Kingwood High School
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| Kingwood High School | |
| Address | |
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| 2701 Kingwood Drive, Kingwood, TX Houston, Texas, 77339 USA |
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| Information | |
| School district | Humble ISD |
| Principal | Melissa Hayhurst |
| Enrollment |
3,700 |
| Funding type | Public |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Motto | "Learning for all...whatever it takes." |
| Mascot | Mustang |
| School Colour(s) | Navy Blue, Columbia Blue, White |
| Yearbook | Hoofprints |
| Newspaper | The Kingwood Courier |
| Established | 1979 |
| Homepage | KHS Home Page |
Kingwood High School is a Humble ISD secondary school located in the Kingwood community of Houston, Texas, United States.
Melissa Hayhurst is the current principal of Kingwood High School.
Prior to fall 2007, 9th graders attended an adjacent campus at 4015 Woodland Hills Drive. This campus which was renovated is now called Kingwood Park High School and is its own independent school.
Kingwood High School serves portions of Houston. The school has a "Kingwood" postal address even though Kingwood is no longer unincorporated.
Kingwood was the 5A recipient of the prestigious Lone Star Cup in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005. Kingwood also won the award in 1999, the first year the award was given. Winners of the cup are often considered to be among the best high schools in Texas in terms of UIL athletic and academic achievement. Kingwood was also named a National Blue Ribbon School in 1984-85. [1]
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[edit] Renovation
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Kingwood High School Renovation - Bond funds have provided the money to bring Kingwood High into compliance with Texas Education Agency current standards for classroom size. The renovations and additions will eliminate the use of portable buildings, provide a learning environment in which temperatures and humidity can be effectively controlled, and provide spaces designed for specific instructional and co-curricular activities instead of "make-shift" spaces. In summary, 108,000 square feet (10,000 m²) will be added and 371,000 square feet (34,500 m²) of existing space will be renovated. Currently, there are 12 portable buildings in which 550 students attend classes daily. When the renovations are complete, Kingwood High will have a capacity of 2,800 without the use of portable buildings.
The renovations at Kingwood High will create 63 properly sized classrooms and 17 science classroom/ labs. Four teaching theaters, eight business labs, practice areas for dance and drill teams, and a renovated auditorium that includes a new scene shop and a black box theater are included in the renovations. Completely new finishes, including carpet, ceiling tile, lighting and paint, will be provided throughout the school. Also, a new roof, lockers, electrical, plumbing and air-conditioning systems will be installed. The school will be designed so that students may be grouped into houses, allowing counselors, assistant principals and teachers to focus on a specific group of students.
[edit] Mission Statement
The mission of Kingwood High School is to create a collaborative learning environment that is supportive, challenging, and disciplined, resulting in life-long learners whose exemplary performance is a credit to themselves and their community.
[edit] Athletics
[edit] American Football
1990 Men's Football 5A State Final-Four [Division 2]
The Run[2]
[Bi-District] - Kingwood 38 - Deer Park 7
[Area] - Kingwood 14 - Galveston Ball 14 [penetration]
[Regional] - Kingwood 24 - Alief Elsik 12
[State Quarterfinals] - Kingwood 25 - Houston Lamar 17
[State Semifinals] - Kingwood 22 - Converse Judson 51
[edit] Soccer
[Boys][3]
1991-1992 Boys 5A State Semi-Finals
1998-1999 Boys 5A State Finalist
2000-2001 Boys 5A State Finalist
2002-2003 Boys 5A State Semi-Finals
2004-2005 Boys 5A State Finalist
[Girls][4]
1991-1992 Girls 5A State Finalist
1992-1993 Girls 5A State Finalist
1993-1994 Girls 5A State Semi-Finals
1994-1995 Girls 5A State Champions
1995-1996 Girls 5A State Semi-Finals
1997-1998 Girls 5A State Semi-Finals
1998-1999 Girls 5A State Champions
2001-2002 Girls 5A State Finalist
2003-2004 Girls 5A State Semi-Finals
[edit] Cross Country
(10) Boys 5A State Championships
1994,1996, & 2001 The Kingwood High School Men's Cross Country Team was ranked #1 Nationally
| Boys Cross Country 5A State Championship Meet (Top 10 Finishes)[5] | ||||||
| Year | Finished | Year | Finished | |||
| 1987 | 2nd | 1998 | 1st "State Champions" | |||
| 1988 | 1st "State Champions" | 1999 | 3rd | |||
| 1989 | 2nd | 2000 | 2nd | |||
| 1991 | 6th | 2001 | 1st "State Champions" | |||
| 1992 | 2nd | 2002 | 1st "State Champions" | |||
| 1993 | 1st "State Champions" | 2003 | 7th | |||
| 1994 | 1st "State Champions" | 2004 | 4th | |||
| 1995 | 1st "State Champions" | 2005 | 7th | |||
| 1996 | 1st "State Champions" | 2006 | 7th | |||
| 1997 | 1st "State Champions" | 2007 | ||||
| 1998 | 1st "State Champions" | 2008 | ||||
[edit] Track & Field
[edit] Swimming and Diving
2006 - The Kingwood High School Men's Swimming and Diving Team won the High School Swimming National Championship
[Boys][6]
1992-93 Boys 5A State Meet Champions
1993-94 Boys 5A State Meet Champions
1994-95 Boys 5A State Meet 2nd Place
1995-96 Boys 5A State Meet 3rd Place
1996-97 Boys 5A State Meet 3rd Place
1998-98 Boys 5A State Meet 3rd Place
2001-02 Boys 5A State Meet Champions
2002-03 Boys 5A State Meet 2nd Place
2005-06 Boys 5A State Meet 2nd Place
[Girls][7]
1990-91 Girls 5A State Meet 2nd Place
1991-92 Girls 5A State Meet 2nd Place
1992-93 Girls 5A State Meet 3rd Place
1993-94 Girls 5A State Meet Champions
2002-03 Girls 5A State Meet 3rd Place
2003-2004 Girls 5A State Meet Champions
[edit] Alma Mater [Pledge to Kingwood]
Kingwood High, we pledge to you,
Honor and respect.
For you stand that we may learn
Wonders, then reflect.
As we spread throughout the land,
Knowledge is our light.
Through life's struggles we recall
Kingwood's "Blue and White."
[edit] Fight Song
Fight, you mighty Mustangs,
Win the game tonight;
Show the other team who's
Behind the blue and white.
The best is what we'll be when
We're put to the test;
Let's show them, Kingwood Mustangs
GO-FIGHT-WIN
Go you mighty Mustangs,
With victory in sight,
Win you mighty Mustangs,
Let's take that game tonight.
GO-FIGHT-WIN
Our Mustang pride will lead us to victory again!
Cause we're the Mustangs!
[edit] Feeder patterns
The following elementary schools feed into Kingwood High School [8]:
- Bear Branch (feeds into both Kingwood high schools)
- Deerwood
- Greentree
- Hidden Hollow
- Pine Forest (feeds into Kingwood High and Atascocita High)
- Shadow Forest
- Willow Creek
Some subdivisions zoned to Foster and Bear Branch elementary schools jointly feed into Kingwood High School and Kingwood Park High School [1]
Creekwood and Riverwood middle schools feed into KHS.
[edit] Trivia
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- Justin Deabler, a cast member on MTV's The Real World: Hawaii, attended both Kingwood Middle School and Kingwood High School.
- Sheel Tayi aka "Matador", a graduate of Kingwood High School, was featured on the VH1 series "The Pick Up Artist" and has done subsequent training sessions with "Mystery".
- In 1999, four female Kingwood High School students were arrested after holding up five local businesses at gunpoint. The girls, who may have robbed the stores to finance a recreational drug habit, were convicted of armed robbery. It has been rumored that the film Sugar & Spice was loosely based on those events.
- In April 2001, The Kingwood High School Concert Chorale, under the direction of Keith Dixon, collaborated with other national high schools to perform in Carnegie Hall in New York City, NY.
- In December 2003, the Kingwood High School Madrigals, led by Keith Dixon, performed at the White House Christmas party in Washington D.C.
- In the spring of 2005, there was a controversy at Kingwood High School surrounding who would be that year's graduating class's valedictorian. Karen Scherr was denied the honor because she missed six weeks of her junior year while receiving treatment for anorexia. Kingwood High has codes requiring students to attend Kingwood High for certain periods of time to prevent parents from pulling students from Kingwood to attend less difficult schools and give them a competitive edge at placing well in Kingwood High's competitive class rankings.[2]
- In 2006, The Kingwood High School Men's Swimming and Diving Team won the High School Swimming National Championship.
- In 1994,1996, & 2001 The Kingwood High School Men's Cross Country Team was ranked #1 Nationally.
- On January 1, 2007, The Kingwood High School Military Marching Band performed in the 2007 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California.
- In 2007, Syvette Wimberly sued porn star Laura Madden, both former Kingwood High students, for using her name in pornographic films[3].
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF)
- ^ UIL: Athletics - Football Playoffs
- ^ UIL: Athletics - Champions Archives and Records
- ^ UIL: Athletics - Champions Archives and Records
- ^ UIL: Athletics - Champions Archives and Records
- ^ UIL: Athletics - Champions Archives and Records
- ^ UIL: Athletics - Champions Archives and Records
- ^ "ATTENDANCE AREAS IN HUMBLE ISD," Humble Independent School District
[edit] External links
| Humble Independent School District | |
| High Schools | Atascocita | Humble | Kingwood | Kingwood Park |
| Magnet High Schools | Quest |
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| Middle Schools | Creekwood |
