Robert E. Lee High School (Houston, Texas)
| Margaret Long Wisdom High School | |
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Houston, Texas United States |
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| Coordinates | 29°43′47″N 95°30′00″W / 29.72969°N 95.49993°WCoordinates: 29°43′47″N 95°30′00″W / 29.72969°N 95.49993°W |
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| Type | Public, Secondary |
| Motto | "Fortune Favors the Brave" |
| Established | 1962 |
| School district | Houston Independent School District |
| Principal | Jonathan Nguyen Trinh (as of 2015) |
| Grades | 9-12 District 20-5A |
| Enrollment | 1,433 (2012-2013) |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Black & Gold |
| Mascot | Generals |
| Newspaper | The Traveler |
| Yearbook | Saber |
| Website | schools |
 The front of the school after its 2012 renovation |
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Margaret Long Wisdom High School, formerly Robert E. Lee High School, is a publicly funded secondary school located in Southwest Houston, Texas, United States 77057. The Houston Independent School District, the 7th largest school district in the United States, operates Wisdom, a public admission school that enrolls grades 9 through 12 (ages 14–19). The school serves the neighborhoods of Uptown, Briargrove, Westchase, and Gulfton areas of the city of Houston. Houston Independent School District will submit construction documents in 2016-2017 school year. After the construction documents are submitted, They will vote to seek approval for the new school.
The school is named after teacher Margaret Long "Tiny" Wisdom (born October 2, 1922).
Lee High School was officially Lee Senior High School, named after Robert E. Lee and opened in 1962 to relieve high attendance at Lamar and Bellaire high schools. Lee's first principal, Woodrow Watts, was previously the principal of Lamar. After its opening Lee became Lamar's primary athletic rival. At that time, Lee High School had a white and mostly affluent and suburban student body.
For its first twenty five years, Robert E. Lee High School built a comprehensive suburban high school, drawing students primarily from Afton Oaks, Tanglewood, Briargrove, Briarcroft/Briarmeadow, and Rivercrest/Briargrove Park/Walnut Bend neighborhoods, all south of Buffalo Bayou. It has been home to multiple award winning students and faculty, service clubs and programs, athletic teams and graduates over its 50-year history. The school's motto is "Fortune Favors the Brave", taken from the Lee family and based on the Roman philosopher Virgil's quote.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy's Robert E. Lee chapter number 186 supported the school in its early years; it donated portraits of Lee, gave American Civil War-related books to the library, and gave the school a rebel flag. The school's symbol is the Lee family coat of arms, which has a squirrel on the top holding a nut.
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