John H. Reagan High School (Austin, Texas)

John H. Reagan High School is a public, co-educational secondary school in Austin, Texas. It is part of the Austin Independent School District. Reagan High School opened in 1965 and is named for John Henninger Reagan.

Athletics

Austin Reagan has a very successful football program. Under coaches Travis Raven, Carroll Lundin and Wally Freytag, the Reagan Raiders formed a dynasty in Texas high school football from 1967 to 1994. In 1967, 1968 and 1970 the Raiders won Texas state championships as well as being declared national champions by then-US President Richard M. Nixon in 1970.

chool Motto

The school motto "Not Without Honor", was also the official school song, and was voiced by students and faculty at the end of a district sporting event, or at pep rallies,

Not Without Honor

Not without honor
We shall always be
True to our colors
Symbols of our unity
Spirit and victory
Bonds which strongly tie
Our hearts and minds together
Live with Honor
Reagan High!

Choir Song

Beginning in the 1980s, the school choir also had their own song,

The Lord Bless You and Keep You

The Lord bless you and keep you
The Lord lift His countenance upon you,
And give you peace, and give you peace;
The Lord make His face to shine upon you,
And be gracious, and be gracious;
The Lord be gracious, gracious unto you.

External links

* [http://www.notwithouthonor.com Official Reagan Alumni Website]
* [http://www.austinisd.org/schools/website.phtml?id=021 Official AISD Website]
* [http://wikimapia.org/1343172/ Wikimaps Aerial View of Reagan High (Circa ~2006)]
* [http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/0894000350/school.aspx Schooldigger Entry on Reagan High]

Reunion Websites

* [http://rhs66reunion.com/index.html Class of 1966 Reunion Website]
* [http://www.statesman.com/ap/mediahub/media/slideshow/index.jsp?tId=59205 Class of 1967 Reunion Feature Article]
* [http://reagan1971.com/index1.htm Class of 1971 Reunion Website]
* [http://www.rhs1972.org/ Class of 1972 Reunion Website]
* [http://www.main.org/rhs73/ Class of 1973 Website]
* [http://www.reagan1974.com/ Class of 1974 Website]
* [http://lbjreagan30threunion.homestead.com/ Class of 1976 Combined Reagan and LBJ Reunion Website]
* [http://www.reagan79.com/Home_Page.php Class of 1979 Alumni Page]
* [http://www.io.com/~o_m/rhs80/index.htm Class of 1980 Reunion Support Website]
* [http://www.reaganraiders1983.com/ Class of 1983 Reunion Website]
* [http://reaganraiders1988.classquest.com/main/default.aspx Class of 1988 Reunion Website]
* [http://rhsclassof1999.com Class of 1999 Reunion Website]