Duncanville High School

Duncanville High School
Location

900 W Camp Wisdom Rd

Duncanville, Texas 75116
United States
Information
Type Public
Established 1935
School district Duncanville ISD
Principal Carlos Meekins
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 4,008 (2013-2014)
Campus type Suburban
Color(s) Red and Royal Blue         
Athletics conference 6A
Mascot Panther

Duncanville High School is a secondary school located in Duncanville, Texas, United States. The school is a part of Duncanville Independent School District.

The school includes grades 9 through 12. Duncanville High School reported an enrollment of 4,008 students to the University Interscholastic League (UIL) for the 2012-2014 realignment. The high school campus is the second largest in the nation in terms of campus size. The school principal is Andre Smith, and the associate principals are Flora Judd and Sandro Garcia.[1] The school serves most of the city of Duncanville, as well as a portions of Cedar Hill, DeSoto, and a small portion of southwest Dallas.

History

Duncanville High School held its first accredited graduating class in 1936. Classes moved in 1954 to a new location, now Reed Middle School. Eleven years later, it moved to its current location. Construction started on Sandra Meadows Memorial Arena in 2003 and a new classroom wing and major renovations in 2004.

Campus

Duncanville High School is the second largest high school campus in the United States. The 863,137 square feet (80,188.1 m2) campus is more than twice as large as the nearby Mountain View College, and it is over the size of four combined Wal-Mart Supercenters.[2]

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

The school mascot is the Panther. With the exception of softball and girls track and field, the school has won state titles in every major team sport, including football (1998[3]), boys' basketball (1991,[4] 1999,[5] 2007[6]), girls' basketball (1976,[7] 1988,[8] 1989,[9] 1990,[10] 1997,[11] 2003,[12] 2012,[13] 2013,[14] 2016[15]), baseball (1975, 1976, 1990 [16]), volleyball (1995[17]), boys' track and field (1999[18]), boys' soccer (1986[19]), and girls' soccer (1987, 1990[20]). Additionally, in May 2005, the school's athletic program was ranked #24 in the nation by Sports Illustrated out of over 38,000 other high schools surveyed in the United States.

The school's most notable success has been in girls' basketball, where it has won nine state titles, including three consecutive from 1988-1990 while winning 134 consecutive games in the state's largest enrollment classification (a state record)[21] before losing in the 1992 state final.[22] They also won 105 consecutive games and two consecutive state titles 2012-2013 before losing in the 2014 state final.[23] The girls teams were undefeated champions in 1989 (39-0), 1990 (37-0), 1997 (40-0), 2013 (42-0), and 2016 (39-0). In 2007, the boys' basketball team won the state title with an undefeated season (39-0) after a 14-point win over Humble Kingwood.

No UIL Class AAAAA school has ever managed to win championships in all three major boys sports in the same season, but Duncanville came the closest during the 1998-1999 school year, winning both the football and basketball titles and losing to Bellaire High School in the baseball championship game.

Music programs

Duncanville is the only 5A band program in the history of the Texas Music Educators' Association Honor Band competition to win three State Honor Band titles (1999, 2005, 2009) and to win back-to-back at the same time as one of its CCC middle schools, Byrd Middle School (2005, 2009).[24]

182 Duncanville students were named to TMEA All-State bands and orchestras between 1983 and 2010.[25]

The Duncanville High School Marching Band was awarded the Sudler Shield of Honor in 1997 as one of the outstanding marching bands in the U.S. The program has also been honored by the John Philip Sousa Foundation with the coveted Sudler Flag of Honor recognizing Duncanville as a Nationally Exemplary Band Program. Duncanville is one of only a handful of programs worldwide to hold both Sudler Awards for high school band programs.

Duncanville is one of a very few school districts in Texas of any size in which all competing organizations have been selected as Honor Band. The Duncanville High School Bands paced the state in gold medals at the Interscholastic League State Competition for 18 years earning the coveted UIL State Sweepstakes Award for Class 5A. The award was discontinued in 1999. Duncanville High School is Texas' only Class 5A Band to earn all three state championships.

Marching band

The Duncanville High School Marching Band has been the UIL state champion in 1986,[26] 1990,[27] and 2002.[28] Duncanville was the only 5A school in Texas to be in the state marching finals every year from 1988 until 2012, and has won a state marching title every decade since the 1980s. Duncanville is also the largest marching band to be crowned State Champions.

Journalism

The school is also known for its journalism program, which publishes the Panther Tale yearbook, Panther Prints newspaper, and the district's public relations publication, Class Magazine. The yearbook and newspaper have won numerous awards, including a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and Gold and Silver Crown awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. For the first time in 2003, Duncanville received a Gold Crown for its newspaper and its yearbook, one of only two high schools in the nation to capture both honors that year.

Controversies

A video of a student from Duncanville, an 18-year-old sophomore scolding his social studies/history[29] teacher[30] went viral in May 2013, and was picked up by media. CBS local news quoted the student:[31]

"You want kids to come into your class? You want them to get excited for this? You gotta come in here and make them excited. You want a kid to change and start doing better? You gotta touch his freakin' heart. Can't expect a kid to change if all you do is just tell 'em"

The video was caught on video on a cellphone, and posted on YouTube, and was picked up by Reddit, PhillyD and Gawker.[32] The official reaction of the Duncanville Independent School District was not to discipline the student, but to offer private and public reminders there are other ways to make a point. The district issued a statement, saying, in part: "He makes a number of valid statements about how classrooms across America need to change, and we view this as an opportunity to have more conversations about transforming our schools to better meet the needs of our students."

A video of students protesting the High School's strict dress code were sent to several of the local media outlets whom reported on the incident. The Duncanville Independent School District said about 170 students were found in violation of the school's dress code and sent home.[33] The crackdown on students violating the dress code is what led to a spontaneous mass protest. Administrators responded to the protest with a large police presence on campus a day after, until the last day of school year.[34]

Notable alumni

References

Notes

  1. ↑ "Duncanville High School - Home Page". duncanvilleisd.org.
  2. ↑ Booth, Herb. "Raising the roof on campus size Is a big school always better? Duncanville: Teens under one roof, but critics say it's too impersonal." The Dallas Morning News. August 28, 2005. Retrieved on July 26, 2010.
  3. ↑ "UIL Football State Champions". uil100.org.
  4. ↑ "1990-1991 5A Boys Basketball State Results." University Interscholastic League. Retrieved on April 14, 2012.
  5. ↑ "1998-1999 5A Boys Basketball State Results." University Interscholastic League. Retrieved on April 14, 2012.
  6. ↑ "2006-2007 5A Boys Basketball State Results." University Interscholastic League. Retrieved on April 14, 2012.
  7. ↑ "1975-1976 4A Girls Basketball State Results." University Interscholastic League. Retrieved on April 14, 2012.
  8. ↑ "1987-1988 5A Girls Basketball State Results." University Interscholastic League. Retrieved on April 14, 2012.
  9. ↑ "1988-1989 5A Girls Basketball State Results." University Interscholastic League. Retrieved on April 14, 2012.
  10. ↑ "1989-1989 5A Girls Basketball State Results." University Interscholastic League. Retrieved on April 14, 2012.
  11. ↑ "1996-1997 5A Girls Basketball State Results." University Interscholastic League. Retrieved on April 14, 2012.
  12. ↑ "2002-2003 5A Girls Basketball State Results." University Interscholastic League. Retrieved on April 14, 2012.
  13. ↑ "2011-2012 5A Girls Basketball State Results." University Interscholastic League. Retrieved on April 14, 2012.
  14. ↑ "2012-2013 5A Girls Basketball State Results.
  15. ↑ 2016 6A Girls Basketball State Finals Box Score
  16. ↑ "UIL Baseball State Champions". uil100.org.
  17. ↑ "UIL State Volleyball Tournament." University Interscholastic League. Retrieved on April 14, 2012.
  18. ↑ "UIL State Track Champions." University Interscholastic League. Retrieved on April 14, 2012.
  19. ↑ "UIL Boys Soccer State Champions". uil100.org.
  20. ↑ "UIL State Soccer Records." University Interscholastic League. Retrieved on April 14, 2012.
  21. ↑ https://www.nfhs.org/RecordBook/Record-book-result.aspx?CategoryId=1441
  22. ↑ https://www.uiltexas.org/files/athletics/brackets/basketball/basketball-girls-5a-1991-1992.html
  23. ↑ http://www.uiltexas.org/basketball/state-bracket/2013-2014-5a-girls-basketball-state-results
  24. ↑ "Honor Band History". tmea.org.
  25. ↑ "All-State History Rosters". tmea.org.
  26. ↑ "UIL State Champion Archives". uiltexas.org.
  27. ↑ "UIL State Champion Archives". uiltexas.org.
  28. ↑ "UIL State Champion Archives". uiltexas.org.
  29. ↑ Calvert Collins, Chelsea Kretz. "Duncanville student's teacher rant goes viral". Fox News Austin.
  30. ↑ "Duncanville High teacher on leave after student viral video rant". CBS News. May 9, 2013.
  31. ↑ "Video of Duncanville High Student scolding his teacher goes viral online". CBS News.
  32. ↑ Jeffrey Weiss (May 9, 2013). "Duncanville High Student's angry critique of teacher goes viral online". Dallas News.
  33. ↑ "Duncanville HS sends hundreds home for dress code violations". myfoxdfw.com. 14 May 2014.
  34. ↑ Eliana Dockterman. "Dress Code Protests: High School Students Riot Over Clothing Rules". TIME.com.
  35. ↑ USA Track & Field - Brigetta Barrett. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  36. 1 2 3 "The other great places to watch high school hoops." USA Today. February 25, 2004. Retrieved on March 1, 2009.
  37. ↑ "RAB Hall of Fame: Gene Summers". rockabillyhall.com.
  38. ↑ Perry Jones HS Bio Page

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