Elkins High School (Texas)

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Lawrence E. Elkins High School is a secondary school in Missouri City, Texas—serving communities in Sugar Land and Missouri City.

The school, which handles grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Fort Bend Independent School District. Elkins was established in 1992, with its first graduating class in 1995.

Elkins received a Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education in 2002[1].

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[edit] History

Lawrence E. Elkins High School was established as a grade 9 and 10 school in fall 1992 [1] to alleviate overcrowding from three other district high schools, Dulles, Clements, and Willowridge.

In Spring 2007, FBISD released the results of a survey by students [2]. At Elkins, according to the survey, 11.3% of students felt unsafe in classrooms, 18.7% felt unsafe in the hallways, 20.4% felt unsafe in the restrooms, 24.1% felt unsafe on school buses, and 23.6% felt unsafe in parking lots.

[edit] Extra-curricular activities

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[edit] Academic Competition

  • Academic Decathlon
    • 3rd Place Regional 2006
    • 21st Place State 2008
  • Academic Octathlon
  • Math and Science Club (UIL and TMSCA)
  • Speech and Debate (TFA and NFL)
    • 5th Place State 2007
    • 1st Place Duet Interpretation State 2007
    • 6th Place Duet Interpretation State 2007
    • 3rd Place Duo Interpretation State 2007
    • 4th Place LD State 2008
  • UIL Academics
    • 1st Place Conference 5A State Academic Champions, 1994-95
    • 1st Place Conference 5A State Academic Champions, 1995-96
  • Constitutional Law
    • 1st Place State 2007

[edit] Clubs

[edit] Fine Arts

  • Art
  • Band
    • In 2005, Lawrence E. Elkins HS had the most number of students in TMEA All-State of any school in Texas.
  • State Marching Season
  • Drumline
    • Marching Season
    • Indoor Drumline
      • Won 1st place at the TCGC state indoor finals in 2001
      • Won 2nd place at the TCGC state indoor finals in 2002
      • Won 1st place at the TCGC state indoor finals in 2003
      • Won 1st place at the TCGC state indoor finals in 2004
      • Won 2nd place at the TCGC state indoor finals in 2005
      • Won 1st place at the TCGC state indoor finals in 2006
      • Won 1st place at the TCGC state indoor finals in 2007
      • Won 1st place at the TCGC state indoor finals in 2008
  • Choir
    • Knightbeats
    • Knightengayles
    • Scoleosis Cantori
    • Ball Cantos
    • Camerata
  • Dance Team (Elite)
  • Drama(kmi)
  • Orchestra

[edit] Honor Societies

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Boys

Baseball The Rick Carpenter Legacy at Elkins High School 1993-2007

  • 366-110-4: Overall varsity record
  • 704-258-13: Overall program record (Varsity, JV, Sophomore)
  • 9 District Championships: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, *2006, 2007
  • 173-36 Varsity District Record
  • 62-24 Varsity Playoff Record
  • 64 College players
  • 33 NCAA Division I players
  • 15 Professional players
  • 6 Regional Championships: 1995, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
  • 1 Regional Runner Up: 1994
  • 3 State Championships: 1995, 2002, 2003
  • 1 State Runner Up: 1998
  • 1 National Championship: 2002
  • 1 National Runner Up: 1995

Soccer

[edit] Girls

  • Basketball
  • Cheerleading
  • Cross Country
  • Golf
  • Soccer
  • Softball
    • Region III Champions 2002, 2003, and 2004.
    • State Champions 2004.
    • National Champions 2004.
    • 76 game winning streak from 2004-2005
  • Swimming
    • Colleen Gordon finished the 2006 UIL Swim Meet as a 2 time State Champion – an Elkins first in swimming. Colleen won the 200 yard Individual Medley race with a time of 2:01.27. In the 500 yard Freestyle event, Colleen swam to a new state record with a 4:45.67 effort. With her two wins and state record performance Gordon also was named the State Female Swimmer of the Year.
  • Tennis
  • Track
  • Volleyball

[edit] Club sports

  • Ping Pong
  • Bowling

[edit] Notable Alumni

[edit] Feeder patterns

The following elementary schools [3] feed into Elkins [4]:

  • Austin Parkway (partial)
  • Commonwealth (partial)
  • Glover (partial)
  • Lantern Lane (partial)
  • Lexington Creek (partial)
  • Palmer (partial)
  • Quail Valley (partial)
  • Scanlan Oaks (partial)
  • Settlers Way (partial)
  • Sienna Crossing (partial)

The following middle schools [5] feed into Elkins:

  • Baines (partial)
  • Fort Settlement (partial)
  • First Colony (partial)
  • Lake Olympia (partial)
  • McAuliffe (partial)
  • Quail Valley (partial)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Blue Ribbon Award

[edit] External links

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Fort Bend Independent School District
High schools Austin | Bush | Clements | Dulles | Elkins | Hightower | Kempner | Marshall | Travis | Willowridge
Middle schools Fort Settlement | Sartartia