Duncanville High School Explained

Duncanville High School
Established:1935
Grades:9-12
Principal:Bryan Byrd
Staff:228.01
Ratio:19.74
Enrollment:4,501 (2022–23)
Conference:6A
Colors:Red and royal blue
Mascot:Panther
Campus Type:Suburban
Address:900 West Camp Wisdom Road
Zipcode:75116
Country:United States
Pushpin Map:Texas#USA

Duncanville High School is a secondary school located in Duncanville, Texas, United States, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The school is a part of Duncanville Independent School District.

The school includes grades 9 through 12. The high school campus is the second largest in the nation in terms of campus size. The district, and therefore the high school, serves almost all of the city of Duncanville, as well as portions of Cedar Hill, DeSoto, and a small portion of southwest Dallas.[1]

For the 2018–2019 academic year, the school received a B grade from the Texas Education Agency.[2]

History

Duncanville High School held its first accredited graduating class in 1936. Classes moved in 1954 to a new location, now Reed Middle School. Eleven years later, it moved to its current location. Construction started on Sandra Meadows Memorial Arena in 2003. A new classroom wing was added, along with major renovations, in 2004.

Campus

Duncanville High School is the second largest high school campus in the United States. The campus is more than twice as large as the nearby Mountain View College, and it is over the size of four combined Wal-Mart Supercenters.[3]

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

The school mascot is the Panther. With the exception of softball and girls track and field, the school has won state titles in every major team sport, including football.

The school's most notable success has been in girls' basketball, where it has won twelve state titles, including three consecutive from 1988 to 1990 while winning 134 consecutive games in the state's largest enrollment classification (a state record)[4] before losing in the 1991 state semifinal.[5] They also won 105 consecutive games and two consecutive state titles in 2012 and 2013.[6] The girls teams were undefeated champions in 1989 (39-0), 1990 (37-0), 1997 (40-0), 2013 (42-0), and 2016 (39-0).[7] [8]

Basketball

Boys

Girls

[23] [24] [25]

Football

Baseball

Volleyball

Track and field

Boys

Soccer

Boys

Girls

Music programs

Duncanville is the only 6A band program in the history of the Texas Music Educators' Association Honor Band competition to win three State Honor Band titles (1999, 2005, 2009).[32]

Choral Department

In 2022, the Duncanville High School Choral Department was named a 2022 GRAMMY Signature School and awarded a monetary grant for the excellence of the program under the leadership of Jesse Cannon II & De'Evin Johnson. In the same school year, the Assistant Choir Director, De'Evin Johnson was named a 2023 GRAMMY Music Educator Award Quarterfinalist.[33]

The A Cappella Men's Choir has twice performed at the National American Choral Directors Association Conference those invited performances occurred in 2012 and 2021.[34] In 2021 the A Capella Men's Choir was also named a Foundation for Music Education- Mark of Excellence National High School Winner in the Open Class.[35]

Marching Band

The Duncanville High School Marching Band has been the UIL state champion in 1986,[36] 1990,[37] and 2002.[38]

Journalism

The school is also known for its journalism program, which publishes the Panther Tale yearbook, Panther Prints newspaper, and the district's public relations publication, Class Magazine. The yearbook and newspaper have won numerous awards, including a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award[39] and Gold and Silver Crown awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. For the first time in 2002, Duncanville received a Gold Crown for its newspaper and its yearbook, one of only two high schools in the nation to capture both honors that year.[40]

Controversies

A video of a student from Duncanville, 18-year-old sophomore Jeff Bliss scolding his social studies/history[41] teacher,[42] went viral in May 2013, and was picked up by media. CBS local news quoted the student:[43]

The video was caught on video on a cellphone, posted on YouTube, and picked up by Reddit, Phillip DeFranco and Gawker.[44] The official reaction of the Duncanville Independent School District was not to discipline the student, but to offer private and public reminders that there are other ways to make a point. The district issued a statement, saying, in part: "He makes a number of valid statements about how classrooms across America need to change, and we view this as an opportunity to have more conversations about transforming our schools to better meet the needs of our students."

A video of students protesting the school's strict dress code was sent to several of the local media outlets, who reported on the incident. The Duncanville Independent School District said about 170 students were found in violation of the school's dress code and sent home.[45] The crackdown on students violating the dress code is what led to a spontaneous mass protest. Administrators responded to the protest with a large police presence on campus a day afterward, which remained until the last day of the school year.[46]

Notable alumni

References

Notes

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: School District Reference Map (2010 Census): Dallas County, TX . . . 2019-11-05.
  2. https://txschools.gov/schools/057907001/overview "Overview: Duncanville H S"
  3. Booth, Herb. "Raising the roof on campus size. Is a big school always better? Duncanville: Teens under one roof, but critics say it's too impersonal" . The Dallas Morning News. August 28, 2005. Retrieved on July 26, 2010.
  4. Web site: Record Book Result . 2016-04-19 . 2016-03-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160314021451/http://nfhs.org/recordbook/record-book-result.aspx?categoryid=1441 . live .
  5. Web site: 1990-91 5A Girls Basketball State Results.
  6. Web site: 2013-14 5A Girls Basketball State Results.
  7. Web site: UIL 2024 State Girls Basketball Program (page 54). 2024-11-01 . University Interscholastic League. Retrieved on November 1, 2024.
  8. Web site: 2015-2016 UIL State Girls Basketball 6A Results . 2024-11-01. .' 'University Interscholastic League. Retrieved on November 1, 2024
  9. http://www.uiltexas.org/basketball/state-bracket/1990-1991-5a-boys-basketball-state-results "1990-1991 5A Boys Basketball State Results"
  10. http://www.uiltexas.org/basketball/state-bracket/1998-1999-5a-boys-basketball-state-results 1998-1999 "5A Boys Basketball State Results"
  11. http://www.uiltexas.org/basketball/state-bracket/2006-2007-5a-boys-basketball-state-results "2006-2007 5A Boys Basketball State Results"
  12. https://www.uiltexas.org/basketball/state-bracket/2018-2019-6a-boys-basketball-state-results "2018-19 6A Boys State Basketball Results"
  13. https://www.uiltexas.org/basketball/state-bracket/2020-2021-6a-boys-basketball-state-results "2020-21 6A Boys State Basketball Results"
  14. https://www.uiltexas.org/basketball/state-bracket/2021-2022-6a-boys-basketball-state-results "2021-2022 6A Boys State Basketball Results"
  15. http://www.uiltexas.org/basketball/state-bracket/1975-1976-4a-girls-basketball-state-results "1975-1976 4A Girls Basketball State Results"
  16. http://www.uiltexas.org/basketball/state-bracket/1987-1988-5a-girls-basketball-state-results "1987-1988 5A Girls Basketball State Results"
  17. http://www.uiltexas.org/basketball/state-bracket/1988-1989-5a-girls-basketball-state-results "1988-1989 5A Girls Basketball State Results"
  18. http://www.uiltexas.org/basketball/state-bracket/1989-1990-5a-girls-basketball-state-results "1989-1989 5A Girls Basketball State Results"
  19. http://www.uiltexas.org/basketball/state-bracket/1996-1997-5a-girls-basketball-state-results "1996-1997 5A Girls Basketball State Results"
  20. http://www.uiltexas.org/basketball/state-bracket/2002-2003-5a-girls-basketball-state-results "2002-2003 5A Girls Basketball State Results"
  21. http://www.uiltexas.org/basketball/state-bracket/2011-2012-5a-girls-basketball-state-results "2011-2012 5A Girls Basketball State Results"
  22. http://www.uiltexas.org/basketball/state-bracket/2012-2013-5a-girls-basketball-state-results "2012-2013 5A Girls Basketball State Results"
  23. https://www.uiltexas.org/basketball/state-bracket/2016-2017-6a-girls-basketball-state-results "2016-2017 5A Girls Basketball State Results"
  24. https://m.chron.com/sports/highschool/article/Duncanville-takes-down-Cypress-Creek-to-win-6A-15114488.php "Duncanville takes down Cypress Creek to win 6A state championship"
  25. https://www.uiltexas.org/basketball/state-bracket/2023-2024-6a-girls-basketball-state-results "2023-2024 6A Girls Basketball State Results"
  26. Web site: UIL Football State Champions . uil100.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121201202226/http://uil100.org/archives/athletics/football.php . 2012-12-01.
  27. Web site: UIL Baseball State Champions . uil100.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131210161440/http://uil100.org/archives/athletics/baseball.php . 2013-12-10.
  28. http://www2.uiltexas.org/athletics/archives/volleyball/state/95_96/index.html "UIL State Volleyball Tournament"
  29. http://www2.uiltexas.org/athletics/archives/track_field/track_champions.html "UIL State Track Champions"
  30. Web site: UIL Boys Soccer State Champions . uil100.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025651/http://uil100.org/archives/athletics/soccer-boys.php . 2016-03-04.
  31. http://www2.uiltexas.org/athletics/archives/soccer/tournament_records.html "UIL State Soccer Records"
  32. Web site: Honor Band History . tmea.org.
  33. Web site: 2023 GRAMMY Music Educator Award . grammy.com.
  34. Web site: Men's A Cappella Choir Performs Concert for National Audience . duncanvilleisd.org.
  35. Web site: 2021 NATIONAL CHORAL HONORS RESULTS NATIONAL WINNERS . foundationformusiceducation.org/.
  36. Web site: UIL State Champion Archives . uiltexas.org.
  37. Web site: UIL State Champion Archives . uiltexas.org.
  38. Web site: UIL State Champion Archives . uiltexas.org.
  39. Web site: 2003 Journalism Award . rfkhumanrights.org . November 21, 2016.
  40. Web site: 2002 - Awards For Student Work Crown Awards - Scholastic Recipients . cspa.columbia.edu . November 21, 2016.
  41. Web site: Duncanville student's teacher rant goes viral . Calvert Collins, Chelsea Kretz . Fox News Austin . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130608090850/http://www.myfoxaustin.com/story/22201163/duncanville-students-teacher-rant-goes-viral . 2013-06-08.
  42. Web site: Duncanville High teacher on leave after student viral video rant . May 9, 2013 . CBS News.
  43. Web site: Video of Duncanville High Student scolding his teacher goes viral online . CBS News . 8 May 2013.
  44. Web site: Duncanville High Student's angry critique of teacher goes viral online . Jeffrey Weiss . Dallas News . May 9, 2013.
  45. Web site: Duncanville HS sends hundreds home for dress code violations . 14 May 2014 . myfoxdfw.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140627165711/http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/25516642/duncanville-hs-sends-hundreds-home-for-dress-code-violations . 27 June 2014.
  46. Dress Code Protests: High School Students Riot Over Clothing Rules . Eliana Dockterman . Time.
  47. Web site: Ariel Atkins Player Profile . WNBA . December 22, 2019.
  48. Web site: USA Track & Field - Brigetta Barrett . August 11, 2012.
  49. https://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketball/2004-02-25-ten-great-hoops-other_x.htm "The other great places to watch high school hoops"
  50. Web site: Four-Star RB Caden Durham Reflects on Hometown Ties to Oklahoma Sooners and Other Top Choices. Dave Campbell's Texas Football. April 6, 2023. Powers, Greg.
  51. Web site: Riddle . Greg . Duncanville three-star QB Grayson James commits to Florida International . Dallas News . 21 January 2021 . 24 November 2024.
  52. Web site: Perry Jones Player Profile . Basketball Reference . December 22, 2019.
  53. Web site: Bursaspor Basketball Team . bursaspor.org.tr . December 22, 2019.
  54. Web site: Ennis Rakestraw, Jr. - Football . University of Missouri Athletics . en.
  55. Web site: David Nied Player Profile . Baseball Reference . December 22, 2019.
  56. Web site: Todd Ritchie . baseball-reference.com . November 21, 2016.
  57. Web site: Dallas actress, author Priscilla Shirer honored as woman of faith . 18 October 2016 . 2016-10-19 . 2018-06-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180622005018/https://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-column/2016/10/18/dallas-actress-author-priscilla-shirer-honored-woman-faith . live .
  58. Web site: RAB Hall of Fame: Gene Summers . rockabillyhall.com . 2013-06-25 . 2009-06-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090619023148/http://www.rockabillyhall.com/GeneSummers.html . dead .
  59. Web site: Smith . Casey . Elite 5-Star EDGE Colin Simmons Commits To Texas . Sports Illustrated . 10 August 2023 . 30 September 2024.
  60. Web site: 2021-12-12 . Texas secures commitment from Duncanville OT Cameron Williams; OLB Ovie Oghoufo set to return . 2024-10-06 . Dallas News . en.

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