Sunset High School (Dallas, Texas)

Infobox US school
name = Sunset High School

| image caption = Vintage postcard of Sunset High School
motto = "Spirit, Knowledge, Friendship"
established = 1925
type = Free public
district = Dallas Independent School District
grades = 9-12
principal = Anthony Tovar
location = 2120 W. Jefferson Blvd
city = Dallas
state = Texas
zipcode = 75208
country = USA
campus type = Urban
campus size = convert|4.6|acre|km2|2|lk=on
enrollment = 2,116
faculty = 120
mascot = Bison
mascot

colors = Purple and White color box|purple color box|white
homepage = [http://www.dallasisd.org/schools/realtor_new.cfm?id_con=198 DISD School Info Page] |

Sunset High School is a public secondary school located in the North Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas (USA). The school enrolls students in grades 9-12 and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District. Opened in 1925, Sunset was the second high school in the Oak Cliff area, preceded only by Adamson High School. The school serves a portion of Dallas, and all of Cockrell Hill.

The origin of the school's name is uncertain; however, it may be due to its location, at the time it opened Sunset was the westernmost school in the DISD, and the subdivision surrounding the school on the western side of Dallas was called 'Sunset Heights'.

The mascot is the American Bison; it was chosen since early students had to cross open fields to get to school.

Sunset is one of only two high schools in the DISD to win the state football championship, having won the now-discontinued "City" championship in 1950 (Adamson, at the time known as Oak Cliff High, won the other in 1924). [Dave Campbell's Texas Football, 2008 edition, page 362] [David W. Carter High School won the 1988 Class AAAAA title but was later forced to forfeit the win.]

Feeder patterns

As of 2005 [http://www.dallasisd.org/eval/schoolinfo/feeder/sunset.htm] , the following elementary schools feed into Sunset High School:

PK-6
* Leila P. Cowart
* Louise Wolff Kahn
* George Peabody
* WinnetkaK-6

3-6
* PK-2
*

Three middle schools, W.E. Greiner, Quintanilla, and Stockard, feed into Sunset.

Starting in the 2006-2007 school year [http://www.dallasisd.org/eval/schoolinfo/feeder2006/sunset.htm] , Anson Jones (PK-6) and Arturo Salazar (PK-6, a new school opening in fall 2006) will also feed into Sunset High School.

Notable alumni

*Louise Latham, film and Broadway actress
*Linda Darnell, film actress
*Henry Calvin (born Wimberly Goodman), TV actor
*Don January, golfer
*Jerry Rhome, backup quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, now considered one of the better quarterback coaches of the NFL.
*Don Goss, football player (Cleveland Browns)
*Billy Lee Brammer, journalist and novelist
*Rudy Jaramillo, batting coach for the Texas Rangers.
*John Cerminaro, principal horn player of the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Seattle Symphony Orchestra.
*Terry Southern, author of "Candy", "The Magic Christian", and other novels; was screenwriter on "Easy Rider", "Dr. Strangelove" and other notable movies; contributed to scripts on "Saturday Night Live" in the early 1980s; and taught writing at NYU and Columbia University in the 80s and 90s, was a member of the class of 1942. He died in 1995.
*Dr. Michael Hinojosa, current DISD Superintendent, is a Sunset alumnus.
*Charles Collum, 1960 graduate went on to publish two volumes of photography, "Dallas Nude" and "New York Nude".
*Stephen Silva graduated in 2002. He has gone on to be on Last Comic Standing and has been featured as a regular special guest host on the San Antonio Morning Show "Wake up with the Nuts". He has also produced many songs for local hip hop and R&B groups. His 1st nation wide published book "Hate, Love, and Hip Hip" became a nominal urban book in 2008. As of September 2008 he has been performing at comic clubs nation wide and waiting for his 15 minute stand up special due on Comic View on BET between Nov 2008 and Jan 2009.

Fundraising

[http://www.sunsetfoundation.org Sunset Foundation Inc.] is a group of alumni who raise money and award college scholarships to Sunset High School students.

[http://www.sunsetalumniassociation.homestead.com/ Sunset Alumni Association] is a group which uses its membership contributions to award yearly grants to classes and organizations of Sunset High School benefiting her students.

Alumni Associations

* [http://www.sunsetalumniassociation.homestead.com/ The Sunset Alumni Association...Alumni Association and website]
* [http://www.bisons1950.org The Sunset Class of 1950...Alumni Association and website]
* [http://www.sunsetbisonclassof1968.org/ The Sunset Class of 1968...Alumni Association and website]
* [http://www.sunsetclassof69.com The Sunset class of 1969...Alumni Association and website]
* [http://www.shs70.net/index.htm The Sunset class of 1970...Alumni Association and website]
* [http://www.geocities.com/sunsethigh1994 The Sunset Class of 1994...Alumni Association and website]
* [http://www.geocities.com/sunsethigh1994 The Sunset Class of 1994...Alumni Association and website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/sunsetbisons98 The Sunset Class of 1998...Alumni Association and website]

References

External links

* [http://www.sunsetdallas.net SunsetDallas.net]
* [http://www.2120west.net 2120 West]
* [http://www.sunsetap.net Sunset AP Network]
* [http://www.sunsetfoundation.org Sunset Foundation Inc.]
* [http://www.sunsetalumniassociation.homestead.com/ Sunset Alumni Association]
* [http://www.myspace.com/sunsetbison Official Sunset MySpace]