Thomas C. Clark High School is a
public high school
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, in the
Northside Independent School District
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, in
San Antonio
("Cradle of Freedom")
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Texas
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,
United States
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. Built in 1978 with five main buildings surrounding a courtyard, this school has over 120 classrooms and is one of the largest schools in NISD. As with all Northside ISD schools, Clark is named for a former or current
United States Supreme Court
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Justice, in this case
Thomas C. Clark.
Clark serves the NISD portion of
Scenic Oaks.
In 2017, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the
Texas Education Agency
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is the branch of the government of Texas responsible for public education in Texas in the United States. , with a 5-Star Distinction for Academic Achievements in Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Top 25 Percent Student Progress and Top 25 Percent Closing Performance Gaps. Also in 2017, Clark was ranked 7th out of 75 Greater San Antonio high schools in
Children at Risk's School Rankings.
Programs
Clark is home to an award-winning fine arts department, which offers programs in Concert and Marching Band, Orchestra, Choir, Theatre, and Art.
Clark also offers athletic programs sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League. These include Football, Boys and Girls Basketball, Boys and Girls Soccer, Baseball, Volleyball, Track and Field, Swimming and Diving, Softball, Tennis, Golf, and Cross Country. Waterpolo was discontinued in 2012.
Clark also offers most, if not all, of the Academic UIL events, including Academic Decathlon, Social Studies, Science, Current Issues, One Act Play, Computer Science, Computer Applications, Calculator Applications, Literary Criticism, CX Debate, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, various speaking competitive events, various journalistic competitive events, and Air Force Junior ROTC. Advanced Placement Courses: Human Geography, English Literature, English Composition, World History, U.S. History, European History, Environmental Science, U.S. Government, Microeconomics, Psychology, Biology, Chemistry, Physics 1 & 2, Physics C, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Statistics, Computer Science, Art History, Studio Art, Spanish, French, German, Latin.
Academic awards
In 2013, Newsweek Magazine named Tom C. Clark High School one of their top 2,000 schools in the country; schools that have proven to be the most effective in turning out college-ready grads.
Athletics
The Clark Cougars compete in these sports:
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Football
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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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Soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
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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 ...
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Swimming and Diving
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Tennis
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Track and Field
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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 ...
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Water Polo
Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...
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Marching Band
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Athletic highlights
Football: In the 2008–2009 football season, the Clark Cougars played in the 5A Texas Semi-Finals against F.B. Hightower, the farthest the school has ever advanced in the playoffs.
Tennis: District Champions of Northside Independent School District for 31 straight years.
Track and Field: 2012 – Men's district Champions in the 27-5A meet by one point over Brandeis High School.
Swimming: 2016 – Both men's and women's swim team crowned district champions
Notable alumni
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Matt Beech
Lucas Matthew Beech (born January 20, 1972) is a professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Phillies from 1996 to 1998.
In 2005, Beech played for the Erie SeaWolves of the Eastern League. As an inde ...
(Class of 1990) — Former MLB baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
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Jason Brickman
Jason Alexander Brickman (born November 19, 1991) is a Filipino-American basketball player for the Kaohsiung Aquas of the T1 League. He completed his college career for the Long Island University Blackbirds after the 2013–14 season. Brickm ...
(Class of 2010) — Professional basketball player. NCAA fourth all-time in assists.
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Jessica Collins
Jessica Collins (born Jessica Lynn Capogna; April 1, 1971) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Dinah Lee Mayberry on the ABC soap opera '' Loving'' (1991–1994) and Avery Bailey Clark on the CBS soap opera ''The Young and t ...
(Class of 2001) — Actress
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Wane McGarity
Wane Keith McGarity (born September 30, 1976) is a former American football wide receiver and return specialist in the National Football League and Canadian Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, New Orleans Saints, Calgary Stampeders and Winnip ...
(Class of 1995) — Former professional football player for the Dallas Cowboys and New Orleans Saints in the NFL, and the Calgary Stampeders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2005) of the CFL.
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Trent Plaisted (Class of 2005) — Professional basketball player, drafted 46th overall in the 2008 NBA Draft.
References
External links
Clark High SchoolClark High School band: "The Mighty Cougar Band"Clark Theatre websiteSchool sports website
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High schools in San Antonio
Public high schools in Bexar County, Texas
Northside Independent School District high schools
1978 establishments in Texas