Sam Houston High School, located in east

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, is a

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serving grades 9–12. It is one of the six high schools comprising the

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in Arlington, Texas. The current principal is Juan Villarreal. The school is also known as Sam Houston HS, SHHS, and Big Sam. The mascot is the Long Tall Texan, and the colors are red, white, and blue.

History

Sam Houston HS became Arlington School District's second high school when it opened in 1963 for the fall semester. The first graduating class was the Class of 1965. The school moved from its original location on Browning Drive to its current location on Sam Houston Drive in 1970. The original location became Hutcheson Junior High School. The first IB graduating class was the Class of 2011. Since then, the school has had the most students participating in the IB program of all the high schools in the district. More than twenty students were awarded with the IB diploma with the Class of 2013. The original Sam Houston campus was demolished in 2015 and was rebuilt as Dan Dipert Career and Technical Center in 2017. As of 2017, Sam Houston is the largest high school in

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with over 3,600 students. It is also one of the largest predominantly Hispanic high schools in Texas. In 2017, Sam Houston became the first Arlington ISD high school to open the 9th Grade Center. It was open to make room for freshmen of the 2017–2018 school year. In late fall of 2017, the school opened a second cafeteria addition.

Feeder patterns

Anderson, Blanton, Crouch, Crow, Knox, Patrick, Rankin, Roark, Thornton, and a portion of Berry Elementaries feed into Carter Jr. High. Adams, Amos, Atherton, Goodman, Hale, Johns, Morton, Rankin, and Remynse Elementaries feed into Workman Jr. High. Carter and Workman Jr. Highs feed into Sam Houston.

Academics

Sam Houston HS offers

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course opportunities at the Southeast Campus of

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, a local community college. This is in addition to the following Accelerated Academic programs: *AP (

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) Program *AVID (

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) Program *IB (

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) Program *TRIO Educational Talent Search Program *TRIO

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Program

Notable alumni

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(class of 1969) - American film and television director. * Mike Adams (class of 1992) - Wide Receiver

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* Thasunda Brown Duckett (class of 1991) - President & CEO of TIAA * Mark Clayton (class of 2000) - Wide Receiver

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(class of 1994) - American politician, minister, and retired football player * Trey Hillman (class of 1981) - Major League Baseball manager * Lisa Love (class of 1974) - Former athletic director of Arizona State University. *

Guy Morriss Guy Walker Morriss (May 13, 1951 – September 5, 2022) was an American football coach and player. He served as the head football coach at the University of Kentucky for two seasons (2001–2002) and at Baylor University for five seasons (2003� ...

(class of 1969) - Former center/guard (15 seasons) Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots; former head football coach at Baylor University *

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(class of 1981) - Film and TV writer; Won the Academy Award for the "Big Short" 2015 * M. David Rudd (class of 1979) - President, University of Memphis, Internationally known psychologist, Distinguished University Professor of Psychology The Long Tall Texan Award is presented each year at the Sam Houston High School graduation ceremony every spring to the alumni who has positively impacted the SHHS community. Award winners include: * 2018: Melynda Brooks Merrifield * 2017: Sheila Ivy Young * 2016: Claudia Perkins * 2015: Eric Salas * 2014: Bobby Callas * 2013: Billy & Cheryl Stewart * 2012: Derrick Kinney * 2011: Judy Thomas * 2010: Bobby Hunt * 2009: Justin Chapa

References

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