Texas High School Explained

Texas High School (THS) is a public high school in Texarkana, Texas, United States. It is part of the Texarkana Independent School District and is classified as a 5A school by the University Interscholastic League. For the 2021–2022 school year, the school was given a "B" by the Texas Education Agency.^[1]

History

The first classes were held in 1889 for grades 7 through 11 and the first graduating class consisted of three students in 1890. In 1965, a $3 million bond was issued for a new high school on Kennedy Lane, just west of Summerhill Road, was approved. The facility was designed by noted architects Caudill Rowlett Scott and local architects Moore and Thomas. In 1969, the architecture firm was awarded the Outstanding School Architecture Award by the Texas Association of School Administrators and School Boards for its design.^[2]

Athletics

The Texas Tigers compete in these sports: Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Powerlifting, Soccer, Softball, Swimming and Diving, Tennis, Track and Field, and Volleyball.^[3]

Titles

• Baseball - 2009(4A)^[4]
• Football - 2002(4A/D1)^[5]
• Boys Swimming - 2003(4A)^[6]
• Boys Track - 2014(4A)^[7]
• Marching Band: Regional champions(2017), Regional Concert band Sweepstakes (2018)

5th place at Area Regional Contest (2022)

• Under the 2012-2014 football University Interscholastic League reclassification, Texas High competes in District 14 of classification 5A.
• The school won the 4A Division I state championship in 2002 for football,^[8] and won its first 4A state championship on June 11, 2009, for its baseball.^[9]

Notable alumni

• Joe Anderson, former professional football player
• Miller Barber, professional golfer
• Carl Finch, guitarist, keyboardist, accordionist, vocalist, songwriter, and record producer
• Ike Forte, NFL player
• Cobi Hamilton, NFL player
• Jack Jenkins, NFL player
• J. D. Kimmel, NFL player
• Gary Kusin, entrepreneur
• Ryan Mallett, NFL player
• Julie Meadows, writer, web designer and former pornographic actress
• Rick Minter, college football coach
• Craig Monroe, MLB player
• Doyle Nix, NFL player
• Jerry Norton, NFL player
• Ross Perot, 1947, businessman and former presidential candidate, named TISD Distinguished Alumni in 2009^{[10] [11]}
• Collin Raye, country music singer
• Bill Rogers, professional golfer
• Marjorie Scardino, business executive
• Aysel Teymurzadeh, singer
• Nathan Vasher, NFL player
• Renée Witterstaetter, artist and editor at Marvel Comics^[12]

Notes and References

1. Web site: TEA . . 5 March 2024.
2. Web site: Caudill Rowlett Scott Awards. PDF. June 16, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20100618030915/http://archone.tamu.edu/crs/documents/misc/awards.pdf. June 18, 2010. dead.
3. http://www.theathleticsdepartment.com/schools/Texarkana-Texas/ The Athletics Department
4. http://uil100.org/archives/athletics/baseball.php UIL Baseball Archives
5. http://lonestarfootball.net/team.asp?action=schedule&T=1271&S=2002&GUID=9086313843 Lone Star Football Network
6. http://uil100.org/archives/athletics/swimming-diving-event-team.php?event==Team+Overall&boys_girls=Boys UIL Boys Swimming Archives
7. http://www.uiltexas.org/archives/champions/2013-2014#track-field-boys UIL Boys Track Archives
8. http://www.uil.utexas.edu/athletics/archives/football/champions.html UIL State Football Champions
9. News: Texas High wins first-ever state baseball championship. Louie Avery. Texarkana Gazette. June 11, 2009. June 12, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090617061911/http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/Breaking-News/2009/06/11/texas-high-wins-first-ever-state-basebal-46.php. June 17, 2009. dead.
10. News: Perot named TISD Distinguished Alumni. Texarkana Gazette. September 17, 2009. September 17, 2009. September 24, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090924134433/http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/localnews/2009/09/17/perot-named-tisd-distinguished-alumni-76.php. dead.
11. Web site: Texarkana Independent School District Names H. Ross Perot as 2009 Distinguished Alumni. Texarkana Independent School District. PDF. September 17, 2009. October 21, 2010.
12. News: Renee Witterstaetter: Opening her own doors. Texarkana Gazette. August 11, 2023. October 11, 2023.