Memorial High School is a public, co-educational

Coeducation

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 secondary school

Secondary school

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 located in Port Arthur

Port Arthur, Texas

-Demographics:As of the 2000 census, there were 57,755 people, 21,839 households, and 14,675 families residing in the city. The population density was 696.5 people per square mile . There were 24,713 housing units at an average density of 298.0 per square mile...

, Texas

Texas

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, United States

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. It was established in August 2002 after a merger of Thomas Jefferson High (4A), Abraham Lincoln High (4A) and Stephen F. Austin High (2A). Since then, Memorial High (5A) has been the only high school in the Port Arthur Independent School District

Port Arthur Independent School District

Port Arthur Independent School District is a public school district based in Port Arthur, Texas .The district serves most of Port Arthur and a portion of Groves....

. It serves most of Port Arthur and a portion of Groves

Groves, Texas

Groves is a city in Jefferson County, Texas, United States. The population was 15,733 at the 2000 census. A July 1, 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 14,393. It is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area....

.It also has a 9th Grade Center which is located in El Vista.

When Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen F. Austin high schools were consolidated, students voted on the new name for the district and the top two vote-getters were "Memorial High School" and "Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from October 1967 until October 1991...

 High School." In September of 2007, school board member Terry Doyle suggested renaming Memorial High School after the late Staff Sgt. Lucian Adams

Lucian Adams

Staff Sergeant Lucian Adams was a United States Army soldier during World War II who received the Medal of Honor for single-handedly destroying enemy machine gun emplacements to re-establish supply lines to U.S. Army companies...

, a Port Arthur native who received the Medal of Honor

Medal of Honor

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 for his bravery in World War II

World War II

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. Karla Obregon will be principal at Port Arthur Independent School District’s new Staff Sergeant Lucian Adams campus for the 2011-2012 school year. The Lucian Adams campus is expected to open this summer in time for the 2011-2012 school year.

Athletics

Under coach Dean Colbert Memorial posted a 22-18 record from 2002-2005. He was succeeded by Ronnie Thompson, who had already coached at Thomas Jefferson from 1978 to 1981, where his players included Todd Dodge

Todd Dodge

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 (former North Texas

University of North Texas

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 coach) and Craig Stump

Craig Stump

Craig Stump is a former American football player and the current football coach at West Brook High School in Beaumont, Texas. He played quarterback for Texas A&M University.- Playing career :...

 (current West Brook HS

West Brook Senior High School

West Brook Senior High School is the largest high school in the city of Beaumont, Texas. West Brook is located at 8750 Phelan Boulevard. It is operated by the Beaumont Independent School District.The school's official mascot is the Bruin Bear...

 coach).

Jimmy Johnson

Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)

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 former Super Bowl winning coach of the Cowboys and College National Title winning coach of the Hurricanes graduated. Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin

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 also attended this school while it was Thomas Jefferson. Kansas City Chiefs star running back Jamaal Charles

Jamaal Charles

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and Texas Longhorns point guard J'Coven Brown also graduated from Memorial High School.