Dulles High School (Sugar Land, Texas)

John Foster Dulles High School
Location
Sugar Land, Texas,  United States
Information
School type	Nonmagnet Regular
School district	Fort Bend Independent School District
Principal	Mark Foust
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	2,018 (Spring 2011)
Color(s)	Red, White and Blue
Mascot	Viking
2011 TEA Rating	Recognized
Website	[1]

John Foster Dulles High School

Rodgers Memorial Auditorium

John Foster Dulles High School is a high school in Sugar Land, Texas. It was the first site purchase and new build, in the 1950s, of the newly formed Fort Bend Independent School District, which held its first graduation in 1960. The first class to graduate from Dulles itself was 1962. Its mascot is the Viking, and its team colors are red, white and blue.

At its highest, the school roll was over 4,000 students during the 1976-1977 school year. During the 2006-2007 school year, the roll comprised 2,291. The school serves children from parts of Sugar Land, Missouri City and the city of Meadows Place as well as portions of the extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) of Stafford. Dulles serves a portion of the First Colony community.^[1][2] In previous eras, Dulles served the Four Corners community.^[3]

The principal is Mark Foust, who began in the 2007-2008 school year. It's the best high school in Fort Bend.

Dulles was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 1984-85.^[4]

Athletics

Boys

• Baseball (Varsity, JV, Alternate Varsity, Sophomore)
• Basketball (Varsity, JV, Sophomore, Freshman)
• Bowling
• Cross Country
• Football (Varsity, JV, Freshman)
• Golf
• Soccer (Varsity, JV)
• Swimming (Varsity, JV)
• Tennis (Varsity, JV)
• Track

Girls

• Basketball (Varsity, JV)
• Bowling
• Cross Country
• Diving
• Golf
• Soccer (Varsity, JV)
• Softball
• Swimming (Varsity, JV)
• Tennis
• Track (Varsity, JV)
• Volleyball (Varsity, JV)

Club Sports

• Cheerleading
• Dance Team (Dulles Dolls)
• Ice Hockey
• Lacrosse
• Table Tennis
• Debate

Basketball

The Dulles Viking Basketball team of 2007-08 season made it to the State Finals. The team went undefeated until they lost to Elkins in their first district meeting. The team's overall record was 34-5. The roster consisted of:

• 14 Abel Galliguez
• 23 Thomas Galliguez
• 5 Will York
• 35 British Jones
• 32 Shaun Umeh
• 15 Ronak Patel
• 51 Ryan Robinson
• 41 Andy Carrabine
• 45 D'Angelo Harrison
• 52 Dre Harrison
• 25 Bryant Mbamalu
• 55 Adrian Kuyinu

The team lost to North Crowley High School in the state finals which had Oklahoma guard and McDonalds high school all-American Willie Warren on the team.

Football

Before archrival Elkins High School opened in 1992, Dulles was known for its athletic program. It had won numerous UIL boys and girls golf championships in the 1980s, won the UIL Texas 5A Baseball Championship in 1989, and went to the state title game in football in 1991, losing to Killeen High School, whose town was reeling from the infamous Luby's massacre. In 1994, Dulles lost to Ball High School in Galveston in the state quarterfinals during Jim Creech's first year as head coach.

Since Elkins opened, however, victories for Dulles decreased. For instance, it finished 0-10 in 2000 with a squad of mostly sophomore starters and only a handful of seniors, though in 2002, those same sophomores who were now seniors carried Dulles to the playoffs. In 2004, the team finished 1-9, winning only its homecoming game on a last-minute play. In 2006, after a long-running battle to win first place in district against longtime rival Clements High School and newer rivals Marshall High School and Hightower High School, Dulles made another trip to the playoffs, but lost in the first round to Pearland High School. To date, Dulles has not won a playoff game since the 1996 season.

Cheerleading

In 2010-2011, Dulles Cheerleading Competition Squad took 2nd at UCA Southwest Regionals in November and took home UCA Texas State Championships in January 2011.

Other sports

The girls' athletics programs have prospered in recent memory. Dulles' girls volleyball and basketball teams have been ranked among the top programs in the state, the latter team of which has also placed as high as second in the nation. The varsity cheerleading squad has also won many awards, including finishing as high as fourth place at Nationals.

Between 2004 and 2006, the girls' varsity volleyball team won the District championship (which in the UIL's case is the regular season champion) and finished as a Regional Finalist in 2004 and 2006. Alice Fortes, the current coach of the women's volleyball team, is a Dulles alum (class of 1985) who was a star on the team in the mid-1980s.

The baseball, golf, and boys' and girls' soccer programs have also performed marginally in recent years.

Fine arts

Band

The Band program is a large and prominent part of Dulles High School. The number of students in the marching band is quite large, usually around 200 students (band and dance team combined). The band reached its biggest population of students yet in the 2005-2006 school year. The band is currently (2011–2012) directed by Joe Pruitt and Jordan Tuggle. Recently the band performed at the Katy ISD Invitational marching festival, and placed second out of 19 bands. The band also received straight ones at UIL marching contest.

Orchestra

The JFDHS Orchestra Program is currently run by Michael Alan Isadore. Mr. Isadore came to the Dulles High School Orchestra after receiving Master of Music degrees in clarinet performance and instrumental conducting from the University of Missouri–Kansas City's Conservatory of Music.

The Orchestra program itself consists of four divisions: Concert, Sinfonietta, Philharmonic, and Honors. Each division consists of players with increasing musical talent as they audition their way to the final Honors level. Audition material usually consists of scale work and a small solo piece.

Choir

Dulles High School has two varsity level choirs, a mixed choir known as the Varsity Singers and Cantala, an all women's varsity choir. The choral program also consists of a men's choir and an intermediate women's choir. The Dulles HS choir program is known for their superior sight-reading capabilities. In 2010, Dulles was the only HS in Fort Bend county to take two 5A Varsity choirs to Texas UIL Contest. Both of these choirs achieved Superior ratings, the highest possible in this competition. In 2009, Dulles Choir had a student become a four-year member of the TMEA All-State Choir, Charles Hunter, having been selected to the TMEA All-State Men's Choir in 2006, and the TMEA All-State Mixed Choir in 2007, 2008, and 2009. The choir is currently directed by Courtney Lee Wyckoff (2010).

Drill Team

Dulles' competitive drill team is known as the Dulles Dolls. The team takes part in its own competitions in addition to halftime appearances during varsity football games. The Dulles Dolls have won numerous awards in their many years of existence including two State Championship Awards for medium sized teams in 2009 and 2010 at the Crowd Pleasers State Championships.

Other notable clubs

Academics

UIL State Championship Titles

2011 - Mathematics Team 1st Place (Bobby Shen, Daniel Fan, Guoyang Shen, Mitchell Hwang)

2011 - Mathematics Individuals: Bobby Shen 1st place

2011 - Number Sense Team 2nd Place (Bobby Shen, Guoyang Shen, Mitchell Hwang)

2011 - Number Sense Individuals: Bobby Shen 2nd place

2010 - Current Issues and Events Individual - Michael Zhu 1st place

2010 - Science Team 2nd place (team scorers: Joel Yin, Michael Ngai, Manojit Nandi)

2010 - Accounting Team 2nd place (team scorers: Angela Zheng, Numa Dhamani, Graham Reid)

2010 - Mathematics Team 1st Place (team scorers: Chris Javier, Daniel Fan, Guoyang Shen)

2009 - Science Team 1st Place (team scorers: Kenny Lam, Michael Ngai, Joel Yin)

2009 - Accounting Team 1st Place (team scorers: Erin Bartle, Angela Zheng, Numa Dhamani)

2006 - Science Team 2nd place (team scorers: Philip Chu, Natalie Ngai, Chris Chiang)

2005 - Mathematics Team 1st place (team scorers: Feng Li, Jacob Huang, Stacy Lu)

2005 - Mathematics Individuals - Feng Li 1st place; Jacob Huang 3rd place

2004 - Accounting Team 2nd place (team scorers: Shehzila Dhanani, Hong Wei, Bilal Zakaria)

Speech and Debate Team

2011 - UIL Cross-Examination Debate State Champions (Faraz Hemani and Usamah Andrabi)

2010 - UIL Cross-Examination Debate State Champions (Kevin Clarke and Faraz Hemani)

2009 - UIL Cross-Examination Debate State Champions (Shikhar Singh and Kevin Clarke)

2006 - NFL Lincoln Douglas Debate National Champion (Douglas Jeffers)^[5]

The Vike Squad

In the 2005-2006 school year, Dulles High School was the first of its kind to create an organization solely dedicated to protecting its students from the harmful substances that are highly prevalent on other Fort Bend ISD campuses. This new group, named The Vike Squad, hosts multiple events throughout the year to offer fun and safe activities for students to participate in.

The group's second annual Dodgeball Tournament, held in September 2006, was an outstanding success that drew hundreds of observers and participants. The final group, consisting of six students, was declared the winner after facing a difficult match against the school's current principal, Lance Hindt, and his team of fellow administrators.

The Vike Squad has multiple events planned for the rest of the year, including a night of salsa and tango lessons for students and a movie night to be held in the school's main courtyard. Most events are free, with the funds of those that are not going directly to college scholarships and school-improvement projects.

AFJROTC

The JROTC unit at Dulles is an Air Force JROTC program. Its designation is TX-862, signifying that it was the second Air Force JROTC program created in Texas in 1986.^[6]

It won its last major award in 2006. Its color guard has won 1st at its last 3 region-wide competitions. Its drill team has won at its last 2 region-wide competitions.

As a unit, TX-862 achieved its first Meritorious Unit award in 1988, and continued to earn this distinction from 1988 - 1992. In 1993, it achieved its first Honor Unit award, and earned this distinction through at least 1997.^[7]

Other information

Notable alumni

Marvin Dike - First Nigerian Division 1 Baseball Player (Texas Southern University)

Feeder Patterns

The following elementary schools feed into Dulles H.S.:^[8][9]

• Dulles
• Highlands
• Lexington Creek
• Meadows

The following middle schools feed into Dulles H.S.:^[10]

• Dulles M. S.

References

1. ^ "Interactive Mapping." First Colony Association. Retrieved on April 4, 2010.
2. ^ "High School Attendance Zones." Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved on April 4, 2010.
3. ^ Kever, Jeannie. "FACING A CROSSROADS." Houston Chronicle. June 1, 2011. Retrieved on June 3, 2011.
4. ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF)
5. ^ http://www.nflonline.org/uploads/NationalTournament/nt601sec3.pdf
6. ^ DullesROTC.com - Timeline of TX 862
7. ^ DullesROTC.com - TX-862 Awards
8. ^ http://www.fortbend.k12.tx.us/cmf/var/tidbits/Tidbits_parentlinks_20070810_1513.pdf
9. ^ http://www.fortbend.k12.tx.us/cmf/var/tidbits/Tidbits_parentlinks_20070810_1517.pdf
10. ^ Final Map layout 07-08:Final Map layout 06-07 #2

External links

	Houston portal
	Schools portal

• Dulles High School
• Unofficial alumni site for Dulles High School
• Unofficial alumni site for Dulles High School AFJROTC members
• Official Dulles Athletic Booster Club Site