Houston Heights High School
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Houston Heights High School (formerly Houston Heights Charter) is a state-operated charter school
located in Houston, Texas
. It was established in 1999 by superintendent
Richard Mik.
HHHS, which serves grades 9 through 12, is located in the Houston Heights neighborhood in northwest Houston. The school serves 96% at-risk students
.
Houston Heights High School also partners with Houston Community College
to give students the opportunity to gain college credit during their junior and/or senior years, specifically in (but not limited to) the area of construction management
.
The school motto is: Leadership, Excellence, Perseverance
In 2009, the school was rated "academically acceptable
" by the Texas Education Agency
.
, Men's Soccer, and Cheerleading
. The basketball team won the Texas Charter School Academic & Athletic League (TCSAAL) state championship
in 2010 after finishing runner-up in 2009.
86% of the students qualified for free or reduced breakfast
.
Charter school
Charter schools are primary or secondary schools that receive public money but are not subject to some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which are set forth in each school's charter...
located in Houston, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. It was established in 1999 by superintendent
Superintendent (education)
In education in the United States, a superintendent is an individual who has executive oversight and administration rights, usually within an educational entity or organization....
Richard Mik.
HHHS, which serves grades 9 through 12, is located in the Houston Heights neighborhood in northwest Houston. The school serves 96% at-risk students
At-risk students
The term at-risk students is used to describe students who are "at risk" of failing academically, for one or more of any several reasons. The term can be used to describe a wide variety of students, including ones who belong to ethnic minorities, those who are academically disadvantaged, those who...
.
Houston Heights High School also partners with Houston Community College
Houston Community College System
Houston Community College System is a community college system that operates community colleges in Houston, Missouri City, and Stafford in Texas....
to give students the opportunity to gain college credit during their junior and/or senior years, specifically in (but not limited to) the area of construction management
Construction management
Construction Project Management is the overall planning, coordination and control of a project from inception to completion aimed at meeting a client’s requirements in order to produce a functionally and financially viable project that will be complete mingement is project management that applies...
.
The school motto is: Leadership, Excellence, Perseverance
In 2009, the school was rated "academically acceptable
Texas Education Agency accountability ratings system
The Texas Education Agency accountability ratings system rates all public schools, charter schools, and school districts in the State of Texas.The criteria are the same for schools and districts, and are discussed below...
" by the Texas Education Agency
Texas Education Agency
The Texas Education Agency is a branch of the state government of Texas in the United States responsible for public education. The agency is headquartered in the William B...
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Athletics
Houston Heights High School offers Men's BasketballBasketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, Men's Soccer, and Cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
. The basketball team won the Texas Charter School Academic & Athletic League (TCSAAL) state championship
Championship
Championship is a term used in sport to refer to various forms of competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion.- Title match system :...
in 2010 after finishing runner-up in 2009.
Student body
HHHS had 251 students during the 2007-2008 school year.- 61% were HispanicHispanicHispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain. During the Modern Era, Hispanic sometimes takes on a more limited meaning, particularly in the United States, where the term means a person of ...
- 32% were African-American
- 7% were White
- 0% were AsianAsian peopleAsian people or Asiatic people is a term with multiple meanings that refers to people who descend from a portion of Asia's population.- Central Asia :...
86% of the students qualified for free or reduced breakfast
Reduced price meal
Reduced price meal is a term used in the U.S.A. to describe a federally reimbursable meal served to a child who applies for and qualifies because the family’s income is between 130% and 185% of the federal poverty threshold...
.