Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan

Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan (BCMAR) is a magnet middle school in Houston Independent School District, located in the Third Ward, Houston, Texas. It is located in the former Ryan Middle School. It is in association with the Baylor College of Medicine. It is south of Downtown Houston,^[1]^[2] A press release stated that the school was to be modeled after the Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions.^[3]

History

On April 11, 2013 the HISD board voted to establish the school.^[4] In April 2013 the HISD board approved the conversion of the Ryan Middle School building into a magnet school.^[5]

11% of the students accepted to the school for the 2013-2014 school year lived in the former Ryan Middle School attendance zone. 70 students from the District IV, the feeder pattern for Ryan, applied to the school for that school year. This included 22 from Whidby Elementary, including 19 from Blackshear Elementary, 14 from Lockhart Elementary, 9 from Codwell Elementary, 4 from Peck Elementary, and 1 from MacGregor Elementary. 28 of the District IV were accepted, including 10 from Lockhart, 6 from Blackshear, 5 from Whidby, 3 from Codwell, 2 from Peck, and one each from MacGregor and Thompson. The school accepted 19 students who attended charter elementary schools or private elementary schools. Based on the data, Jeffrey L. Boney of the Houston Forward Times, a black newspaper, argued that residents of the surrounding area were being shortchanged.^[6]

BCM Academy at Ryan requires its students to wear school uniforms. Students are required to wear navy or burgundy shirts with the BCMA logo embroidered with khaki pants, shorts or skirts. Shorts and skirts must be knee length. Students are allowed to wear spirit shirts or college shirts with jeans. Students must wear belts and shirts must be tucked in. Hoodies are not permitted.

Student body

As of the 2013-2014 school year, 47% of the students were Hispanic and Latino, 35% were Black, 9% were White, and 9% were Asian.^[6]

References

↑ Mellon, Ericka. "HISD proposes closing historic Ryan school." Houston Chronicle. Thursday May 3, 2012. Retrieved on May 4, 2012.
↑ Stamps, Bill. "HISD Considers Closing Historic School." KUHF. May 7, 2012. Retrieved on May 9, 2012.
↑ "HISD board approves creation of Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan." Houston Chronicle (Ultimate Bellaire). April 23, 2013. Retrieved on March 17, 2014.
↑ Mellon, Ericka. "HISD adds health, energy magnet schools." Houston Chronicle. April 11, 2013. Retrieved on March 17, 2014.
↑ "HISD board approves turning Ryan Middle School in Third Ward into magnet school" (Archive). KTRK-TV. Thursday April 11, 2013. Retrieved on March 16, 2014.
1 2 Boney, Jeffrey L. "What’s Going On With HISD? African Americans NOT Getting the Attention They Deserve" (Archive). Houston Forward Times. September 17, 2013. Retrieved on March 16, 2014.

External links

Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan
"Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan: Q&A with Dr. Nancy Moreno." Baylor College of Medicine Office of Communications. April 19, 2013.
Pathak, Dipali (Baylor College of Medicine). "HISD, Baylor Open Health Sciences Middle School this Fall." Texas Medical Center News. April 28, 2013.

Houston Independent School District

Alternative and magnet K-12 schools	T. H. Rogers

6-12 schools	Jane Long Academy (middle school zoned, high school not zoned)

Alternative 6-12 schools	Leland Sharpstown Int'l Y.W.C.P.A.

High schools	Austin Bellaire Chávez Davis Furr Sam Houston Kashmere Lamar Lee Madison Milby North Forest Reagan Scarborough Sharpstown Sterling Waltrip Washington Westbury Westside Wheatley Worthing Yates

Alternative and magnet high schools	Carnegie Vanguard Challenge Early College DeBakey East Early College Eastwood Academy Energy Institute H.A.I.S. H.S.E.P. H.S.P.V.A. Jones Futures Academy Barbara Jordan H.S.L.E.C.J. Liberty (Newcomer) Mount Carmel Acad. North Houston Early College South Early College

K-8 schools	Gregory-Lincoln Woodson

Alternative and magnet K-8 schools	The Rice School

Middle schools	Key Lanier Pershing Pin Oak Others

Alternative middle schools	BCM Academy at Ryan Las Américas Newcomer School

Elementary schools	Cornelius Harvard Kashmere Gardens Lantrip River Oaks Walnut Bend Others

Alternative elementary schools	Arabic Immersion Mandarin Chinese Immersion

Former alternative 6-12 schools	C.L.C. Kay On-Going

Former high schools	San Jacinto

Former alternative high schools	Carter Career Center DeVry Advantage Academy Gulf Coast Trades Center (no longer affiliated with HISD) Middle College

Former K-8 schools	E.O. Smith

Former middle schools	Ryan

Literature	Brown, Not White Make Haste Slowly

Third Ward, Houston

Geography

Neighborhoods	Riverside Terrace University Oaks Washington Terrace

Education

Primary and secondary schools	Houston Independent School District Yates High School Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan DeBakey High School for Health Professions Young Women's College Preparatory Academy Ryan Middle School (closed) Contemporary Learning Center (closed) Yellowstone Academy

Other education	University of Houston Texas Southern University Houston Public Library Houston Community College (nearest campus in Midtown)

Other

Landmarks	Frenchy's Chicken Project Row Houses

METRORail stations	Elgin/Third Ward TDECU Stadium/UH/TSU UH South/University Oaks Leeland/Third Ward

This list is incomplete. This template refers to the modern Third Ward and not the historical political definition. Exact definitions of the Third Ward differ depending on the agency/authority/person. Leeland/Third Ward is outside of the common boundaries of the Third Ward but is in close proximity.

Coordinates: 29°43′57″N 95°21′46″W / 29.7324°N 95.3629°W / 29.7324; -95.3629

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