Haltom High School
Encyclopedia
Haltom High School is a grade 9-12 high school
located in Haltom City, Texas
with over 2500 students.
, both in population and building size.
, 40% is hispanic
, 13% Asian
, and 7% African-American.
on January 1, 2011.
The Haltom High School Pride of Haltom also advanced to the Texas state marching competition and performed on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. They performed in the San Antonio Alamodome.
of Haltom", is an award-winning program which specializes in large main stage productions. http://www.birdville.k12.tx.us/schools/001/Theatre/TheatreHome.htm They are currently in rehearsals for this year's Mainstage musical, Rogers and Hammerstein's South Pacific
. Performances run January 29 - February 1. Next up is their UIL Contest Show The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
. Rounding out the year will be the Student Directed One Act Plays directed by the Production Class. These titles are TBA.
Studio Series:
Main Stage:
Studio Series:
. The following are the languages and courses offered at Haltom:http://www.birdville.k12.tx.us/schools/001/Departments/Foreignlanguage.htm
http://www.birdville.k12.tx.us/fa-piv.htm.
classes including those below:
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....
located in Haltom City, Texas
Haltom City, Texas
Haltom City is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. Haltom City is an inner suburb of Fort Worth. The population was 42,409 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Haltom City is located at ....
with over 2500 students.
History
Haltom High School completed expansions in 2010 that began in 2007. The expansion made room for another gym, a blackbox theater, a choir room, a band hall, percussion room, color guard room, and more classrooms.Structure
Three middle schools feed into Haltom High School: North Oaks Middle School, Watauga Middle School, and Haltom Middle School. Haltom is the largest high school in the Birdville Independent School DistrictBirdville Independent School District
The Birdville Independent School District is a K-12 public school district based in Haltom City, Texas . It has about 22,000 students in 32 schools. Its superintendent is Stephen F. Waddell...
, both in population and building size.
Demographics
40% of the student population is whiteWhite people
White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
, 40% is 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 ...
, 13% 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 :...
, and 7% African-American.
Band
The Haltom High School Band, also known as the "Pride of Haltom" is under the direction of Greg Hull, Donnie Hull, and Rene Rosas. The Haltom High School Marching Band is a consistent recipient of the UIL Sweepstakes Award, was a Texas 5A State Marching Band Finalist in 2004, and was a Bands of America Super Regional Finalist from 1995 to 2008. The Pride of Haltom marched in the Tournament of Roses ParadeTournament of Roses Parade
The Tournament of Roses Parade, better known as the Rose Parade, is "America's New Year Celebration", a festival of flower-covered floats, marching bands, equestrians and a college football game on New Year's Day , produced by the non-profit Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association.The annual...
on January 1, 2011.
The Haltom High School Pride of Haltom also advanced to the Texas state marching competition and performed on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. They performed in the San Antonio Alamodome.
Choir
The "Voice of Haltom" is an award winning choir currently under the direction of Mr. Chris Thompson.Directors
- Mr. Chris Thompson, Director
- Ms. Haley Carbonero, Assistant Director
- Ms. Shirley Johnson, Private Voice Teacher
Theatre
Haltom Theatre, the "SpiritSpirit
The English word spirit has many differing meanings and connotations, most of them relating to a non-corporeal substance contrasted with the material body.The spirit of a living thing usually refers to or explains its consciousness.The notions of a person's "spirit" and "soul" often also overlap,...
of Haltom", is an award-winning program which specializes in large main stage productions. http://www.birdville.k12.tx.us/schools/001/Theatre/TheatreHome.htm They are currently in rehearsals for this year's Mainstage musical, Rogers and Hammerstein's South Pacific
South Pacific (musical)
South Pacific is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. The story draws from James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 book Tales of the South Pacific, weaving together characters and elements from several of its...
. Performances run January 29 - February 1. Next up is their UIL Contest Show The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail is a two-act play by Robert Edwin Lee and Jerome Lawrence written in 1970. The play is based on the early life of the titular character, Henry David Thoreau, leading up to his night spent in a jail in Concord, Massachusetts...
. Rounding out the year will be the Student Directed One Act Plays directed by the Production Class. These titles are TBA.
Directors
- Mrs. Renee Norris, Acting Directorhttp://www.birdville.k12.tx.us/schools/001/Staff/Norris_R/Norris_R.htm
- Mr. Mike Wilson, Acting / Technical Directorhttp://www.birdville.k12.tx.us/schools/001/Staff/Wilson_M/Wilson_M.htm
Current Season
Main Stage:- Fall Show - 12 Angry Jurors12 Angry Men (play)Twelve Angry Men is a play by Reginald Rose adapted from his 1954 teleplay of the same title for the CBS Studio One anthology television series...
- Musical - South PacificSouth Pacific (musical)South Pacific is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. The story draws from James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 book Tales of the South Pacific, weaving together characters and elements from several of its...
- UIL Show - The Night Thoreau Spent in JailThe Night Thoreau Spent in JailThe Night Thoreau Spent in Jail is a two-act play by Robert Edwin Lee and Jerome Lawrence written in 1970. The play is based on the early life of the titular character, Henry David Thoreau, leading up to his night spent in a jail in Concord, Massachusetts...
Studio Series:
- Officer Show - Jack & Julia
- Production Class Show - The CrucibleThe CrucibleThe Crucible is a 1952 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatization of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. Miller wrote the play as an allegory of McCarthyism, when the US government blacklisted accused communists...
2008-2009 Season
- Fall Show - All in the TimingAll in the TimingAll in the Timing is a collection of one-act plays by the American playwright David Ives written between 1987 and 1993. It was first published by Dramatists Play Service in 1994, with a collection of six plays; however, the updated collection contains fourteen. The short plays are almost all...
- Musical - Singin' in the RainSingin' in the Rain (musical)Singin' in the Rain is a musical with a book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyrics by Arthur Freed, and music by Nacio Herb Brown.Adapted from the 1952 movie of the same name, the plot closely adheres to the original...
- UIL Show - The Cover of Life
2009-2010 Season
Main Stage:
- Fall Show - Chemical Bonding
- Musical - The Music ManThe Music ManThe Music Man is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The plot concerns con man Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organizer and leader and sells band instruments and uniforms to naive townsfolk before skipping town with...
- UIL Show - Alice in WonderlandAlice's Adventures in WonderlandAlice's Adventures in Wonderland is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures...
Studio Series:
- Officer Show - You're a Good Man, Charlie BrownYou're a Good Man, Charlie BrownYou're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is a 1967 musical comedy with music and lyrics by Clark Gesner, based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip Peanuts...
- Theatre III/IV Show - Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)Goodnight Desdemona is a 1988 comedic play by Ann-Marie MacDonald in which Constance Ledbelly, a young English literature professor from Queen's University, goes on a subconscious journey of self-discovery....
Foreign Language
The State of Texas requires two years of a foreign languageForeign 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...
. The following are the languages and courses offered at Haltom:http://www.birdville.k12.tx.us/schools/001/Departments/Foreignlanguage.htm
- FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
: French I, II, Pre-APAdvanced Placement ProgramThe 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...
French II, III,IV - SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
: Spanish I, III, Pre-AP Spanish III, Spanish IV, APAdvanced Placement ProgramThe 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...
Spanish IV, V, Heritage I - LatinLatinLatin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
: Latin I, II, II Pre-AP, III AP, IV AP - American Sign LanguageAmerican Sign LanguageAmerican Sign Language, or ASL, for a time also called Ameslan, is the dominant sign language of Deaf Americans, including deaf communities in the United States, in the English-speaking parts of Canada, and in some regions of Mexico...
: ASL I, II, III - Mandarin Chinese: Mandarin Chinese I
Family Access
Haltom High School and Birdville ISD is now allowing Family Access through SkywardSkyward
Skyward is a software company specializing in K–12 administrative software packages used in schools to manage and store information pertaining to Student Management, Human Resources, Financial Management, Food Service and Special Education. They are a provider of this type of software to over...
http://www.birdville.k12.tx.us/fa-piv.htm.
Technology Classes
Haltom High School has many technologyTechnology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
classes including those below:
- BCISBCISThe Building Cost Information Service, known as BCIS, is a leading provider of cost and price information for the UK construction industry. It is a part of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.- BCIS Website :...
- BIMM
- WBL
- CORD
- Web Mastering
- Comp. Applications
- Tech. System
- Research and Design
Off-Campus Classes
There are many off-campus classes available through Haltom High School. Most of these classes take place at the new Career and Technology Building, opened in fall 2009. Previously, these classes were held at Shannon Learning Center, the original Haltom High School building. These classes include:http://www.birdville.k12.tx.us/schools/003/Programs.html- Automotive TechnologyAuto mechanicAn auto mechanic is a mechanic with a variety of car makes or either in a specific area or in a specific make of car. In repairing cars, their main role is to diagnose the problem accurately and quickly...
http://www.birdville.k12.tx.us/schools/003/auto.HTML - Construction TechnologyConstructionIn the fields of architecture and civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of human multitasking...
http://www.birdville.k12.tx.us/schools/003/construct.HTML - CosmetologyCosmetologyCosmetology is the study and application of beauty treatment. Branches of specialty including hairstyling, skin care, cosmetics, manicures/pedicures, and electrology....
http://www.birdville.k12.tx.us/schools/003/COSMO.HTML - Media TechnologyMedia technologyMedia technology can refer to:article - category*Signal processing - :Category:Signal processing**Data recording - :Category:Recording***Data storage devices - ****Art media technology - :Category:Art media...
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Notable alumni
- Designer Kara Wood
- Model Devon Payne
- NFL Player Kelvin GarmonKelvin GarmonKelvin Garmon is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the seventh round of the 1999 NFL Draft...
- Music DJ/Producer Clint Barton
- NBA Player Christian Davis
- Model and Texas Tech alum John Clay Campbell or TJC
- MLB Player Michael Galvin drafted by Chicago White Sox
- MILB Player Clay Caruthers drafted by Cincinnati Reds
- NFL Joey Knapp-Houston Texans
- Lance DunbarLance DunbarLance Dunbar is an American football player for the University of North Texas Mean Green. He led the team in rushing yards during the 2009 and 2010 seasons and is one of the best running backs in North Texas history.-Early life:...
, current Senior and All-American for the University of North TexasUniversity of North TexasThe University of North Texas is a public institution of higher education and research in Denton. Founded in 1890, UNT is part of the University of North Texas System. As of the fall of 2010, the University of North Texas, Denton campus, had a certified enrollment of 36,067...
See also
- Birdville ISD
- Richland High School
- Birdville High SchoolBirdville High SchoolBirdville High School is a public high school located in the city of North Richland Hills, Texas and is the second youngest school in the Birdville Independent School District. Established in 1999, it was the third high school built into the Birdville Independent School District...
- Shannon Learning Center