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James Bowie High School is a public
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in
Arlington, Texas Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, Tarrant County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Mid-Cities region of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area, and is a principal c ...
. The school is a part of
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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 miles from Sam Houston. 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.Brown, Cathy (editorial columnist). No blackboard jungles despite changing demographics]." ''
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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.


Shooting

On April 24, 2024, James Bowie High School was placed on lockdown due to shots being fired by the school's portable buildings. Officers from the Arlington Police Department and an on-site School Resource Officer responded and saw 18-year old Etavion Barnes on the ground. Officers noted Barnes was unresponsive and soon began providing aid to Barnes until he was transported by an ambulance to Medical City Arlington. The perpetrator, a 17-year-old student, was arrested not far from the scene. It was confirmed that the perpetrator knew the victim before the shooting, although no motive had been found at the time. The victim died at the hospital at 3:27 p.m., according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office. As a result, murder charges were brought against the perpetrator.


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 portion of its population to BHS. Burgin and McNutt Elementaries feed into Workman Jr. High. Workman splits its students between Bowie and 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

* Darrell Lance Abbott — Went to Bowie for a short time. Also known as "Diamond Darrell", "Dimebag Darrell", "Dimebag" or simply "Dime", of Hard-Rock Band
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. * Vincent Paul Abbott — Also known as "Vinnie Paul", of Hard-Rock Band
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. *
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(Class of 2022) — Offensive Tackle for the
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*
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 (Arlington, Texas), Bowie High School in his homet ...
(Class of 2020) —
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point guard. Went to Bowie for a short time and later transferred to
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in
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. *
Kyler Edwards Kyler Alexander Edwards (born May 3, 1999) is an American professional basketball player who plays guard for Elitzur Netanya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Houston Cou ...
(born 1999) — basketball guard in the Israeli Basketball Premier League *
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
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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. * Russell Hansbrough (Class of 2012) —
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running back * Kolby Listenbee (Class of 2012) —
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wide receiver *
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(Class of 2008) — Country and pop music artist *
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(Class of 2003) - American singer, rapper, choreographer, and YouTuber. * Ty Nsekhe (Class of 2003) —
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offensive tackle *
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— Former
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Welterweight Champion *
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(Class of 1997) —
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outfielder


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* {{authority control Arlington Independent School District high schools Educational institutions established in 1973 1973 establishments in Texas Educational institutions established in 1991 1991 establishments in Texas High schools in Arlington, Texas International Baccalaureate schools in Texas