Allen High School (Texas)

Allen High School is a public, co-educational secondary school in Allen, Texas (United States). It is the only high school in the Allen Independent School District. Allen High School serves most of the city of Allen. Until fall 2006, when Lovejoy High School opened, Allen High School served high school students in the Lovejoy Independent School District, which includes the city of Lucas, most of Fairview, a portion of Parker and a small portion of Plano. History The first Allen High School, built in 1910 at the corner of Belmont and Cedar, was a two-story brick building housing six classrooms and an auditorium, and saw the first graduating class of eight students in 1914. The second Allen High School was established in 1959 at the corner of Jupiter and Main Streets on land donated by Mr. Harris Brown. In August 1999, Allen High School "2000," a new facility at the corner of Greenville and Rivercrest, opened to 2,200 students in grades 10 through 12. The former high school was converted into the Becky Lowery Freshman Center, named in honor of a former middle school teacher and school counselor. In 2018, the building was partly demolished and replaced with a new building on an adjacent plot of land on Greenville Avenue. The southernmost part of the school was renovated into the Dillard Special Achievement Center, while the northern section became a parking lot. The football stadium still stands. The new building became the Freshman Center and started serving grade 9 students during the 2018–19 school year. It had an enrollment of 1,634 in 2015–16. A major expansion of the main high school campus was completed in 2011. This expansion included a new 1,500 seat performing arts center, an expansion of band hall space and a Career and Technology Education center featuring a student-managed restaurant open to the public, a student-managed apparel store with student-designed items, multiple new Mac labs, Mac-equipped rooms for the photojournalism, yearbook, commercial photography, audiovisual, radio, and newspaper classes as well as learning-classrooms for the medical education programs. The final expansion was completed in 2018. This expansion included an auxiliary gymnasium and an expanded fine arts hallway. This expansion also included renovations to the gymnasium, cafeteria, library and academic-hallways, which include "huddle spaces" for collaborative learning. It also includes a food court with a Pizza Hut, Subway, and more. Location Freshman Center (9): 368 N Greenville Ave, Allen, TX 75002 Main Campus (10–12): 300 Rivercrest Blvd. Allen, TX 75002 CTE Campus (10–12) 1680 Ridgeview Dr, Allen, TX 75013 Academics Allen High School offers the International Baccalaureate program to its students, with the class of 2002 being the first to graduate Full Diploma. AHS also provides Advanced Placement, Dual Credit, and elective courses. AP course enrollment at AHS is 52%. Allen uses a modified block schedule, utilizing five standard periods per day, with an alternating schedule of "A" and "B" days. The first and last period of the day (labeled as first and eighth periods) are the same both days and shorter than the others. The other 3 periods last about twice the time and alternate between A and B days, making a total of 8 periods per student. Additionally, AHS students are offered off-periods, known as "privilege periods" in which they do not have to attend any particular class. Sophomores are given one privilege period, while juniors and seniors are offered up to two. Allen High School was named a 2001–02 National Blue Ribbon School and a 2004 TEA Pathfinder School. For the 2021–2022 school year, the school was given an "A" by the Texas Education Agency. STEAM Center Allen High School features a Career and Technical Education (CTE) campus known as the STEAM Center, which opened in 2019 at a cost of $40 million. The 111,000-square-foot facility supports various CTE programs for the high school, and hosts educational field trips for elementary and middle school students. The STEAM Center can accommodate over 500 students simultaneously and includes a range of advanced amenities, such as an OmniGlobe, a large maker space, and a lake. Additionally, it features a dedicated K-8 center specifically designed for field trip activities. The STEAM Center operates on a schedule separate and independent from the main high school campus. Dual credit courses, in partnership with Collin College, moved from the main campus on Rivercrest to the CTE campus upon opening. Extracurricular activities Athletics As of 2021 Allen High has the largest University Interscholastic League (UIL) athletic program of any Texas high school. Programs include: Football For over twenty-five years, the Allen Eagles football team has been one of the top high school football programs in Texas, qualifying for postseason play in every season since 1999. During this time, the team won five state championships (2008, 2012–2014, and 2017), appeared in ten semifinals (2003, 2006, 2008, 2012–2018), won 16 district titles in a row (2006–2021), and achieved a win-loss record of 234-28 from 2004 through 2022. Thirteen players from Allen have made their way to play professionally in the NFL. Football stadium Due to the program's popularity and student population, the school was authorized, via an approved April 2009 referendum, to build an 18,000-seat stadium for the team. The stadium cost nearly $60 million, and opened for the 2012 football season. It is the fifth largest high school stadium in the state, but the largest designed for the use of only one team. The facility houses a weight room, wrestling practice facility, and indoor golfing facility. Basketball Boys 2018 6A state champions Girls golf State champions: 2005, 2006, 2012, 2014 Wrestling State champions Boys team (14): 2009–2010, 2010–2011, 2011–2012, 2012-2013 5A, 2013-2014 5A, 2014-2015 6A, 2015-2016 6A, 2016-2017 6A, 2017-2018 6A, 2018-2019 6A, 2019-2020 6A, 2020-2021 6A, 2021-2022 6A, 2022-2023 6A Boys individual (53): 2006-2007 (1), 2008-2009 (1), 2009-2010 (2), 2010-2011 (3), 2011-2012 (4), 2012-2013 5A (6), 2013-2014 5A (1), 2014-2015 6A (2), 2015-2016 6A (4), 2016-2017 6A (5), 2017-2018 6A (6), 2018-2019 6A (5), 2019-2020 6A (3), 2020-2021 6A (3), 2021-2022 6A (3), 2022-2023 6A (3), 2023-2024 6A (1) Girls team (4): 2020-2021 6A, 2021-2022 6A, 2022-2023 6A, 2023-2024 6A Girls individual (12): 2012-2013 5A (1), 2014-2015 6A (1), 2015-2016 6A (1), 2016-2017 6A (1), 2017-2018 6A (1), 2020-2021 6A (2), 2021-2022 6A (1), 2022-2023 6A (1), 2023-2024 6A (3) Bowling State champions Girls team (3): 2004, 2005, 2009 Girls individual (2): 2005, 2021 Boys team (3): 2002, 2008, 2015 Hockey State champions 2006–07, 2008–09, 2016–17 Other sports 2014 - Texas Archery state champions 2015 - Texas Archery state champions 2014 - Scholastic Clay Target Program overall national champions Band The Allen Escadrille claims to be the country's largest high school marching band, with a membership of over 800 students. They perform at pre-game and halftime of all Allen varsity football games, participate in Texas UIL competitions, and perform in parades and at other venues. The band was invited to perform in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 2009, and performed in the 2006, 2016, 2026 Rose Parades in Pasadena, California. The band received the Sudler Shield Award from the John Philip Sousa Foundation in 2003. The band won the 4A State Marching Band Competition two years in a row, 1987 and 1988. Notable performances: 1994 St. Patrick's Day Parade in Dublin, Ireland (the only high school band chosen to play at the Dublin Lord Mayors Ball) 1995 Texas Gubernatorial Parade 1997 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City 1999 Texas Gubernatorial Parade Other programs 2011 - 1st place in Culinary at the Texas ProStart Competition in Austin, TX. 17th place at the National ProStart Competition. 2011 – Named a Grammy Signature Gold School, recognizing Allen as a U.S. public high school making an outstanding commitment to music education during an academic school year. 2011–2012 - Chorale Choir was invited to perform at the Texas Music Educators Association's annual convention. A recording of their performance was published om Spotify in 2012. The TMEA event invites by audition only the top 5 schools in the state. News Media - The broadcast program, KGLE 3 Teen News. Between 1996 and 2006, the program was awarded five first places, two-second places, and one-third place in Best of Shows at the National Scholastic Press Association's biannual competition. It has also been a four-time Pacemaker broadcast award winner (200, 2002, 2003, 2004). The KGLE program includes a radio broadcast. Orchestra - The orchestra was invited to perform at The International Midwest Clinic and Convention in 2006. Photography - Association of Texas Photography Instructors (ATPI) Top Program Contests 2002 – 3rd place Photojournalism/Sports 2003 – 2nd place Architecture 2004 – 2nd place Architecture, Honorable Mention Sports 2005 – 3rd place Landscape/Nature, Honorable Mention Sports and Architecture 2006 – 1st place Top Award; 1st place in Architecture, Landscape, and Thematic categories, and 2nd place in portrait 2007 – 5th Place Top Award; 1st place Thematic, 3rd place portrait, and Honorable Mention in Architecture and Landscape/Nature 2008 – 2nd Place Architecture, 3rd Place Portrait, Honorable Mention Landscape/Nature 2009 – 2nd Place Top Award; 1st Place Documentary/Photojournalism, 2nd Place Architecture, Portrait, and Thematic 2010 – 1st Place Top Award (tie); 1st Place Landscape/Nature and Portrait, 2nd Place Documentary/Photojournalism and Still Life 2011 – 2nd Place Top Award; 1st Place Portrait and Thematic, 3rd Place Still Life 2012 – 3rd Place Top Award; 1st Place Landscape/Nature, 2nd Place Still Life, 3rd Place Architecture, Honorable Mention Portrait 2013 – 2nd Place Top Award; 1st Place Architecture and Thematic, 2nd Place Landscape/Nature and Portrait 2014 – 3rd Place Top Award; 1st Place Portrait, 3rd Place Architecture and Landscape/Nature, Honorable Mention Thematic 2016 – 2nd Place Top Award; 1st Place Portrait, 2nd Place Still Life, 3rd Place Architecture and Landscape/Nature 2017 – 3rd Place Top Award; 1st Place Still Life and Thematic, 3rd Place Architecture 2018 – 2nd Place Commercial/Advertising, Honorable Mention Architecture and Portrait 2019 – 3rd Place Top Award; 1st Place Commercial/Advertising, 2nd Place Thematic, 3rd Place Portrait 2020 – 2nd Place Portrait and Thematic, 3rd Place Landscape/Nature 2021 – 1st Place Landscape/Nature, 2nd Place Architecture 2022 – 1st Place Architecture, 2nd Place Commercial/Advertising German folk dancing First place in the 2005 state finals. Third place in 2006 state finals. Rugby - 2011 Division 2 state runner-up at the Championship in Houston, Texas. UIL Academics Team 2022 6A state runner-up 2023 6A state champions 2024 6A state runner-up Notable alumni Laura Bailey (1999), voice actress Matt Barr (2002), actor George Benyola (1981), NFL kicker Quenlin Blackwell (2019), social media personality General Booty, (2021) college football quarterback for the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks Dan Buckner (2008), former CFL wide receiver Amanda Dunbar (2000), artist Bobby Evans (2015), NFL offensive lineman and founder of Feed The Family Apparel A.J. Ferrari (2020), freestyle and folkstyle wrestler; NCAA wrestling champion Dawn Greathouse (1997), Soccer player and coach Jalen Guyton (2015), NFL wide receiver Jaylon Jones (2016), NFL cornerback Tejan Koroma (2014), NFL center Matt "Zyos" Leto (2002), retired professional Halo player and game designer Greg Little (2016), NFL offensive tackle Pat McCarty (2000), former professional cyclist Julie McCullough (1983), actress and stand-up comedian; former Playboy centerfold Kyler Murray (2015), NFL quarterback and 2018 Heisman Trophy winner Bo Nickal (2014), UFC fighter, freestyle and folkstyle wrestler; three-time NCAA wrestling champion Uzoma Nwachukwu (2009), former NFL wide receiver Cedric Ogbuehi (2010), NFL offensive tackle Levi Onwuzurike (2016), NFL defensive tackle Jim Parrack (1999), actor Carly Patterson (2006), former Olympic artistic gymnast; 2004 All-Around champion and member of the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame August Ponthier (2015), musician Paul Russell (2015), musician Christian Sam (2014), NFL linebacker Will Sherman (2017), NFL offensive lineman Doug Skene (1988), NFL offensive lineman Isaiah Stevens (2019), NBA player Steven Terrell (2009), former NFL defensive back Shawn Tolleson (2006), MLB pitcher Jordyn Tyson (2022), NFL wide receiver J. D. Walton (2005), former NFL center Jonathan Williams (2012), NFL running back References External links Allen Independent School District Allen High School https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=Kilgore+High+School&title=Special:Search&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1&ns106=1