Claudia Taylor "Lady Bird" Johnson High School is a Texas high school in the North East Independent School District

North East Independent School District

North East Independent School District is a school district located in Bexar County, Texas, . North East ISD serves the north central and northeast areas of Bexar County, covering approximately . North East ISD serves the cities of San Antonio, Castle Hills, Hill Country Village, Hollywood Park,...

 named after U.S. First Lady Lady Bird Johnson

Lady Bird Johnson

Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson was First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969 during the presidency of her husband Lyndon B. Johnson. Throughout her life, she was an advocate for beautification of the nation's cities and highways and conservation of natural resources and made that...

. The school is located in the Stone Oak

Stone Oak

Stone Oak is an affluent master-planned, deed restricted, multi-use development in far north central San Antonio, Texas. Stone Oak is north of Loop 1604 and west of 281. The area is known for its numerous gated-communities and well landscaped medians. For privacy, many of Stone Oak's communities...

 and Encino Park neighborhood of North San Antonio.

Facts

Lady Bird Johnson High School opened on August 28, 2008. The school mascot is the Jaguar. “Johnson Jaguars” was selected in November 2007 after an extended process in which suggestions were accepted from the general public, a committee of students and parents reviewed and narrowed the field of suggested mascots to a ballot of three finalists, and student vote determined the final decision. There is also a Johnson High School in Austin - named after Lady Bird's husband Lyndon - more widely known as "LBJ High School" built in 1975, that is also the "Jaguars".

Facilities

60 General Instruction classrooms,
20 Science classrooms (14 full labs, 2 modified labs, 4 classrooms),
19 Career and Technology classrooms,
16 Special Education classrooms,
3 Art classrooms,
3 JROTC classrooms and a separate JROTC Rifle Range and Quadrangle,
2 air-conditioned gymnasiums with complete support areas for Athletics,
Separate classrooms/areas for Band, Choir, Orchestra, Computer Science, Dance/Pep/Cheer, Photojournalism, Theatre Arts, and Speech,
Auditorium (seating approximately 750 students),
Cafeteria (seating approximately 750 students),
Courtyard with Amphitheatre,
Library/Media Center,
Separate Field/Practice Areas for Band, Tennis, Football, Baseball, Softball, and Soccer,
Approximately 1,000 parking spaces.

School year

Johnson uses a traditional U.S. school calendar, with classes beginning the last Monday of August and ending in late May or early June. Students are given several holidays throughout the year (all federal holidays and one local holiday), in addition to two weeks off in December and January for holiday break and one week off in spring for spring break. Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, the school, along with the district, has replaced the high school A/B block schedule with a seven-period day. The move to a seven-period day had been discussed by the district for several years as a cost-cutting measure. Many other districts similar in size to NEISD had previously made the change successfully. The district had previously maintained the block schedule because of the wide appeal to high school students and their families, but was no longer able to afford to do so.

The academic calendar is broken into two semesters (fall and spring) and further subdivided into nine-week grading periods, during which students are issued three-week progress reports and a report card at the end of the period, which contributes one quarter of their final grade in the class.

Classes are graded on a 100-point grading scale, and each grade the student earns over their four-year high school career contributes to their ultimate class ranking. The 100-point grade is then converted into a four-point scale grade which appears on their high school transcript. Special weights are associated to classes based on their rigor (Advanced-placement classes are weighted one full grade point more (on the four-point scale). Consequently, if a student achieved a 3.3 in an advanced placement class, they would receive a 4.3 GPA ranking), and less rigorous courses might actually count against the student.

NEISD does not award competitive honors to students - any student earning a GPA of 100 or higher "ties" for the position of class valedictorian

Valedictorian

Valedictorian is an academic title conferred upon the student who delivers the closing or farewell statement at a graduation ceremony. Usually, the valedictorian is the highest ranked student among those graduating from an educational institution...

. In some schools, this can lead to a very large number of class valedictorians (as many as 100) as a result of large graduating class sizes and the extra weight given to advanced placement classes. Cum laude, magna cum laude and summa cum laude awards are given based on the students' 100-point scale GPA upon graduation.

Johnson Jaguars Athletics

Varsity Girl's Soccer:
The first team from Johnson High School to go to the State Champions in their sport.
Track:
On April 13, 2011, The Johnson Track Teams made history at the NEISD Districts meet. The J.V. Boys, J.V. Girls, Varsity Girls, and Varsity Boys were awarded the title of District Champions; making history for having all four track teams win 1st place at the same time.
Band:
In the 2010 marching band season, the Johnson Marching Band placed 13th in the state. In the 2011 season, they will be traveling to Grand Nationals in Indianapolis.
In 2010 the Varsity Legacies Dance received 5th place for the high kick routine at the NDA national dance competition and in 2011 they received 4th place for high kick routine.