J. Frank Dobie High School
J. Frank Dobie High School is a public secondary school located in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1968, it is named after the Texas writer of the same name. It follows a standard high school model serving grades 9 through 12 and is the largest school in the Pasadena Independent School District. The school mascots are Louie and Lucy the Longhorns and the official colors are orange and white, similar to that of the University of Texas at Austin.
Dobie High School was originally located at 11111 Beamer Rd. However, overcrowding problems at the Beamer campus and the rapidly growing population in the South Belt area lead city officials and voters to pass a $199.05 million bond in February 2000. This included a new 490,000-square-foot (46,000 m2) location to be built at 10220 Blackhawk Blvd which opened in 2003.
The original Beamer location is now occupied by Beverly Hills Intermediate School.
In 2014 PISD announced plans to create a 9th grade center in order to reduce overcrowding at Dobie High. In 2015 the district revealed the design plans for the 9th grade center, and groundbreaking occurred in August 2016.
Athletics offered at Dobie High School include:
Dobie High School also offers various clubs and organizations including:
Dobie High School's Academic Decathlon teams took home the national championship in 1992 and 1996, and second in the nation in 2011.
Dobie High School has a standardized dress code and students are required to wear identification badges above the waist on a lanyard on campus.
The Texas Education Agency specified that the parents or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform; parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.
Beverly Hills Intermediate and Thompson Intermediate are the two feeder schools for Dobie High School.
The school serves portions of Houston in the South Belt/Ellington area (including Riverstone Ranch , and Sagemont.) and portions of Pearland. Dobie High School also zones portions of Southeast Houston (Bridge Gate).
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