Rowlett High School
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Rowlett High School is a public secondary school
located in Rowlett
, Texas
(USA
). Rowlett High School enrolls students in grades 9
-12
and is a part of the Garland Independent School District
. The school opened in the fall of 1996 with Dr. Marlene Hammerle as principal. It is the second newest high school in the district.
In 2009, the school was rated "recognized
" by the Texas Education Agency
.
The school's course offerings include regular, college preparatory, and career and technology courses. Advanced Placement
courses offered at the school include: AP Computer Science
, AP English Language and Composition
, AP English Literature and Composition
, AP French Language
, AP German Language
, AP Spanish Language
, AP Calculus
, AP Statistics
, AP Chemistry
, AP Biology
, AP Physics
, AP United States History
, AP World History
, AP European History
, AP United States Government and Politics
, AP Economics
, AP Art History
and AP Psychology
.
The ethnic makeup of the school is 54% White
, non-Hispanic, 25% Hispanic
, 17% African American
, 4% Asian
/Pacific Islander
, and less than 1% Native American
.
The average class sizes at Rowlett are 24 students for English
, 24 for foreign language
, 24 for math, 22 for science
, and 26 for social studies
.
Teachers at the school carry, on average, 10 years of teaching experience and 4% of the teachers on staff are first-year teachers.
(UIL) Conference 5A Preliminary State Marching Band Contest on November 7, 2006. The band also competed at the state competition in 2002 and 2004. The Wind Symphony placed fifth overall in the 2009 Honor Band Competition. The Marching band placed 14th in the state marching contest in 2010
Rowlett's baseball team has won 5 consecutive District Titles. Rowlett High School's football team has been to the State Playoffs 6 years in a row, won 2 District Titles, and 3 Bi-District Titles. The boys' track and field
team placed first at the UIL 5A State Track & Field Championship Meet on May 10, 2008.
They won a second state title in track and field
the next year at the UIL 5A State Track & Field Championship Meet.
The controversy was referenced in the Glee episode, The Rocky Horror Glee Show.
Secondary school
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located in Rowlett
Rowlett, Texas
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, 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...
(USA
United States
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). Rowlett High School enrolls students in grades 9
Ninth grade
Ninth grade is the ninth post-kindergarten year of school education in some school systems. The students are 13 to 15 years of age, depending on when their birthday occurs. Depending on the school district, ninth grade is usually the first year of high school....
-12
Twelfth grade
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and is a part of the Garland Independent School District
Garland Independent School District
Garland Independent School District is a public school district with its headquarters in the Harris Hill Administration Building in Garland, Texas ....
. The school opened in the fall of 1996 with Dr. Marlene Hammerle as principal. It is the second newest high school in the district.
In 2009, the school was rated "recognized
Texas Education Agency accountability ratings system
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" by the Texas Education Agency
Texas Education Agency
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.
Curriculum
Rowlett High School is one of two schools in Garland Independent School District that operates under a trimester system. Students attend three twelve-week terms per school year, earning up to 7 credits per year.The school's course offerings include regular, college preparatory, and career and technology courses. Advanced Placement
Advanced Placement Program
The Advanced Placement program is a curriculum in the United States and Canada sponsored by the College Board which offers standardized courses to high school students that are generally recognized to be equivalent to undergraduate courses in college...
courses offered at the school include: AP Computer Science
AP Computer Science
Advanced Placement Computer Science is the name of two distinct Advanced Placement courses and examinations offered by the College Board to high school students as an opportunity to earn college credit for a college-level computer science course...
, AP English Language and Composition
AP English Language and Composition
Advanced Placement English Language and Composition is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program....
, AP English Literature and Composition
AP English Literature and Composition
Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program.-The Course:This course is designated for motivated students with a command of standard English, an...
, AP French Language
AP French Language
Advanced Placement French Language and Culture is a course offered by the College Board to high school students in the United States as an opportunity to earn placement credit for a college-level French course...
, AP German Language
AP German Language
Advanced Placement German Language is a course and examination provided by the College Board through the Advanced Placement Program...
, AP Spanish Language
AP Spanish Language
Advanced Placement Spanish Language is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program.-The course:...
, AP Calculus
AP Calculus
Advanced Placement Calculus is used to indicate one of two distinct Advanced Placement courses and examinations offered by the College Board, AP Calculus AB and AP Calculus BC....
, AP Statistics
AP Statistics
Advanced Placement Statistics is a college-level high school statistics course offered in the United States through the College Board's Advanced Placement program...
, AP Chemistry
AP Chemistry
Advanced Placement Chemistry is a course and examination offered by the College Board as a part of the Advanced Placement Program to give American and Canadian high school students the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities and earn college-level credit.-The course:AP Chemistry is a course...
, AP Biology
AP Biology
In the United States, Advanced Placement Biology , is a course and examination offered by the College Board to high school students as an opportunity to earn placement credit for a college-level biology course....
, AP Physics
AP Physics
AP Physics defines three categories of high school physics courses: A, B, and C. Category A refers to general introductory physics courses that are not mathematically rigorous...
, AP United States History
AP United States History
Advanced Placement United States History is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program...
, AP World History
AP World History
Advanced Placement World History is a college-level course offered through the College Board's Advanced Placement Program designed to help students develop greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts and interactions between different types of Human societies...
, AP European History
AP European History
Advanced Placement European History is a course and examination offered by the College Board through the Advanced Placement Program...
, AP United States Government and Politics
AP United States Government and Politics
Advanced Placement United States Government and Politics, also known as AP US Gov & Pol, AP US Gov, AP Go Po or AP Gov, is a college-level course and examination offered to high school students through the College Board's Advanced Placement Program...
, AP Economics
AP Economics
Advanced Placement Economics consists of two, separate examinations that are offered as part of the College Board's Advanced Placement Program.*AP Macroeconomics*AP Microeconomics...
, AP Art History
AP Art History
AP Art History is a course offered in high school through the Advanced Placement Program that gives college level material at the high school level. This class is operated by College Board...
and AP Psychology
AP Psychology
The Advanced Placement Psychology course and corresponding exam is part of the College Board's Advanced Placement Program. This course is tailored for students interested in the field of psychology and as an opportunity to earn placement credit or exemption from a college-level psychology course...
.
Statistics (per 2009)
The attendance rate for students at the school is 96%, equal to the state average of 96%. 23% of the students at Rowlett are economically disadvantaged, 8% enroll in special education, 7% enroll in gifted and talent programs, 40% are enrolled in career and technology programs, and 3% are considered "limited English proficient."The ethnic makeup of the school is 54% White
White people
White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
, non-Hispanic, 25% 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 ...
, 17% African American
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
, 4% Asian
Asian people
Asian 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 :...
/Pacific Islander
Pacific Islander
Pacific Islander , is a geographic term to describe the indigenous inhabitants of any of the three major sub-regions of Oceania: Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia.According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, these three regions, together with their islands consist of:Polynesia:...
, and less than 1% Native American
Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
.
The average class sizes at Rowlett are 24 students for English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, 24 for foreign language
Foreign language
A foreign language is a language indigenous to another country. It is also a language not spoken in the native country of the person referred to, i.e. an English speaker living in Japan can say that Japanese is a foreign language to him or her...
, 24 for math, 22 for science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, and 26 for social studies
Social studies
Social studies is the "integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence," as defined by the American National Council for the Social Studies...
.
Teachers at the school carry, on average, 10 years of teaching experience and 4% of the teachers on staff are first-year teachers.
Feeder Patterns
Garland ISD is a Free Choice school district, which allows the parents to choose which school their children want to attend within the district.Extracurricular activities
The Rowlett High School Mighty Eagle Band placed 15th at the University Interscholastic LeagueUniversity Interscholastic League
The University Interscholastic League is an organization that creates rules for and administers almost all athletic, music, and academic contests for public primary and secondary schools in the American state of Texas....
(UIL) Conference 5A Preliminary State Marching Band Contest on November 7, 2006. The band also competed at the state competition in 2002 and 2004. The Wind Symphony placed fifth overall in the 2009 Honor Band Competition. The Marching band placed 14th in the state marching contest in 2010
Rowlett's baseball team has won 5 consecutive District Titles. Rowlett High School's football team has been to the State Playoffs 6 years in a row, won 2 District Titles, and 3 Bi-District Titles. The boys' track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
team placed first at the UIL 5A State Track & Field Championship Meet on May 10, 2008.
They won a second state title in track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
the next year at the UIL 5A State Track & Field Championship Meet.
Controversy
- On December 4, 2008; the drama team of Rowlett High School did a reproduction of the provocative Broadway musicalBroadway theatreBroadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
RentRent (musical)Rent is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème...
. The faculty said that they were doing an edited version, making it more "PG-13" than "R" rated. However, the students' parents protested the high school production amid concerns that the student players would be involved in same sex activity.
The controversy was referenced in the Glee episode, The Rocky Horror Glee Show.
Notable alumni
- Jason Castro - Contestant on American IdolAmerican IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
, Season 7. - Jane Slater - CBS11 Reporter, Dallas. Prior to Dallas, ABC 7News Reporter in Denver (2006–2009).
- Marquise GoodwinMarquise GoodwinMarquise Goodwin is a sprinter and jumper for the University of Texas track team and also competes in football as a wide receiver...
- 1st place long jumper in the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Current Wide Receiver of the University of Texas Longhorns. - Ashley King - Famous screen play writer.