Allen High School (Allen, Texas)
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300 Rivercrest Boulevard Allen, Texas, Collin County 75002 United States |
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| Type | Public, co-educational high school |
| Established | 1910 |
| School district | Allen Independent School District |
| Principal | Jason Johnston |
| Faculty | 350 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 5,987 (2016) |
| Campus size | 177 acres (720,000 m2) |
| Color(s) | Navy, & White |
| Athletics conference | UIL Class 6A |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Website | AHS Web Page |
Allen High School is a public, co-educational secondary school in Allen, Texas (USA). It is the only high school in the Allen Independent School District. Student enrollment for 2016 is 5,987, making Allen one of the largest high schools in the state of Texas.
Allen High School serves most of the city of Allen. Until fall 2006, when Lovejoy High School opened, Allen High School served high school students in the Lovejoy Independent School District, which includes the city of Lucas, most of Fairview, and a small portion of Allen.
The first school, built in 1910 at the corner of Belmont and Cedar, was a two story brick building housing six classrooms and an auditorium, and saw the first graduating class of eight students in 1914.
The second Allen High School was established in 1959 on land donated by Mr. Harris Brown on the corner of Jupiter and Main Streets.
August 1999 saw the opening of Allen High School “2000”, a new facility (at the corner of Greenville and Rivercrest) which opened to 2,200 students in grades 10 through 12. The former high school was converted into the Becky Lowery Freshman Center, named in honor of a former middle school teacher and school counselor. It serves all 9th grade students, with an enrollment of 1644 in 2015. The final expansion of the school was completed in 2011. The expansion included a new 1,500 seat performing arts center, an expansion of band hall space and a Career and Technology Education center featuring a student-managed restaurant open to the public, a student-managed apparel store with student designed items, multiple new Mac labs, Mac-equipped rooms for the photojournalism, yearbook, commercial photography, audio visual, radio, and newspaper classes as well as learning-classrooms for the medical education programs.
Allen High School offers the International Baccalaureate program to its students, with the class of 2002 being the first to graduate Full Diploma. AHS also provides Advanced Placement and elective courses.
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