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Reagan High School (Houston)
Encyclopedia
| Principal Administrator | Connie Berger |
| Founded | 1927 |
| School type | Public school (U.S.) |
| Religious affiliation | None |
| Location | Houston Houston, Texas Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ... , 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... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
| Enrollment | 1,683 students (2003-2004 school year) |
| Campus surroundings | Urban |
| Mascot | Bulldog |
| School colors | Maroon Maroon (color) Maroon is a dark red color.-Etymology:Maroon is derived from French marron .The first recorded use of maroon as a color name in English was in 1789.-Maroon :... , White White White is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in nearly equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness.White light can be... |
John H. Reagan High School is a high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in Houston
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
, 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...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Reagan, which enrolls students in grades nine through twelve, is a part of the Houston Independent School District
Houston Independent School District
The Houston Independent School District is the largest public school system in Texas and the seventh-largest in the United States. Houston ISD serves as a community school district for most of the city of Houston and several nearby and insular municipalities...
. Reagan is located in the Houston Heights neighborhood. Reagan, which was named after John H. Reagan, has HISD's computer magnet program
Magnet school
In education in the United States, magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula. "Magnet" refers to how the schools draw students from across the normal boundaries defined by authorities as school zones that feed into certain schools.There are magnet schools at the...
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The school gymnasium
Gym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
is the home court of the Houston Takers, a professional men's basketball
Basketball
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...
team in the American Basketball Association.
As of 2008, the principal of Reagan High School is Connie Berger.
History
Houston Heights tied with Cleburne High School
Cleburne Independent School District
Cleburne Independent School District is a public school district based in Cleburne, Texas .In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.-High School:*Grades 9-12**Cleburne High School...
, 0-0, in the 1920 state championship football game, and was declared a co-champion with Cleburne. This is the first state football championship game recognized by Dave Campbell's Texas Football
Dave Campbell's Texas Football
Dave Campbell's Texas Football is an annual publication, previewing football teams in the state of Texas.It is unique in that it is the only publication to preview every team in Texas , from the NFL's Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans, through every level of college football, to the roughly 1,400...
.
The Houston Heights High School, as it is known today, opened in 1904. In the fall of 1919 it was moved to the site that became Hamilton Junior High School because the original high school burned down over the summer. In 1925 the campus became Alexander Hamilton Junior High School. John H Reagan High School opened in 1925 and Hamilton was the junior high school. The campus was designed by John Staub and William Ward Watkin, who were designers of the original campus of Rice University
Rice University
William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States...
. Reagan was first established as an all-white
Racial segregation
Racial segregation is the separation of humans into racial groups in daily life. It may apply to activities such as eating in a restaurant, drinking from a water fountain, using a public toilet, attending school, going to the movies, or in the rental or purchase of a home...
high school. Reagan was relieved by Waltrip High School
Waltrip High School
Stephen Pool Waltrip High School is a secondary school located at 1900 West 34th Street in Houston, Texas, United States, 77018.Waltrip, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District....
when Waltrip opened in 1959.
Reagan was desegregated
Desegregation
Desegregation is the process of ending the separation of two groups usually referring to races. This is most commonly used in reference to the United States. Desegregation was long a focus of the American Civil Rights Movement, both before and after the United States Supreme Court's decision in...
by 1970 and its student body started to become increasingly Hispanic
Hispanic
Hispanic 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 ...
; by 1988 Reagan was mostly Hispanic. In 1997 a portion of the Reagan boundary was rezoned to Waltrip.
In 2006 Reagan began to a renovation. Set to end in the summer of 2007, the renovations to Reagan included the building of a new cafeteria
Cafeteria
A cafeteria is a type of food service location in which there is little or no waiting staff table service, whether a restaurant or within an institution such as a large office building or school; a school dining location is also referred to as a dining hall or canteen...
, a new gymnasium complex, an additional academic building, a new vocational building, and a library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
.
In 2009 Connie Berger, principal of Reagan High School, expected around 100 former private school students to enroll because the economic conditions persuaded families to send their children to public school instead of private school.
School song
JH Reagan School SongHail to Thee, we sing together HAIL TO REAGAN HIGH!
Strong in strength of truest honor,
Thee we glorify!
Bravely meeting every challenge with a lusty cry.
Keep us loyal lead us onward, HAIL TO REAGAN HIGH.
Reagan days are swiftly fleeting,
Soon we’ll leave these halls.
Ne’er to join another meeting,
Neath these hallowed walls.
Lift the chorus,
speed it onward loud our praises cry.
Hail to Thee, our Alma Mater HAIL TO REAGAN HIGH
Notable alumni
- Red AdairRed AdairPaul Neal "Red" Adair was an American oil well firefighter. He became world notable as an innovator in the highly specialized and extremely hazardous profession of extinguishing and capping blazing, erupting oil well blowouts, both land-based and offshore.-Life and career:Adair was born in...
, notable oil well firefighter who extinguished the "The Devil's Cigarette Lighter") - Mary Kay AshMary Kay AshMary Kay Ash was an American businesswoman and founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc.-Early life:Mary Kay Ash, born Mary Kathlyn Wagner in Hot Wells, Harris County, Texas, was the daughter of Edward Alexander and Lula Vember Hastings Wagner. She attended Reagan High School in Houston, and graduated...
, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics - Tommy CastroTommy CastroTommy Castro is an American blues, R&B and rock guitarist and singer. He has been recording since the mid 1990s. His music has taken him from local stages to national and international touring. His popularity was marked by his winning the 2008 Blues Music Award for Entertainer Of The Year...
, Corporal, USMCR, wounded at ChosinBattle of Chosin ReservoirThe Battle of Chosin Reservoir, also known as the Chosin Reservoir Campaign or the Changjin Lake Campaign ,Official Chinese sources refer to this battle as the Second Phase Campaign Eastern Sector . The Western Sector is the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River. was a decisive battle in the Korean War...
1950; received the Purple Heart. - A. J. Foyt, Sr., father of A. J. Foyt, Jr.
- José Guajardo, Doctor and Business owner of the Guajardo Clinic in Houston, Texas.
- Richard "Racehorse" Haynes, criminal defense attorney
- Larry HovisLarry HovisLarry Hovis was an American singer and actor best known for playing a fictional prisoner of war on the 1960s television sitcom Hogan's Heroes.-Early life and career:...
, actor - Harold Icett Jr, Corporal, USMCR, KIA 1951, Korea; received the Silver Star for gallantry.
- Raymond KnightRaymond L. KnightRaymond Larry Knight was a United States Army Air Forces officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.-Biography:...
, U.S. Army Air Corps - Everett Augustus "Squatty" Lyons, retired Harris County Commissioner for Precinct 4
- Patrick Lyons, Corporal, USMCR, KIA 1951, Korea
- Dan RatherDan RatherDaniel Irvin "Dan" Rather, Jr. is an American journalist and the former news anchor for the CBS Evening News. He is now managing editor and anchor of the television news magazine Dan Rather Reports on the cable channel HDNet. Rather was anchor of the CBS Evening News for 24 years, from March 9,...
, journalist - Craig ReynoldsCraig Reynolds (baseball player)Gordon Craig Reynolds is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners, and Houston Astros....
, professional baseball player for the Pittsburgh PiratesPittsburgh PiratesThe Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Central Division of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions...
, Seattle MarinersSeattle MarinersThe Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. Enfranchised in , the Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Safeco Field has been the Mariners' home ballpark since July...
, and Houston AstrosHouston AstrosThe Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team located in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the National League Central division. The Astros are expected to join the American League West division in 2013. Since , they have played their home games at Minute Maid Park, known as Enron Field... - Martha WongMartha WongDr. Martha Wong is a Texas politician who was the first Asian American woman to be elected to the Texas House of Representatives, representing Houston's District 134. In 1993, she became the Houston City Council's first elected Asian American Councilwoman, and was elected to three successive terms...
, former Texas state representative - Gwendolyn ZepedaGwendolyn ZepedaGwendolyn Zepeda is an American author.In June 1997, Zepeda started an online journal called Gwen's Trailer Trash Page. It eventually evolved into...
, author
Demographics
As of the 2006-2007 school year, Reagan High School had an enrollment of 1,707 students. Racial breakdown was as follows:- 88%—Hispanic AmericanHispanic and Latino AmericansHispanic or Latino Americans are Americans with origins in the Hispanic countries of Latin America or in Spain, and in general all persons in the United States who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino.1990 Census of Population and Housing: A self-designated classification for people whose origins...
- 7%—African-American
- 4%—WhiteWhite AmericanWhite Americans are people of the United States who are considered or consider themselves White. The United States Census Bureau defines White people as those "having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa...
- 1%—Asian AmericanAsian AmericanAsian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...
- 0%—Native AmericansIndigenous peoples of the AmericasThe indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
73% of students qualified for free or reduced lunch.
Neighborhoods served by Reagan
Reagan takes students from most of the Houston Heights neighborhood, a small portion of Downtown HoustonDowntown Houston
Downtown Houston is the largest business district of Houston, Texas, United States. Downtown Houston, the city's central business district, contains the headquarters of many prominent companies. There is an extensive network of pedestrian tunnels and skywalks connecting the buildings of the district...
, the Fourth Ward, East Norhill, Woodland Heights
Woodland Heights, Houston, Texas
The Woodland Heights neighborhood is one of the oldest and most historic in Houston, Texas. It encompasses approximately 2000 homes in the 77009 ZIP code and is bounded on the north by Pecore Street, on the west by Studewood Street, on the east by I-45, and on the south by I-10.When platted in 1907...
, Brooksmith, Magnolia Grove
Magnolia Grove, Houston, Texas
Magnolia Grove is a small neighborhood located along Buffalo Bayou between downtown Houston and Memorial Park in Houston, Texas. The neighborhood is bounded by Memorial Drive, Shepherd Avenue, Washington Avenue, and Waugh Avenue.-Education:...
, Stude, Proctor Plaza http://www.proctorplaza.com/about/history.php, the Old Sixth Ward
The six wards of Houston
When the city of Houston was founded in 1836 and incorporated in 1837, its founders—John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen—divided it into political geographic districts called "wards." The ward system, a precursor to today's City Council districts, was a common political tool of...
, and a small portion of Midtown. Other parts of Houston northwest of downtown within the 610 Loop are zoned to Reagan as well.
Originally, all of the Houston Heights was zoned to Reagan. In 1997, a small portion was rezoned to Waltrip.
Feeder patterns
Middle schoolMiddle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
s feeding into Reagan include Gregory-Lincoln Education Center
Gregory-Lincoln Education Center
Gregory-Lincoln Education Center is a combined primary and secondary school located at 1101 Taft in the Fourth Ward area of Houston, Texas, United States....
, Alexander Hamilton, and Hogg,
Elementary school
Elementary school
An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...
s that feed indirectly into Reagan through the above middle schools include Browning
Field
Harvard
(partial)
Crockett
Gregory-Lincoln Education Center
Gregory-Lincoln Education Center
Gregory-Lincoln Education Center is a combined primary and secondary school located at 1101 Taft in the Fourth Ward area of Houston, Texas, United States....
Helms
Jefferson
Ketelsen (partial)
Love
Memorial (partial), and Travis (partial).
School uniforms
As of 2010, Reagan students are required to wear school uniformSchool uniform
A school uniform is an outfit—a set of standardized clothes—worn primarily for an educational institution. They are common in primary and secondary schools in various countries . When used, they form the basis of a school's dress code.Traditionally school uniforms have been largely subdued and...
s. Uniforms consist of a school shirt either Maroon, White or Grey and allows T-shirts or Polos. The Bottoms can be jeans, shorts or pants, and black or khaki pants.
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...
specifies that the parents and/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
Bona Fide
Bona Fide is a studio album from rock band Wishbone Ash. It is the first studio album in six years and is the only studio album to feature guitarist Ben Granfelt...
" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.