Alamo Heights High School
| Alamo Heights High School | |
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| Address | |
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6900 Broadway Street San Antonio, TX 78209 United States |
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| Coordinates | 29°29′28″N 98°27′53″W / 29.491199°N 98.464793°WCoordinates: 29°29′28″N 98°27′53″W / 29.491199°N 98.464793°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Traditional Public |
| Established | Original schoolhouse: 1909 Original High School building: 1923 Current High School building: 1950 |
| School district | Alamo Heights Independent School District |
| Superintendent | Kevin Brown |
| Principal | Dr. Cordell Jones |
| Faculty | 115 |
| Enrollment | 1,543 (2008-09) |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Athletics conference | UIL Class AAAAA |
| Mascot | Mule |
| Rival | Boerne Champion High School |
| Newspaper | Hoof Print |
| Yearbook | Olmos |
| Website | Alamo Heights High School |
Alamo Heights High School is a public high school located in the city of Alamo Heights, Texas and is the only high school in the Alamo Heights Independent School District. Most of the students who attend Alamo Heights HS also attended Alamo Heights Junior School (6-8), either Woodridge Elementary or Cambridge Elementary (1-5), and Howard Early Childhood Center (PreK-K). There is also alternative school at the Robbins Academy (6-12). Others come from nearby private or parochial schools such as St. Luke's Episcopal, St. Mary's Hall, St. Peter Prince of the Apostles, The San Antonio Academy, St. Pius X, or Texas Military Institute and Keystone School.
The district includes three "island cities" including all of Alamo Heights, parts of Terrell Hills and all of Olmos Park. The district also includes a small part of north central San Antonio. Although Alamo Heights High School is a public school, it does accept a limited amount of tuition students every year who live outside of the Alamo Heights district boundaries.
In 2009, the school was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.
The two-story school building is divided into four halls: Main, South, Central and North. Main provides access to the attendance and principal's offices, the library, the auditorium and a few classrooms. North contains the mathematics and history departments. Central is occupied by the technology department, as well as the nurse's and counselors' offices. South contains the English and foreign languages departments. The school's main sitting area is outside between North and Central. This area is called "The Oaks" after its many oak trees. The Oaks Building is located across The Oaks from the main building. It contains two art rooms, the language laboratory, which contains computers with headsets for use with recorded language teaching materials and a multi-purpose room. The auditorium is located north of the North Wing, with the band hall north of the auditorium.
The school has several sports facilities, the most visible of which is Harry B. Orem Stadium, used for football and soccer games. The stadium contains a track and there is also a practice field for these sports. The stadium was built in 1938 by the Works Projects Administration. Before 1938, the primary facility was Howard Field, located at the original high school building (now Cambridge Elementary). Former head coach Earl "Mule" Frazier led the football team to its first district championship in 1926 and lends his name to the Alamo Heights mascot. The school's main facility for basketball and volleyball games is the Mule Dome. There is also a practice gymnasium for basketball. The school has full pool facilities for swimming, diving and water polo. Recently, the "skygym" was opened as an extra basketball court and multi-use gymnasium. The school's baseball field is located in the city's Olmos Basin.
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