Byron Nelson High School

Byron Nelson High School
Location
2775 Bobcat Blvd. Trophy Club TX 76262 United States
Information
Type	Public High School
Motto	Learn, Serve, Lead
Established	2009
School district	Northwest Independent School District
Principal	Linda Parker
Asst. Principal	Kathleen Eckert, Barry Fox, Jason Childress
Grades	9-11
Enrollment	Approximately 1400
Color(s)	Blue, Black & Silver
Athletics	UIL Class AAAA
Mascot	Bobcat
Team name	Bobcats/Lady Bobcats
Yearbook	Predator
Information	(817) 698 - 5600
Website	Byron Nelson High School website

Byron Nelson High School is located in Trophy Club, Texas about 30 miles (48 km) north of Fort Worth, Texas, in Denton County and opened in August 2009 for the 09-10 school year. It is the second high school in the Northwest Independent School District. It cost around $96 million, making it one of the most expensive and state of the art high schools in the state. It is approximately 504,000 square feet (46,800 m²), with a 32,000-square-foot (3,000 m²) courtyard in the middle. It is built along the property of the Army Corps of Engineers, along the southern edge of Lake Grapevine.

It currently has about 1900 students (making it a UIL Class 4A school). The 2011-2012 school year will be the first year the school has all 4 grade levels in attendance.

The school features "green" amenities such as energy-friendly light fixtures, water conserving landscaping, and local and recycled building materials. Students are able to indulge their social side at indoor restaurants, including Pizza Hut, Subway, Grille Works, Asian/Italian Restaurant, Mexican Restaurant and a coffee shop similar to Starbucks like those of other district high school Northwest High School. The school also has begun selling Chick Fil A, and is expected to open one officially next year. All of the students at the school received Dell Latitude 2100 netbooks for use at school.

The middle schools that feed into Byron Nelson are:

• Medlin Middle School

• John Tidwell Middle School

Namesake

The school is named after the professional golfer, Byron Nelson, who lived about 5 minutes away from the school in Roanoke, Texas.

Athletics

Byron Nelson participates in Cross Country, Volleyball, Football, Basketball, Wrestling, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Golf, Track & Field, Baseball & Softball.

The school has excelled in swimming and (not surprisingly given the school's namesake) golf; it has sent students to state in both years, placing very high at the 4A state level for girl's golf.

Clubs and Organizations

Byron Nelson is home to many different clubs and organizations. The School participates in Band, Choir, Orchestra, Speech and Debate, National Honor Society, Student Council, Yearbook, Link Leaders and many more.

The Speech and Debate Team has also been widely recognized as having a lot of success, and are sending 5 students to the national finals in June 2011. They also had 10 Regional Qualifiers and 14 State Qualifiers. The School had students place 2nd and 4th in events at UIL 4A State.

References

Northwest ISD