Alamo Heights High School

Alamo Heights High School
Address
6900 Broadway Street San Antonio , TX 78209 United States
Coordinates	29°29′28″N 98°27′53″W / 29.491199°N 98.464793°W / 29.491199; -98.464793
Information
Type	Traditional Public
Established	Original schoolhouse: 1909 Original High School building: 1923 Current High School building: 1950
School district	Alamo Heights Independent School District
Superintendent	Dana Bashara
Principal	Cory Smith
Faculty	119.77 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,650 (2021–22)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	13.78[1]
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Blue and Gold
Athletics conference	UIL Class AAAAA
Mascot	Mules
Newspaper	Hoof Print
Yearbook	Olmos
Website	Alamo Heights High School

Alamo Heights High School is a public high school located in the city of Alamo Heights, Texas and is the only high school in the Alamo Heights Independent School District. For the 2021-2022 school year, the school was given a "B" by the Texas Education Agency.^[2]

Athletics

The Alamo Heights Mules compete in the following sports:^[3]

Cheerleading, Volleyball, Cross Country, Football, Basketball, Swimming, Diving, Soccer, Golf, Tennis, Track, Baseball & Softball.

State Titles

• Boys Basketball - ^[4]
  • 1952(3A), 1954(3A)
• Football - ^[5]
  • 2006(4A/D1)
• Boys Golf - ^[6]
  • 1950(City), 1956(2A), 1963(4A), 1964(4A), 1965(4A), 1968(4A), 1970(4A)
• Boys Soccer - ^[7][8]
  • 1987(All), 2012(4A)
• Girls Golf -
  • 2023(5A)
• Girls Swimming - ^[9][10]
  • 1973(3A), 2014(4A)
• Team Tennis - ^[11]
  • 1984(4A), 1986(4A), 1987(4A), 1988(4A), 1993(4A), 1994(4A), 1995(4A), 1996(4A), 1998(4A), 1999(4A), 2000(4A),2002(4A)
• Cheerleading - ^[12]
  • 2016(5A), 2017(5A), 2019(5A), 2020(5A)

Notable alumni

• Patrick Bailey, class of 2004, former linebacker for the Tennessee Titans and won a Super Bowl with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2009.^[13]
• Angela Belcher, attended, is the Director of the Biomolecular Materials Group at MIT.^{[citation needed]}
• "Tito” Beveridge, class of 1979, is the founder of Tito’s Vodka
• Marie Brenner, class of 1967, is an author, investigative journalist, and writer-at-large for Vanity Fair magazine.^{[citation needed]}
• William H. Cade, class of 1964, Animal Behaviorist, Othroperist, President Emeritus of the University of Lethbridge.
• Chase Clement, class of 2004, was a quarterback for the Las Vegas Locomotives and won the UFL's 2010 Championship Game taking home the game MVP trophy.
• Christopher Cross, class of 1969, is a recording artist with Top 40 hits including "Sailing" and "Arthur's Theme".^[13]
• Light Townsend Cummins, class of 1964, is the official State Historian of Texas.^{[citation needed]}
• Marisol Deluna, class of 1985, is an American fashion designer.^[14]
• Dayna Devon, class of 1988, is a former TV host of the syndicated show- EXTRA.^[13]
• Billy Grabarkewitz, class of 1964, former MLB player
• Bette Nesmith Graham, inventor and founder of Liquid Paper
• Robert Hammond, class of 1988, co-founder and the executive director of Friends of the High Line.
• Kara Hultgreen, class of 1983, (D. 1994), first female carrier-based Navy fighter pilot.^[15]
• Davey Johnson, class of 1961, former manager of MLB's Washington Nationals and 3 times World Series winner as coach & players
• Janet Krueger, class of 1970, is a Texas artist.^{[citation needed]}
• Keith Langford, class of 1988,^[16] drummer for The Gourds and Shinyribs
• Brenda Marshall, actress^[17]
• Rick Riordan, class of 1982, is a San Antonio-based novelist of the Tres Navarre mystery series for adults and The New York Times bestselling Percy Jackson series for children.^[13]
• Ross Richie, class of 1988, comic book publisher and founder of Boom! Studios.
• Joe Straus, class of 1978, is a former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.^{[citation needed]}
• Clay Tarver, class of 1984, co-founder of the bands Chavez (band) and Bullet LaVolta, screenwriter for the movie Joy Ride and Writers Guild of America award-winning Executive Producer of the HBO show Silicon Valley^[18]
• Susan Weddington, class of 1969, state chairman of the Republican Party of Texas from 1997 to 2003^[19]
• Jeff Wentworth, class of 1958, served in the Texas Senate from 1993 to 2013 after tenure in the Texas House of Representatives from 1988 to 1993.
• Peter Weller, class of 1965, is an actor in movies such as RoboCop.^[13]
• Forrest Whitley, MLB pitcher with the Houston Astros
• Arthur Barrow, musician, composer, producer, and arranger. Played with Frank Zappa, Robby Krieger, The Doors among others. Worked with Giorgio Moroder on Top Gun and other soundtracks.^[20]
• Jim Timmins, Class of 1972, was the original Enron Whistleblower as reported by the Wall Street Journal^[21]

See also

• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez

References

External links

• Alamo Heights High School

This page was last edited on 29 January 2024, at 18:37