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

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American Football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wit ...

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 ...

* Football *

Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

* Swimming and diving *

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 c ...

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 eve ...

* Volleyball *

FIRST Robotics Competition FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is an international high school robotics competition. Each year, teams of high school students, coaches, and mentors work during a six-week period to build robots capable of competing in that year's game that wei ...

Championships

* 2002 5A State Champions in Boys' Basketball * 1991 5A State Champions in Girls' Volleyball

2015 football incident

On September 4, 2015, the athletic program attracted national attention after a game in which two players, identified as Victor Rojas and Michael Moreno, drove into the back of umpire Robert Watts during the final moments of the event. Rojas was ejected from the game and both were suspended from the team the next day. The two players were later suspended from school and an assistant coach, Mack Breed, who may have provoked the incident, was also suspended. The incident made national news. Breed admitted to ordering the hit, although he later recanted the statement. He resigned that same month. He later pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault. Part of his sentencing included permanently surrendering his teaching license.

Notable alumni

* Scott Ankrom (Class of 1984) — Former NFL wide receiver. Played one season for the Dallas Cowboys. * Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, political consultant * Clarissa Davis (Class of 1985) — Former NCAA basketball All-American and two-time Naismith National Player of the Year. Olympic and women's professional basketball standout. Inducted into The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006. * Derrick Hatchett (Class of 1975) — Former NFL player *

Wallace B. Jefferson Wallace Bernard Jefferson (born July 22, 1963) is a former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, who served from 2004 until October 1, 2013. In October 2013, he joined the law firm Alexander Dubose & Jefferson LLP as a name partner and no ...

(Class of 1981) — Former Chief Justice, and first African American justice on the Supreme Court of Texas, 2004-2013. * Gina Ortiz Jones Iraq war veteran and Texas politician. *

Thomas Lott Thomas Willie Lott Jr. (born August 1, 1957) is an American former college and professional American football, football player who was a running back and return specialist in the National Football League (NFL) and United States Football League (U ...

(Class of 1974) — Former NFL player *

Mickey Mahler Michael James Mahler (born July 30, 1952) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during eight seasons at the major league level for the Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, California Angels, Montreal Expos, Detroit Tigers, Tex ...

(Class of 1970) — Former Major League pitcher. Played six seasons for three teams. *

Rick Mahler Richard Keith Mahler (August 5, 1953 – March 2, 2005) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Atlanta Braves (1979–1988, 1991), Cincinnati Reds (1989–1990) and Montreal Expos (1991). His brother Mickey was a major ...

(Class of 1971) — Former Major League pitcher. Played thirteen seasons for four teams, primarily the Atlanta Braves. * Sammy Morris (Class of 1995) — Former NFL running back. Played 12 seasons for four teams. * Bo Outlaw (Class of 1989) — Former NBA basketball player. Played 15 seasons for five teams. * Reuben Reina (Class of 1986) The most accomplished distance runner in Texas high school history. Former Olympian in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. Inducted into both the University of Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame and the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame. *

Josh Reynolds Josh Reynolds may refer to: *Josh Reynolds (American football) (born 1995), American football wide receiver *Josh Reynolds (rugby league) (born 1989), Australian rugby league player *Josh Reynolds (rugby union) Joshua Reynolds (born 1 December ...

(Class of 2013) — Current NFL wide receiver for the Detroit Lions * Chris Ross (Class of 2003) — Current professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. As a junior, sank a 50-foot half-court buzzer-beater to give Jay the 2002 Class 5A state basketball championship. *

Yolanda Saldívar Yolanda Saldívar (; born September 19, 1960) is an American former nurse who was convicted of the murder of singer Selena in 1995. Saldívar had been the president of Selena's fan club and the manager of her boutiques, but she lost both positio ...

— Convicted murderer of Latin music superstar

Selena Selena Quintanilla Pérez (; April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995), known mononymously as Selena, was an American Tejano singer. Called the " Queen of Tejano music", her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mex ...

, and currently serving a life sentence in the

Texas Department of Criminal Justice The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a department of the government of the U.S. state of Texas. The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jai ...

. Saldivar attended, but did not graduate from Jay. * Demetria Sance (Class of 1995) — Former Olympic volleyball player * Billy Smith (Class of 1971) — Former MLB Player *

Billy Taylor Billy Taylor (July 24, 1921 – December 28, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator. He was the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University in Greenville, and from 1994 was the ...

(Class of 1973) — Former NFL player * Scott Thomas (Class of 1982) — Former All-American college football player (defensive back) at the Air Force Academy; elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2012. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross as a USAF F-16 combat pilot in Desert Storm.

References

External links

Northside Independent School District
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