Duncanville High School
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Duncanville High School is a secondary school
located in Duncanville
, Texas
, United States
. The school is a part of the Duncanville Independent School District
.
The school includes grades 9 through 12. The high school campus is the largest in the nation in terms of physical size, and enrolls approximately 5,720 students annually. As of 2008, the school executive principal is Mike Chrietzberg, school principal is Mr. Elijah Granger, and associate principals are Mrs. Bell (10th -12th) and Mrs. Judd (9th). The school serves most of the city of Duncanville, the Duncanville ISD portion of DeSoto
, and the Duncanville ISD portion of Dallas
.
Supercenters. The only high school in the United States physically larger than Duncanville is Adlai Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois
.
57% of the students are on free or reduced lunch.
The racial breakdown for 2010 according to DallasNews.com, is as follows:
out of over 38,000 other high schools surveyed in the United States.
The school's most notable success has been in girls' basketball, where it has won six state titles, including three consecutive from 1988-1990 while winning 134 consecutive games (a state record).
In 2007, the boys' basketball team won the state title with and undefeated season after a 14-point win over Humble Kingwood.
No UIL Class AAAAA school has ever managed to win championships in all three major boys sports in the same season, but Duncanville came the closest during the 1998-1999 school year, winning both the football and basketball titles and losing to Bellaire High School
in the baseball championship game.
The Duncanville High School Marching Band was awarded the Sudler Shield of Honor in 1997 as one of the outstanding marching bands in the U.S. The program has also been honored by the John Philip Sousa Foundation
with the coveted Sudler Flag of Honor recognizing Duncanville as a Nationally Exemplary Band Program. Duncanville is one of only a handful of programs worldwide to hold both Sudler Awards for high school band programs.
The Wind Ensemble has been the Region XX Honor Band every year since 1980 and has placed in the state finals of Honor Band competition seven times culminating in their selection as the 1998, 2004, and 2008 TMEA 5A Honor Band. Reed and Byrd Middle Schools have placed in the state finals of Honor Band Competitions a total of 13 times. Reed Middle School was the 2002 CCC TMEA Honor Band and Byrd was the 1982 CCC Honor Band, 2004 CCC Honor Band, AND 2008 CCC Honor Band. Duncanville is one of a very few school districts in Texas of any size in which all competing organizations have been selected as Honor Band. The Duncanville High School Bands paced the state in gold medals at the Interscholastic League State Competition for 18 years earning the coveted UIL State Sweepstakes Award for Class 5A. The award was discontinued in 1999. Duncanville High School is Texas' only Class 5A Band to earn all three state championships.
, Illinois, where a new transcription of Giuseppe Verdi
's Requiem
debuted. The Wind Ensemble has also been the Featured Performing Group at the Music Educators National Conference
and the All-Japan Band Directors Conference in Nemu-no-Sato in 1998. The Wind Ensemble has never earned less than a "Superior" rating in either UIL or invitational concert competition.
prohibited. All students must wear a belt with a buckle no larger than a credit card. Shoes must be closed-toed and closed-heeled. No headwear is allowed. Hooded jacket
s must be in uniform colors with no extra decorations, and hoods cannot be worn during school. Jackets and hoodie
s with school logos are allowed.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
located in Duncanville
Duncanville, Texas
Duncanville is a city in Dallas County, Texas . Duncanville's population was 36,081 at the 2000 census, and estimated at 42,500 in 2008. Duncanville is a suburb of Dallas and is part of the Best Southwest area, which includes Duncanville, Cedar Hill, DeSoto, and Lancaster.-Geography:Duncanville is...
, 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...
. The school is a part of the Duncanville Independent School District
Duncanville Independent School District
Duncanville Independent School District is a school district based in Duncanville, Texas .Duncanville ISD serves most of the city of Duncanville and portions of DeSoto, Dallas, and Cedar Hill. Currently, the District is receiving a high number of Hispanics coming in, and a slightly decreasing...
.
The school includes grades 9 through 12. The high school campus is the largest in the nation in terms of physical size, and enrolls approximately 5,720 students annually. As of 2008, the school executive principal is Mike Chrietzberg, school principal is Mr. Elijah Granger, and associate principals are Mrs. Bell (10th -12th) and Mrs. Judd (9th). The school serves most of the city of Duncanville, the Duncanville ISD portion of DeSoto
DeSoto, Texas
DeSoto is a city in Dallas County, Texas . Over the past eleven years since the 2000 U.S. Census Report, the City of DeSoto has grown in population from 37,646 to 49,047....
, and the Duncanville ISD portion of Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
.
History
In 2006 Duncanville built a 4010 feet (1,222.2 m) security fence, which circles around the entire campus, to deter fighting on school grounds.Composition
As of 2005 Duncanville High School is the second-largest high school campus in the United States. The 863137 square foot campus is more than twice as large as the nearby Mountain View College, and it is over the size of four combined Wal-MartWal-Mart
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Supercenters. The only high school in the United States physically larger than Duncanville is Adlai Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois
Lincolnshire, Illinois
Lincolnshire is a village in the Vernon Township region of Lake County, in the U.S. state of Illinois. The village is a suburb of Chicago, a city in the adjacent Cook County. Its population was 6,108 at the time of the 2000 census. Lincolnshire was incorporated on August 5, 1957, from the...
.
57% of the students are on free or reduced lunch.
The racial breakdown for 2010 according to DallasNews.com, is as follows:
Athletics
The school mascot is the Panther. With the exception of softball, the school has won state titles in every major team sport, including football (1998), boys' basketball (1991, 1999, 2007), girls' basketball (1976, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1997, 2003), baseball (1975, 1976, 1990), volleyball (1995), boys' track and field (1999), boys' soccer (1985), girls' soccer (1986, 1989) and marching band (1986, 1990, 2002). Additionally, in May 2005, the school's athletic program was ranked #24 in the nation by Sports IllustratedSports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
out of over 38,000 other high schools surveyed in the United States.
The school's most notable success has been in girls' basketball, where it has won six state titles, including three consecutive from 1988-1990 while winning 134 consecutive games (a state record).
In 2007, the boys' basketball team won the state title with and undefeated season after a 14-point win over Humble Kingwood.
No UIL Class AAAAA school has ever managed to win championships in all three major boys sports in the same season, but Duncanville came the closest during the 1998-1999 school year, winning both the football and basketball titles and losing to Bellaire High School
Bellaire High School (Bellaire, Texas)
Bellaire High School is a secondary school of the Houston Independent School District, and its campus is located in Bellaire, Texas ....
in the baseball championship game.
Music Programs
Duncanville High School's band program is widely known as one of the best high school band programs in the United States. Duncanville is the only 5A band program in the history of the Texas Music Educators' Association Honor Band competition to win three Honor Band titles and to win back-to-back at the same time as one of its CCC middle schools, Byrd Middle School. 182 Duncanville students were named to TMEA All-State bands and orchestras between 1983 and 2010.The Duncanville High School Marching Band was awarded the Sudler Shield of Honor in 1997 as one of the outstanding marching bands in the U.S. The program has also been honored by the John Philip Sousa Foundation
John Philip Sousa Foundation
The John Philip Sousa Foundation is a non-profit foundation dedicated to the promotion of band music internationally. The foundation administers a number of projects and awards supporting high quality band performance, conducting, and composition....
with the coveted Sudler Flag of Honor recognizing Duncanville as a Nationally Exemplary Band Program. Duncanville is one of only a handful of programs worldwide to hold both Sudler Awards for high school band programs.
The Wind Ensemble has been the Region XX Honor Band every year since 1980 and has placed in the state finals of Honor Band competition seven times culminating in their selection as the 1998, 2004, and 2008 TMEA 5A Honor Band. Reed and Byrd Middle Schools have placed in the state finals of Honor Band Competitions a total of 13 times. Reed Middle School was the 2002 CCC TMEA Honor Band and Byrd was the 1982 CCC Honor Band, 2004 CCC Honor Band, AND 2008 CCC Honor Band. Duncanville is one of a very few school districts in Texas of any size in which all competing organizations have been selected as Honor Band. The Duncanville High School Bands paced the state in gold medals at the Interscholastic League State Competition for 18 years earning the coveted UIL State Sweepstakes Award for Class 5A. The award was discontinued in 1999. Duncanville High School is Texas' only Class 5A Band to earn all three state championships.
Marching band
The Duncanville High School Marching Band has been the UIL state champion in 1986, 1990, and 2002. Duncanville is the only 5A school in Texas to be in the state marching finals every year since 1988, and has won a state marching title every decade since the 1980s. Duncanville is also the largest marching band to be crowned State Champions.Wind Ensemble
The Duncanville Wind Ensemble was featured at the 1994 and 2005 Midwest Conference in ChicagoChicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois, where a new transcription of Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...
's Requiem
Requiem (Verdi)
The Messa da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi is a musical setting of the Roman Catholic funeral mass for four soloists, double choir and orchestra. It was composed in memory of Alessandro Manzoni, an Italian poet and novelist much admired by Verdi. The first performance in San Marco in Milan on 22 May...
debuted. The Wind Ensemble has also been the Featured Performing Group at the Music Educators National Conference
MENC: The National Association for Music Education
MENC: The National Association for Music Education is an organization of American music educators dedicated to advancing and preserving music education and as part of the core curriculum of schools in the United States...
and the All-Japan Band Directors Conference in Nemu-no-Sato in 1998. The Wind Ensemble has never earned less than a "Superior" rating in either UIL or invitational concert competition.
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 (known as "The Poor Man's Pulitzer") and Gold and Silver Crown awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. For the first time in 2003, 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.School dress code
The Duncanville ISD has had a mandatory school dress code policy at all of its schools since the fall of 2006. While the uniform for the elementary, intermediate, and middle schools includes white, navy blue, black, and grey shirts with navy blue, black, and khaki pants or skirts, Duncanville High School requires white or navy blue shirts with navy blue, black, or khaki pants or skirts. All shirts must be collared and long enough to tuck into the pants, and full-length pants are required, with saggingSagging (fashion)
Sagging is a manner of wearing trousers below the waist, hanging below the waist area and therefore revealing much of the underwear. Sagging is predominantly a male fashion...
prohibited. All students must wear a belt with a buckle no larger than a credit card. Shoes must be closed-toed and closed-heeled. No headwear is allowed. Hooded jacket
Jacket
A jacket is a hip- or waist-length garment for the upper body. A jacket typically has sleeves, and fastens in the front. A jacket is generally lighter, tighter-fitting, and less insulating than a coat, which is outerwear...
s must be in uniform colors with no extra decorations, and hoods cannot be worn during school. Jackets and hoodie
Hoodie
A hoodie is a sweatshirt with a hood. The characteristic design includes large frontal pockets, a hood, and a drawstring to adjust the hood opening. They are sometimes worn with sweatpants. Some hoodies have zippers on them to allow easy removal much like a jacket...
s with school logos are allowed.
Notable alumni
Notable alumni include:- Greg AbbottGreg AbbottGregory Wayne "Greg" Abbott is the Texas Attorney General, and is the second Republican since Reconstruction to serve in that role. Abbott was sworn in on December 2, 2002, following John Cornyn's election to the U.S. Senate...
- Tamika CatchingsTamika CatchingsTamika Devonne Catchings is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the WNBA and Turkish team Galatasaray. She is a prolific scorer close to and far from the basket, as well as a capable rebounder, ball handler, and defender. After playing at Adlai E...
, professional basketball player - Barry Foster, American footballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
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running backRunning backA running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running... - Tiffany JacksonTiffany JacksonTiffany Jackson, born April 26, 1985, is a basketball player for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA.Jackson grew up in Duncanville, Texas.-High school:Jackson played for Duncanville High School in Duncanville, Texas, where she was named a WBCA All-American...
, professional basketball player - Perry JonesPerry JonesPerry James Jones III is an American college basketball player. He is a sophomore at Baylor, and was one of the top rated basketball players in the class of 2010.-High school career:...
- Greg OstertagGreg OstertagGregory Donovan Ostertag is a retired American basketball player who spent most of his professional career with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association.- High School and College :...
- Chris OwensChris Owens (basketball)Haywood Christopher "Chris" Owens is an American professional basketball player. He is a 6'8½" , 250 lb. power forward. He is the great-nephew of 1930s African-American track and field star, Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics...
, professional basketball player - Lil Twist
- Donald "Ray" Crockett, American football player in the National Football League. Left Cornerback Denver Broncos