T. C. Williams High School
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T. C. Williams High School is a public high school
in Alexandria, Virginia
, named after former superintendent Thomas Chambliss Williams of Alexandria City Public Schools who served from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s. It is located near the geographic center of the city, at 3330 King Street and is referred to informally as "T.C." (rather than "Williams") by students, faculty and locals. Approximately 2,100 students from grades 10-12 are enrolled at T.C. Ninth graders have classes at the nearby Minnie Howard campus and participate in T.C. Williams sports and extracurricular activities. T.C. Williams is part of Alexandria City Public Schools
.
The school offers numerous Advanced Placement courses for its students. Every year, dozens of graduates go on to elite colleges, and T.C. Williams has won statewide academic and scientific competitions.
T.C. has an Army
Junior ROTC
program, which participated in President
Barack Obama's
Inaugural Parade.
The T.C. Williams Marching Band travels to competitions up and down the East Coast.
In 1971, T.C. Williams became the city's only public senior high school serving 11th and 12th graders after a Federal city-wide desegregation order. The city's freshmen and sophomores attended Francis C. Hammond and George Washington, the other former four-year schools involved in the three school consolidation. Currently, "T.C." serves 10th through 12th grades while 9th graders go to the T.C. Williams Minnie Howard Campus, located a few blocks away from the main building. Two middle schools, Francis C. Hammond Middle School, and George Washington Middle School, serve 6th through 8th grade students and are housed in the former high schools.
Increasing enrollment prompted plans for a new school. In January 2004, the Alexandria School Board approved a plan to build an entirely new school building at the existing location to provide more space. The new building opened on September 4, 2007. The original T.C. Williams building was demolished in January 2008. The new T.C. Williams campus was certified LEED Gold by the U.S. Green Building Council in 2009.
The gym of the original T.C. Williams building was named after Gerry Bertier
, a member of the Titans' 1971 state championship football
team who was paralyzed in a car crash and died 10 years later in a second auto accident near Charlottesville, VA. The newly-constructed basketball court was named in honor of Earl Lloyd
on December 1, 2007. Lloyd attended Parker-GrayHigh School, which was Alexandria's all-black high school at the time. Lloyd was the first African-American to play in the NBA
.
The football stadium is named Parker-Gray Stadium in deference to the former pre-segregation high school whose campus was sold for office buildings in the 1980s. The football field was grass until an artificial turf was installed in 2006.
During his run for the Democratic nomination
, Barack Obama held a rally at T.C. Williams on February 10, 2008.
. It has been ranked by the 2006 Washington Post "Challenge Index
" with an index of 1.494. Under the leadership of Dr. Manu Patel, T.C. was the first Virginia high school to defeat Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
in Fairfax County, Virginia
at the Science Bowl
.
In March 2010, T.C. Williams was determined to be a "persistently lowest achieving school" based on standardized test scores.
s to all of its students. The laptop initiative, which began in the 2004–2005 school year, provides every student with their own personal computer as well as campus-wide wireless internet access.
Wireless access is available at the school during daytime hours and in the evenings at the school library. Students are able to connect remotely to the school network through a dial-up connection for two hours each evening.
Internet access is restricted and blocks download sites, entertainment sites, and others that could distract students from their work during class. Access is allowed to websites provided by textbook companies that offer additional activities or study guides.
of the AAA Northern Region
. The mascot is a Titan
. The school colors are a synthesis of the former colors of the three Alexandria pre-1971 four-year schools: white (from Hammond), blue (G.W.) and red (T.C.W.). The Titans are best known for their football program, which the movie Remember the Titans was based upon. The boys basketball program, a consistent powerhouse with 12 district, 10 regional, and 2 state championships (most recently in 2008) has also gained statewide recognition. The rowing team has won numerous state and national championships, particularly on the girls side. T.C. has won state championships football, cross country, indoor and outdoor track. The football program has won three Virginia AAA state championships: 1971, 1984, and 1987, all of which the Titans finished ranked in the top ten nationally, and the 1971 team was made famous in the movie Remember the Titans
, released in 2000. T.C. students managed the feat of winning all three boy's state running championships in consecutive school years, winning the 1991 Cross Country, 1992 Indoor Track, 1992 Outdoor Track, 1992 Cross Country, 1993 Indoor Track, and 1993 Outdoor Track State Championships. They were nationally recognized in 1993 when they became the first ever U.S. high school 4x100 meter relay team to defeat the Jamaicans at Penn Relays.
In more recent athletic achievements, T.C.'s Boy's Lacrosse, Girl's Basketball, Boy's Soccer, and Boy's Tennis teams have all captured district championships since 2006.
Because T.C. is the only public high school in Alexandria City, and the only non-Fairfax County high school in the Patriot District, the Titans do not have a sole rival school. The Titans have developed rivalries against Hayfield Secondary School
in recent years due to the success of both schools' basketball teams, as well as West Potomac High School
, which is located close to Alexandria. Recently, TC's rivalry with Hayfield was partially severed as Hayfield moved into another district due to a decline in enrollment. The two schools, which competed against each other in the 2009 Boy's Basketball Northern Region Championship Game, both missed the regional playoffs in 2010 due to eligibility issues of players. T.C. had to forfeit 12 wins and lost two players including a key starter for the rest of the season. They lost in the first round of the district tournament.
and Bill Yoast
, were featured in the 2000 motion picture Remember the Titans
, starring Denzel Washington
and Will Patton
. The movie was a dramatization of the consolidation of Alexandria's
three public high schools into one in the fall of 1971. That year, the city of Alexandria consolidated three four-year high schools into a single two-year school, teaching solely juniors and seniors. As a result, the best of the varsity football squads at George Washington High School (converted to a middle school), Hammond High School (converted to a middle school) and T.C Williams High School united in what amounted to an all-city, all-star team at T.C. Williams. The city's public schools were legally desegregated
in 1959, but the three high schools had become racially imbalanced during the 1960s due to housing patterns. Racial tension is one of the themes of the film.
The climax of the movie is the fictionalized 1971 AAA state championship football game between T.C. Williams and George C. Marshall High School
. The dramatic license taken in the movie was to convert what was actually a regular-season matchup between T.C. Williams and Marshall into a made-for-Hollywood state championship. In reality, the Marshall game was the toughest game T.C. Williams played all year and the actual state championship (against Andrew Lewis High School
of Salem
) was a 27-0 blowout. As depicted in the movie, the real Titans won the Marshall game on a fourth down come-from-behind play at the very end of the game.
T.C. Williams was referenced in the "My No Good Reason" episode of the television show Scrubs
. Three actors wearing T.C. Williams letter jackets appear towards the end of the episode. Donald Faison
, who plays Dr. Turk on the sitcom
, also starred in Remember the Titans as Petey Jones.
In addition to competitions, T.C. also puts on two "mainstage" productions each year, a fall play and a musical.
As of late, the school has been pushing boundaries with the topics of the shows, with their 2010 production of Chicago (musical)
, their 2011 production of Rent
, and their upcoming production of The Laramie Project
.
program, which has its own boathouse on the Alexandria bank of the Potomac River
. T.C. Crew has claimed state, national, and international championships. The program has produced several Olympic
athletes, most recently Nick Peterson and Linda Miller who represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, Australia.
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....
in Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2009, the city had a total population of 139,966. Located along the Western bank of the Potomac River, Alexandria is approximately six miles south of downtown Washington, D.C.Like the rest of northern Virginia, as well as...
, named after former superintendent Thomas Chambliss Williams of Alexandria City Public Schools who served from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s. It is located near the geographic center of the city, at 3330 King Street and is referred to informally as "T.C." (rather than "Williams") by students, faculty and locals. Approximately 2,100 students from grades 10-12 are enrolled at T.C. Ninth graders have classes at the nearby Minnie Howard campus and participate in T.C. Williams sports and extracurricular activities. T.C. Williams is part of Alexandria City Public Schools
Alexandria City Public Schools
Alexandria City Public Schools is a school division which is funded by the government of Alexandria, Virginia, United States.-Elementary schools:*Samuel Tucker Elementary School*Patrick Henry Elementary School*John Adams Elementary School...
.
The school offers numerous Advanced Placement courses for its students. Every year, dozens of graduates go on to elite colleges, and T.C. Williams has won statewide academic and scientific competitions.
T.C. has an Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
Junior ROTC
Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps is a Federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools across the United States...
program, which participated in President
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
Barack Obama's
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
Inaugural Parade.
The T.C. Williams Marching Band travels to competitions up and down the East Coast.
History
T.C. Williams, a four year high school, initially opened its doors to eighth graders, freshmen, sophomores and juniors in 1965, graduating its first class in June 1967. When it was created, it was Alexandria's third public high school. Minnie Howard Middle School was the "feeder" school to T.C. for seventh and eight graders.In 1971, T.C. Williams became the city's only public senior high school serving 11th and 12th graders after a Federal city-wide desegregation order. The city's freshmen and sophomores attended Francis C. Hammond and George Washington, the other former four-year schools involved in the three school consolidation. Currently, "T.C." serves 10th through 12th grades while 9th graders go to the T.C. Williams Minnie Howard Campus, located a few blocks away from the main building. Two middle schools, Francis C. Hammond Middle School, and George Washington Middle School, serve 6th through 8th grade students and are housed in the former high schools.
Increasing enrollment prompted plans for a new school. In January 2004, the Alexandria School Board approved a plan to build an entirely new school building at the existing location to provide more space. The new building opened on September 4, 2007. The original T.C. Williams building was demolished in January 2008. The new T.C. Williams campus was certified LEED Gold by the U.S. Green Building Council in 2009.
The gym of the original T.C. Williams building was named after Gerry Bertier
Gerry Bertier
Gerry Bertier was a prominent Virginia high school American football player. He is best known for his participation on the 1971 Virginia State Champion T. C. Williams High School team and their portrayal in the Disney film Remember the Titans. After the conclusion of the 1971 season, Bertier was...
, a member of the Titans' 1971 state championship football
American football
American 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...
team who was paralyzed in a car crash and died 10 years later in a second auto accident near Charlottesville, VA. The newly-constructed basketball court was named in honor of Earl Lloyd
Earl Lloyd
Earl Francis Lloyd is a retired American basketball player. He was the first African-American to play in the National Basketball Association, in the 1950-51 NBA season...
on December 1, 2007. Lloyd attended Parker-GrayHigh School, which was Alexandria's all-black high school at the time. Lloyd was the first African-American to play in the NBA
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
.
The football stadium is named Parker-Gray Stadium in deference to the former pre-segregation high school whose campus was sold for office buildings in the 1980s. The football field was grass until an artificial turf was installed in 2006.
During his run for the Democratic nomination
Barack Obama presidential primary campaign, 2008
On February 10, 2007, Barack Obama, then junior United States Senator from Illinois, announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States in Springfield, Illinois. On June 3, 2008, he secured enough delegates to become the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for the 2008...
, Barack Obama held a rally at T.C. Williams on February 10, 2008.
Demographics
T. C. Williams High School's student body is 43% African American, 27% Hispanic, 21% White, 7% Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and 2% unspecified. Like many public schools in the Washington, D.C. urban area, T.C. Williams has a large share of students from families with low socioeconomic status.Academics
T.C. Williams offers more than a dozen different AP courses, including a course in organic chemistryOrganic chemistry
Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation of carbon-based compounds, hydrocarbons, and their derivatives...
. It has been ranked by the 2006 Washington Post "Challenge Index
Challenge Index
The Challenge Index is a method for the statistical ranking of top public high schools in the United States by Washington Post columnist Jay Mathews...
" with an index of 1.494. Under the leadership of Dr. Manu Patel, T.C. was the first Virginia high school to defeat Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is a Virginia state-chartered magnet school located within Fairfax County, Virginia, United States...
in Fairfax County, Virginia
Fairfax County, Virginia
Fairfax County is a county in Virginia, in the United States. Per the 2010 Census, the population of the county is 1,081,726, making it the most populous jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia, with 13.5% of Virginia's population...
at the Science Bowl
Science Bowl
Science Bowl is a high school and middle school academic competition, similar to Quiz Bowl, held in the United States. Two teams of four students each compete to answer various science-related questions. In order to determine which student has the right to answer the question, a buzzer system is...
.
In March 2010, T.C. Williams was determined to be a "persistently lowest achieving school" based on standardized test scores.
Test scores
The average SAT score in 2006 for T. C. Williams High School was 1,530 (509 in Math; 512 in Critical Reading; 509 in Writing). The Critical Reading and Math combined score was 1,021, which is a 58 point increase from T.C.'s 2005 average, which occurred in a year where SAT scores on average dropped throughout the United States.| School Year | Mathematics | Critical Reading | Writing | Total |
| 1999–2000 | 476 | 477 | n/a | 953 |
| 2000–2001 | 485 | 478 | n/a | 963 |
| 2001–2002 | 491 | 485 | n/a | 976 |
| 2002–2003 | 495 | 493 | n/a | 988 |
| 2003–2004 | 474 | 483 | n/a | 957 |
| 2004–2005 | 481 | 482 | n/a | 963 |
| 2005–2006 | 509 | 512 | 509 | 1,530 (1,021 M & CR) |
Laptop initiative
T.C. offers laptopLaptop
A laptop, also called a notebook, is a personal computer for mobile use. A laptop integrates most of the typical components of a desktop computer, including a display, a keyboard, a pointing device and speakers into a single unit...
s to all of its students. The laptop initiative, which began in the 2004–2005 school year, provides every student with their own personal computer as well as campus-wide wireless internet access.
Wireless access is available at the school during daytime hours and in the evenings at the school library. Students are able to connect remotely to the school network through a dial-up connection for two hours each evening.
Internet access is restricted and blocks download sites, entertainment sites, and others that could distract students from their work during class. Access is allowed to websites provided by textbook companies that offer additional activities or study guides.
Extra-Curriculars
T.C. teams play in the AAA Patriot DistrictAAA Patriot District
The AAA Patriot District is a high school conference in the state of Virginia that includes schools from eastern Fairfax County and Alexandria City. AAA is the largest enrollment class and also typically the most competitive level in Virginia high school sports...
of the AAA Northern Region
AAA Northern Region
The AAA Northern Region is one of the four AAA regions in the Virginia High School League. It is made up of four districts: the AAA Concorde District, the AAA Liberty District, the AAA National District, and the AAA Patriot District...
. The mascot is a Titan
Titan (mythology)
In Greek mythology, the Titans were a race of powerful deities, descendants of Gaia and Uranus, that ruled during the legendary Golden Age....
. The school colors are a synthesis of the former colors of the three Alexandria pre-1971 four-year schools: white (from Hammond), blue (G.W.) and red (T.C.W.). The Titans are best known for their football program, which the movie Remember the Titans was based upon. The boys basketball program, a consistent powerhouse with 12 district, 10 regional, and 2 state championships (most recently in 2008) has also gained statewide recognition. The rowing team has won numerous state and national championships, particularly on the girls side. T.C. has won state championships football, cross country, indoor and outdoor track. The football program has won three Virginia AAA state championships: 1971, 1984, and 1987, all of which the Titans finished ranked in the top ten nationally, and the 1971 team was made famous in the movie Remember the Titans
Remember the Titans
Remember the Titans is a 2000 American sports film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Boaz Yakin. Inspired by real events, the plot was conceived from a screenplay written by Gregory Allen Howard. The film starts as a new coach of the Titans, a football team previously coached by the...
, released in 2000. T.C. students managed the feat of winning all three boy's state running championships in consecutive school years, winning the 1991 Cross Country, 1992 Indoor Track, 1992 Outdoor Track, 1992 Cross Country, 1993 Indoor Track, and 1993 Outdoor Track State Championships. They were nationally recognized in 1993 when they became the first ever U.S. high school 4x100 meter relay team to defeat the Jamaicans at Penn Relays.
In more recent athletic achievements, T.C.'s Boy's Lacrosse, Girl's Basketball, Boy's Soccer, and Boy's Tennis teams have all captured district championships since 2006.
Because T.C. is the only public high school in Alexandria City, and the only non-Fairfax County high school in the Patriot District, the Titans do not have a sole rival school. The Titans have developed rivalries against Hayfield Secondary School
Hayfield Secondary School
Hayfield Secondary School is the oldest secondary school in the Fairfax County Public Schools system of Virginia. It opened its doors in 1968 and graduated its first seniors in 1971.-History:...
in recent years due to the success of both schools' basketball teams, as well as West Potomac High School
West Potomac High School
West Potomac High School is a public high school in Fairfax County, Virginia. It is located on 6500 Quander Road and is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.-History:...
, which is located close to Alexandria. Recently, TC's rivalry with Hayfield was partially severed as Hayfield moved into another district due to a decline in enrollment. The two schools, which competed against each other in the 2009 Boy's Basketball Northern Region Championship Game, both missed the regional playoffs in 2010 due to eligibility issues of players. T.C. had to forfeit 12 wins and lost two players including a key starter for the rest of the season. They lost in the first round of the district tournament.
Football and Remember The Titans
T.C. and its former football coaches, Herman BooneHerman Boone
Herman Boone is a former American high school football coach, most famous for coaching at T. C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia. Boone was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the 2000 film Remember the Titans....
and Bill Yoast
Bill Yoast
William "Bill" Yoast is an American high school football coach best known for being featured in the 2000 film Remember the Titans. He was portrayed by veteran actor Will Patton.Yoast grew up in Florence, Alabama...
, were featured in the 2000 motion picture Remember the Titans
Remember the Titans
Remember the Titans is a 2000 American sports film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Boaz Yakin. Inspired by real events, the plot was conceived from a screenplay written by Gregory Allen Howard. The film starts as a new coach of the Titans, a football team previously coached by the...
, starring Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and film producer. He first rose to prominence when he joined the cast of the medical drama, St. Elsewhere, playing Dr...
and Will Patton
Will Patton
William Rankin "Will" Patton is an American actor.-Life and career:Patton was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the eldest of three children. His father is Bill Patton, a playwright and acting/directing instructor who was a Lutheran minister and served as a chaplain at Duke University...
. The movie was a dramatization of the consolidation of Alexandria's
Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2009, the city had a total population of 139,966. Located along the Western bank of the Potomac River, Alexandria is approximately six miles south of downtown Washington, D.C.Like the rest of northern Virginia, as well as...
three public high schools into one in the fall of 1971. That year, the city of Alexandria consolidated three four-year high schools into a single two-year school, teaching solely juniors and seniors. As a result, the best of the varsity football squads at George Washington High School (converted to a middle school), Hammond High School (converted to a middle school) and T.C Williams High School united in what amounted to an all-city, all-star team at T.C. Williams. The city's public schools were legally desegregated
Desegregation
Desegregation is the process of ending the separation of two groups usually referring to races. This is most commonly used in reference to the United States. Desegregation was long a focus of the American Civil Rights Movement, both before and after the United States Supreme Court's decision in...
in 1959, but the three high schools had become racially imbalanced during the 1960s due to housing patterns. Racial tension is one of the themes of the film.
The climax of the movie is the fictionalized 1971 AAA state championship football game between T.C. Williams and George C. Marshall High School
George C. Marshall High School
George C. Marshall High School is a public school in Idylwood, unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, and part of Fairfax County Public Schools . Newsweek ranked Marshall 159th on its 2009 list of the top U.S. high schools.-Name:...
. The dramatic license taken in the movie was to convert what was actually a regular-season matchup between T.C. Williams and Marshall into a made-for-Hollywood state championship. In reality, the Marshall game was the toughest game T.C. Williams played all year and the actual state championship (against Andrew Lewis High School
Salem High School (Salem, Virginia)
Salem High School is a public high school in Salem, Virginia. It is the sole high school for the .-History:Salem High School was opened for the 1977-1978 school year by . The student bodies of Andrew Lewis High School in Salem and Glenvar High School in western Roanoke County were consolidated...
of Salem
Salem, Virginia
Salem is an independent city in Virginia, USA, bordered by the city of Roanoke to the east but otherwise adjacent to Roanoke County. It is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 24,802 according to 2010 U.S. Census...
) was a 27-0 blowout. As depicted in the movie, the real Titans won the Marshall game on a fourth down come-from-behind play at the very end of the game.
T.C. Williams was referenced in the "My No Good Reason" episode of the television show Scrubs
Scrubs (TV series)
Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...
. Three actors wearing T.C. Williams letter jackets appear towards the end of the episode. Donald Faison
Donald Faison
Donald Adeosun Faison is an American actor, comedian, and voice actor best known for his role as Dr. Chris Turk in the ABC comedy-drama Scrubs and as Murray in the film Clueless and the subsequent television series of the same name.Faison has also co-starred in the films Remember the Titans ,...
, who plays Dr. Turk on the sitcom
Situation comedy
A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...
, also starred in Remember the Titans as Petey Jones.
Drama
T.C. also has a thriving Drama Department, participating in both the Cappies program, as well as the Virginia Regional One-Act Competition. In 2010, a student-written play "Ladying," made it to the Regional level of competition at the latter competition, a feat unaccomplished by the school since 1997.In addition to competitions, T.C. also puts on two "mainstage" productions each year, a fall play and a musical.
As of late, the school has been pushing boundaries with the topics of the shows, with their 2010 production of Chicago (musical)
Chicago (musical)
Chicago is a musical set in Prohibition-era Chicago. The music is by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal"...
, their 2011 production of Rent
Rent (musical)
Rent is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème...
, and their upcoming production of The Laramie Project
The Laramie Project
The Laramie Project is a play by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project about the reaction to the 1998 murder of University of Wyoming gay student Matthew Shepard in Laramie,...
.
Rowing
T.C. is known for its nationally and internationally competitive rowingSport rowing
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
program, which has its own boathouse on the Alexandria bank of the Potomac River
Potomac River
The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States. The river is approximately long, with a drainage area of about 14,700 square miles...
. T.C. Crew has claimed state, national, and international championships. The program has produced several Olympic
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
athletes, most recently Nick Peterson and Linda Miller who represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, Australia.
Alumni
Famous graduates of T.C. Williams include:- Diedrich BaderDiedrich BaderKarl Diedrich Bader , better known as Diedrich Bader, is an American actor, voice artist and comedian. Many know him for his roles as Oswald Lee Harvey on The Drew Carey Show, Lawrence from the film Office Space, the Tae Kwon Do instructor Rex from Napoleon Dynamite, Tank "Shredder" Evans in Surf's...
- actor and comedian, The Drew Carey ShowThe Drew Carey ShowThe Drew Carey Show is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 1995 to 2004. The show was set in Cleveland, Ohio, and revolved around the retail office and home life of "everyman" Drew Carey, a fictionalized version of the actor....
, Office SpaceOffice SpaceOffice Space is a 1999 American comedy film satirizing work life in a typical 1990s software company. Written and directed by Mike Judge, it focuses on a handful of individuals fed up with their jobs portrayed by Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, Gary Cole, David Herman, Ajay Naidu, and Diedrich...
, Napoleon DynamiteNapoleon DynamiteNapoleon Dynamite is a 2004 comedy film co-written and directed by Jared Hess and Jerusha Hess and stars Jon Heder as Napoleon Dynamite. The film was Jared Hess' first full-length feature and is partially adapted from his earlier short film, Peluca.... - Gerry BertierGerry BertierGerry Bertier was a prominent Virginia high school American football player. He is best known for his participation on the 1971 Virginia State Champion T. C. Williams High School team and their portrayal in the Disney film Remember the Titans. After the conclusion of the 1971 season, Bertier was...
- captain of former senior football team which won the state championships. He also won gold medals in Paralympics shotput and discusDiscusDiscus, "disk" in Latin, may refer to:* Discus , a progressive rock band from Indonesia* Discus , a fictional character from the Marvel Comics Universe and enemy of Luke Cage* Discus , a freshwater fish popular with aquarium keepers...
. - Katherine BooKatherine BooKatherine Boo is an award-winning journalist known primarily for writing about America's poor and disadvantaged.-Life:A native of Washington, D.C., Boo graduated summa cum laude from Barnard College and began her career in journalism with editorial positions at Washington's City Paper and then the...
- Award-winning journalist for the Washington Post and The New YorkerThe New YorkerThe New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2000, awarded MacArthur Fellowship in 2002. - David Bray) - IT Chief for the Bioterrorism Program at the Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCenters for Disease Control and PreventionThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services headquartered in Druid Hills, unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, in Greater Atlanta...
(2000–2005), Senior Executive for the Information Sharing Environment - Julius CampbellJulius CampbellJulius Campbell, Jr. is an African American former American football player. He played for the 1971 T.C. Williams High School football team.Campbell was born in Alexandria, Virginia, the son of Hazel , and Julius Campbell, Sr. Campbell attended the Ferrum Junior College where he suffered a bad...
- All-AmericaAll-AmericaAn All-America team is an honorary sports team composed of outstanding amateur players—those considered the best players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply...
n and former vice captain of the varsity football team which won the state championships (Class of 1973) - Chip EstenChip EstenCharles "Chip" Esten Puskar III is an American comedian, actor and singer known for his appearances on the improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway?....
- actor and comedian, Whose Line Is It AnywayWhose Line Is It Anyway? (U.S. TV series)Whose Line is it Anyway? is a comedy improv show hosted by Drew Carey on ABC that ran from August 5, 1998 to September 4, 2004, and subsequently on ABC Family since 2005...
? and The Drew Carey Show - Jason Butler HarnerJason Butler HarnerJason Thomas Butler Harner is an American actor.-Biography:Harner was born in Elmira, New York and grew up in suburban Northern Virginia, where he had the opportunity of seeing a handful of plays at Washington, D.C.’s Arena Stage. His middle name Butler is his mother’s maiden name. He graduated...
- actor, ChangelingChangeling (film)Changeling is a 2008 American drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and written by J. Michael Straczynski. Based on real-life events in 1928 Los Angeles, the film stars Angelina Jolie as a woman who is reunited with her missing son—only to realize he is an impostor. She confronts the city...
, John AdamsJohn Adams (TV miniseries)John Adams is a 2008 American television miniseries chronicling most of President John Adams's political life and his role in the founding of the United States. Paul Giamatti portrays John Adams. The miniseries was directed by Tom Hooper. Kirk Ellis wrote the screenplay based on the book John...
, Possible Side Effects, The Taking of Pelham 123 - Rahman "Rock" HarperHell's Kitchen (U.S. season 3)This article contains contestant information and episode summaries from Season 3 of the American competitive reality television series Hell's Kitchen...
- former executive chef at Terra Verde Italian Restaurant, Green Valley Ranch (2007–2008) (Las Vegas, NV), Hell's Kitchen season 3 winner (2007.) Chef at Ben's Next Door, 1211 U St, NW, Washington DC (February 2009) - Dermot MulroneyDermot Mulroney-Early life:Mulroney was born in Alexandria, Virginia, the son of Ellen, a housewife and amateur actress originally from Manchester, Iowa, and Michael Mulroney, a law professor at Villanova University School of Law, originally from Elkader, Iowa. He has a sister, Moira, and three brothers, Conor,...
- actor, My Best Friend's WeddingMy Best Friend's WeddingMy Best Friend's Wedding is a 1997 romantic comedy film directed by P. J. Hogan. It stars Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Dermot Mulroney, Rupert Everett, and Philip Bosco.The film received mostly positive reviews from critics...
, FriendsFriendsFriends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television... - Kieran MulroneyKieran MulroneyKieran Mulroney is an American actor known for his numerous television appearances. He is also a musician and screenwriter, along with his wife, Michele. He was born in Alexandria, Virginia, where he graduated from T. C. Williams High School. His brother is actor Dermot Mulroney.-Television:* NCIS...
- actor and director, Gettysburg - Casey WilsonCasey WilsonCathryn Rose "Casey" Wilson is an American actress, comedienne and screenwriter. She was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2008–2009 and currently stars as Penny Hartz in the ABC comedy series Happy Endings....
- actress and screenwriter, Happy EndingsHappy Endings (TV series)Happy Endings is an American television series for the ABC network. The single-camera ensemble comedy premiered on April 13, 2011, as a midseason replacement, with a one-hour premiere of two back-to-back episodes starting at 9:30 pm ET/PT...
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(Class of 1998) - Edward WongEdward WongEdward Wong is an American journalist and a foreign correspondent for The New York Times. Wong served as one of the Times' main correspondents covering the Iraq War from November 2003 through June 2007...
- Journalist and foreign correspondent for the New York Times and recipient of the 2005 Livingston Award for International Reporting. (Class of 1991) - Thad LevineThad LevineThad Levine is the assistant general manager for the Texas Rangers baseball team.Levine was born in Alexandria, Virginia. He has a bachelor's degree from Haverford College , where he played baseball....
* - Assistant General Manager of the Texas Rangers. (Class of 1990) - J. Holiday* - R&B singer-songwriter
- Donnell RawlingsDonnell RawlingsDonnell Rawlings is an American comedian and actor.-Career:Notable roles include appearing in Chappelle's Show, as well as making a guest appearance in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2 and a cameo appearance in the music video for Jim Jones' "We Fly High"...
* - Comedian and actor, Chappelle's Show - Mike Davis* - Professional basketball player in Ukraine, former basketball player for University of Illinois (Class of 2007)
- John Gardner FordJohn Gardner FordJohn "Jack" Gardner Ford is the second child and second son of U.S. President Gerald Ford and First Lady Betty Ford.In 1977, with William Randolph Hearst III and Jann Wenner, he was part of the founding staff of the magazine Outside...
* - Son of former United States President Gerald Ford and Former First Lady Betty Bloomer Ford - Steven FordSteven FordSteven Meigs Ford is an American actor and son of former United States President Gerald Ford and Former First Lady Betty Bloomer Ford.-Early life:...
* - Actor and son of former United States President Gerald Ford and Former First Lady Betty Bloomer Ford (Class of 1974)
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- Official website
- Official athletic website
- 1971 Original Titans Virginia state champions in football
- Virginia State SOL test results
- TC Williams Commemorative Publications
- Del Ray Sun Coverage of TC Sports
- Francis C. Hammond High School Alumni Association
- George Washington High School Alumni Association
- T.C. Williams Debate Society