Waltrip High School

S.P. Waltrip High School
Location
Houston, Texas,
USA
Coordinates 29°49′10″N 95°26′03″W / 29.819442°N 95.434284°W / 29.819442; -95.434284Coordinates: 29°49′10″N 95°26′03″W / 29.819442°N 95.434284°W / 29.819442; -95.434284
Information
Type Public Secondary
Established 1959
School district Houston Independent School District
Principal Dale Mitchell
Grades 9–12
Number of students 1635
Color(s) Red and Gray
Mascot Rams
Newspaper The Waltrip Tribune
Yearbook Aries
Website http://hs.houstonisd.org/waltriphs

Stephen Pool Waltrip High School is a secondary school located at 1900 West 34th Street in Houston, Texas, United States, 77018.

Waltrip, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District.

Waltrip has Houston ISD's Research and Technology magnet program.

The school's namesake is a former principal at the defunct Houston Heights High School,[1] who transferred to Reagan High School after that school replaced Houston Heights High.[2]

History

Waltrip JROTC, 2013 Martin Luther King Day Parade in Midtown Houston

Waltrip High School opened in 1960 to serve many newly developed post-World War II subdivisions, and relieved Reagan High School of many students when it did so. It was relieved by Scarborough Junior-Senior High School when that school opened in 1969. The school was named after Stephen Pool Waltrip, a funeral home owner in the Houston Heights named principal of Reagan High School in 1918.[3]

The school remained majority white until the early 1990s, when the school was equally white, black, and Hispanic.[4]

In 1997 a portion of the Reagan High School boundary was rezoned to Waltrip.[5] By the 2000s, Waltrip became majority Hispanic.[4]

Waltrip has become one of the highest performing comprehensive high schools in Houston ISD by being named "Recognized" by the Texas Education Agency, one of the few urban high schools in Houston ISD to receive such a designation. (Reference: Texas Education Agency website).[6]

Around 2012, each year a total of 400 students transfer from Booker T. Washington High School to Waltrip and Reagan.[7]

In 2015 Andria Schur got a job as the principal of a charter school in Dallas, Texas, causing her to leave her post as principal of Waltrip. Dale Mitchell, previously the principal of Sterling High School, became the principal of Waltrip.[8]

School song

The Waltrip school song, "Our Waltrip High", was written by alumni Jon Enloe with music by Joe Stuessy, both from the Class of 1961.[9]

Neighborhoods served by Waltrip

Neighborhoods served by Waltrip include Garden Oaks, Timbergrove Manor, Shepherd Forest, Shepherd Park Plaza, Lazybrook, Shady Acres, most of Oak Forest, most of Cottage Grove,[10] Candlelight Plaza and a small portion of the Houston Heights.

A townhome complex called Cottage Grove is zoned to Waltrip.

At one point, all of the Houston Heights was zoned to Reagan. In 1997, a small portion was rezoned to Waltrip.[5]

Student body

As of 2006, the student body [11] is predominantly Hispanic.

The makeup of the 1,808 students enrolled during the 2008-2009 school year was:

Approximately 73% of the students qualified for free or reduced lunch programs.

Athletics

Waltrip Rams logo

The Athletics Department at Waltrip consists of the following teams:

Facilities

The school houses the Waltrip High School Child Development Center, a preschool program for low income children.[12]

Dress code

Collared shirt (appropriate fit, NOT revealing), college shirt, or Waltrip spirit shirt. Blue jeans (NOT ripped, bleached, nor colors), solid khaki - pants, capris, or knee-length shorts (must touch/reach knee). Solid hoody or Waltrip hoody allowed.[13]

The Texas Education Agency specified that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with school uniforms (the definition includes dress codes which limit colors) may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform;[14] parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.

Feeder patterns

Elementary schools that feed into Waltrip [15] include:

Middle schools that feed into Waltrip include:

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ Sloan, Anne. Houston Heights. Arcadia Publishing, 2009. ISBN 0738571180, 9780738571188. p. 35.
  2. ↑ Sloan, Anne. Houston Heights. Arcadia Publishing, 2009. ISBN 0738571180, 9780738571188. p. 36.
  3. ↑ "Origins of Leader-area Street/School Names". The Leader News (Houston, TX: Jonathan McElvey). July 26, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "A Brief History of: S. P. Waltrip High School." Waltrip High School. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
  5. 1 2 "1996-1997 HISD ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES," Houston Independent School District. June 30, 1997. Retrieved on December 13, 2010. "Redirect students residing in a geographic "arm" west of Shepherd from Reagan to Waltrip"
  6. ↑ Texas Education Agency
  7. ↑ Radcliffe, Jennifer. "Effort to save historic Booker T. High gains steam." Houston Chronicle. Thursday February 2, 2012. Retrieved on February 2, 2012.
  8. ↑ Mellon, Ericka. "HISD names Yates, Sterling, Westbury High principals" (Archive). Houston Chronicle. June 5, 2015. Retrieved on November 20, 2015.
  9. ↑ "School Song." Waltrip High School. Retrieved on October 27, 2014.Source: Waltrip Alumni Association, Inc.
  10. ↑ "googlemap_cottagegrove.jpg." (Archive) Cottage Grove. Retrieved on October 21, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Waltrip High School" Profile, Houston Independent School District
  12. ↑ Lee, Renée C. "Program gives low income kids an early boost." Houston Chronicle. Tuesday April 24, 2012. Retrieved on April 25, 2012.
  13. ↑ "The Waltrip High School Official Dress Code," Waltrip High School
  14. ↑ "School Uniforms," Texas Education Agency
  15. ↑ "Waltrip High School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
  16. ↑ "Durham Elementary School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
  17. ↑ "Oak Forest Elementary School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
  18. ↑ "Sinclair Elementary School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
  19. ↑ "Stevens Elementary School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
  20. ↑ "Garden Oaks Elementary School Attendance Zone," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
  21. ↑ "Helms Elementary School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
  22. ↑ "Highland Heights Elementary School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
  23. ↑ "Love Elementary School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
  24. ↑ "Memorial Elementary School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
  25. ↑ "Stevenson Elementary School Attendance Zone," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
  26. ↑ "Black Middle School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
  27. ↑ "Hamilton Middle School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
  28. ↑ "Williams Middle School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
  29. ↑ "World Wrestling Entertainment Bio"
  30. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Distinguished HISD Alumni." Houston Independent School District.
  31. ↑ "Houston City Council Bio"
  32. ↑ Villarreal, Elizabeth (July 26, 2014). "Neighbors: Waltrip Grad is Colorado Mayor Now". The Leader News (Houston, TX: John McElvey).
  33. ↑ "Waltrip Trivia Page," Waltrip High School
  34. ↑ "," Ward & Ames
  35. ↑ "In Memory of Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman - 1993." Waltrip High School. Retrieved on March 6, 2010.

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