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J. Frank Dobie High School
J. Frank Dobie High School is a public secondary school located in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1968, it is named after the Texas writer of the same name.[1] It follows a standard high school model serving grades 9 through 12 and is the largest school in the Pasadena Independent School District. The school mascots are Louie and Lucy the Longhorns and the official colors are burnt orange and white, similar to that of the University of Texas at Austin.
Dobie High School was originally located at 11111 Beamer Rd. However, overcrowding problems at the Beamer campus and the rapidly growing population in the South Belt area lead city officials and voters to pass a $199.05 million bond in February 2000. This included a new 490,000-square-foot (46,000 m2) location to be built at 10220 Blackhawk Blvd which opened in 2003.[2]
The original Beamer location is now occupied by Beverly Hills Intermediate School.[3]
Contents
Athletics, Clubs, and Organizations
Athletics offered at Dobie High School include:[4]
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Bowling
- Cheerleaders
- Cross Country
- Football
- Golf
- Power Lifting
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Track
- Trainers
- Volleyball
Dobie High School also offers various clubs and organizations including:[5]
- Academic Decathlon (ACDEC)
- Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFJROTC)
- Art Club
- Band
- Best Buddies
- Business Professionals of America (BPA)
- Chess
- Choir
- Color Guard
- Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA)
- Environmental Science
- Étalage
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)
- Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)
- Future Farmers of America (FFA)
- French Club
- German Club
- Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)
- Journalism
- Lariaettes
- Latin Club
- Math Club
- National Hispanic Honor Society
- National Honor Society
- Newspaper
- Orchestra
- Robotics
- Science Club
- Senior Hearts
- Skills USA
- Speech/Debate Team
- Spanish Club
- Student Council
- Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE)
- Thespian Society
- Yearbook
Standardized Dress
Dobie High School has a standardized dress code and students are required to wear identification badges on campus.[6]
The Texas Education Agency specified that the parents or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform; parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.[7]
Feeder Schools and Neighborhoods served by Dobie High School
Beverly Hills Intermediate and Thompson Intermediate are the two feeder schools for Dobie High School.[8][9]
The school serves portions of Houston in the South Belt area (including Riverstone Ranch [10]) and portions of Pearland. Dobie High School also zones portions of Southeast Houston (Bridge Gate) and portions of South Park.[8]
Notable alumni
The following are some of the alumni the Pasadena Independent School District lists as notable (in chronological order)[11]
This is an incomplete list.
- Robert E. Marling, Jr. - 1974 graduate; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Woodforest Financial Group, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer of Woodforest National Bank.
- Dr. Mary Campbell-Fox - 1976 graduate; Chief of Staff at Southeast Memorial Hospital; first woman and first D.O. selected for this position
- Chris Connealy - 1977 graduate; Houston Fire Department Chief
- Gawain Guy - 1981 graduate; participant in the 1984 Summer Olympics for Jamaica
- Steve Cummings - 1982 graduate; played baseball with the Toronto Blue Jays
- Mark Yandell - 1983 graduate; participant in the Human Genome Project; Howard Hughes Institute
- Mark Chassay - 1984 graduate; Head Team Physician at University of Texas at Austin Medical Branch
- Chris Perry - 1986 graduate; founder/owner of Perry's Restaurants
- David Mills - 1986 graduate; Researcher, Neural Plasticity Research Group, Harvard Medical School
- Matt Elrod-Erickson - 1987 graduate; Researcher in Genetics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate
- Bobby Burton - 1987 graduate; co-founder and COO of Rivals.com; president of 247Sports.com
- Wendy Frazier - 1988 graduate; Professor, Old Dominion University
- Trevor Cobb - 1989 graduate; played football for the Kansas City Chiefs
- Ryan Long - 1991 graduate; played baseball for the Kansas City Royals.
- Andrew J. Ferraro - 1992 graduate; a freelance sportswriter for the Houston Chronicle.
- Ken Howery - 1993 graduate; Stanford graduate, co-founder of PayPal and co-founder of The Founders Fund
- Angela Demel Cecchini - 1994 graduate; inducted to the West Virginia Wesleyan 2009/2010 Athletic Hall of Fame for softball.
- John Scheschuk - 1995 graduate; played baseball for the San Diego Padres
- Heather Ogilvie - 1996 graduate; Miss Texas USA 2000; KHOUTV Channel 11 correspondent
- Christa Lee Williams - 1996 graduate; gold medalist at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics (softball)
- Cheryl Ezzell - 1997 graduate; participant in the Junior Olympics as inline speed skater, World Team member, Pan-Am Games participant in in-line speed skating
- Stephanie Coon Bauman - 1997 graduate; attorney; Harvard Law School graduate
- Nathan Mitchell - played baseball player for the Chicago Cubs.
References
- ^ http://www.jfrankdobie.org/general/dobie.htm#ohist
- ^ http://www.jfrankdobie.org/general/dobie.htm#newb
- ^ http://www.pasadenaisd.org/schools/intermediate%20schools/beverlyhills.htm
- ^ http://www.jfrankdobie.org/sports/index.htm
- ^ http://www.jfrankdobie.org/cluborg/index.htm
- ^ http://www.jfrankdobie.org/general/dress.htm
- ^ "DOCKET NO. 008-R5-901." Texas Education Agency. Accessed October 13, 2008.
- ^ a b "HighSchools.pdf." Pasadena Independent School District. Retrieved on March 12, 2009.
- ^ http://www.pasadenaisd.org/pages/IntermediateSchools.pdf
- ^ http://www.ryland.com/find-your-new-home/11-Houston/774-Riverstone-Ranch.html
- ^ http://www.jfrankdobie.org/general/dobie.htm#nalum
External links
Categories:- High schools in Harris County, Texas
- High schools in Houston, Texas
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