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'Duncanville High School' is a secondary school located in Duncanville, Texas. The school is a part of the Duncanville Independent School District.
The school includes grades 9 through 12. The high school campus is the second-largest in the nation in terms of physical size, and enrolls approximately 3,750 students annually. As of 2006, the school principal is Mike Chrietzberg. The school serves most of the city of Duncanville, the Duncanville ISD portion of DeSoto, and the Duncanville ISD portion of Dallas.
The school mascot is the Panther. With the exception of softball, the school has won state titles in every major team sport, including Football (1998), Boys Basketball (1991, 1999, 2007), Girls Basketball (1976, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1997, 2003), Baseball (1975, 1976, 1990), and Volleyball (1995), and has also won titles in Boys Track (1999), Boys Soccer (1985), Girls Soccer (1986, 1989), and Marching Band (1986, 1990, 2002).
Their girls' basketball has been extreamly sucessful, where it has won six state titles, including three consecutive from 1988–1990 while winning 134 consecutive games (a state record).
In 2007, the boys' basketball team won the state title with and undefeated season after a 14-point win over Humble Kingwood, and captured the mythical "national title" as well.
No UIL Class AAAAA school has ever managed to win championships in all three major boys sports during the same school year, but Duncanville High came the closest during 1998-1999, winning both the football and basketball titles and losing to Bellaire High School in the baseball championship game.
The school is also known for its journalism program, which publishes the ''Panther Tale'' yearbook, ''Panther Prints'' newspaper, and the district's public relations publication, ''Class Magazine''. The yearbook and newspaper have won numerous awards, including a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
[1] (known as "The Poor Man's Pulitzer") and Gold and Silver Crown awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. For the first time in 2003, Duncanville received a Gold Crown for its newspaper and its yearbook, one of only two high schools in the nation to capture both honors that year.[2]
In May 2005, the school's athletic program was ranked #24 in the nation by ''Sports Illustrated'' out of over 38,000 other high schools surveyed in the United States.
As of 2005, Duncanville High School students are required to wear school uniforms; all Duncanville ISD schools adopted school uniforms in fall 2005.
Shirts, turtlenecks, sweaters, and blouses may be solid black, navy, white, or grey. Shirts must be polo shirts, oxford shirts, or turtlenecks. Trousers, skirts, jumpers, and dresses may be navy, black, grey, or tan khaki.
★ Barry Foster, American football NFL running back[3]
★ Jill Marie Jones, American actress and former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader
★ Greg Ostertag, NBA basketball player
★ Tamika Catchings, WNBA basketball player
★ Tim DeLaughter, lead singer for the rock groups Tripping Daisy and The Polyphonic Spree
★ Associated Press. "Duncanville High builds fence to deter fights", ''Houston Chronicle'', 23 January 2006. Retrieved 28 January 2006.
★ Duncanville High School profile provided by schooltree.org
1. http://www.rfkmemorial.org/legacyinaction/journalismawards/
2. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cspa/docs/contests-and-critiques/crown-awards/recipients/2003-scholastic-crown.html
3. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketball/2004-02-25-ten-great-hoops-other_x.htm
★ Official website
★ Duncanville Independent School District
★
★ Duncanville High School
★ Duncanville High School Panther golf website
★ Duncanville Band Website
The school includes grades 9 through 12. The high school campus is the second-largest in the nation in terms of physical size, and enrolls approximately 3,750 students annually. As of 2006, the school principal is Mike Chrietzberg. The school serves most of the city of Duncanville, the Duncanville ISD portion of DeSoto, and the Duncanville ISD portion of Dallas.
| Contents |
| Awards and honors |
| School dress code |
| Notable alumni |
| References |
| Notes |
| External links |
Awards and honors
The school mascot is the Panther. With the exception of softball, the school has won state titles in every major team sport, including Football (1998), Boys Basketball (1991, 1999, 2007), Girls Basketball (1976, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1997, 2003), Baseball (1975, 1976, 1990), and Volleyball (1995), and has also won titles in Boys Track (1999), Boys Soccer (1985), Girls Soccer (1986, 1989), and Marching Band (1986, 1990, 2002).
Their girls' basketball has been extreamly sucessful, where it has won six state titles, including three consecutive from 1988–1990 while winning 134 consecutive games (a state record).
In 2007, the boys' basketball team won the state title with and undefeated season after a 14-point win over Humble Kingwood, and captured the mythical "national title" as well.
No UIL Class AAAAA school has ever managed to win championships in all three major boys sports during the same school year, but Duncanville High came the closest during 1998-1999, winning both the football and basketball titles and losing to Bellaire High School in the baseball championship game.
The school is also known for its journalism program, which publishes the ''Panther Tale'' yearbook, ''Panther Prints'' newspaper, and the district's public relations publication, ''Class Magazine''. The yearbook and newspaper have won numerous awards, including a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
[1] (known as "The Poor Man's Pulitzer") and Gold and Silver Crown awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. For the first time in 2003, Duncanville received a Gold Crown for its newspaper and its yearbook, one of only two high schools in the nation to capture both honors that year.[2]
In May 2005, the school's athletic program was ranked #24 in the nation by ''Sports Illustrated'' out of over 38,000 other high schools surveyed in the United States.
School dress code
As of 2005, Duncanville High School students are required to wear school uniforms; all Duncanville ISD schools adopted school uniforms in fall 2005.
Shirts, turtlenecks, sweaters, and blouses may be solid black, navy, white, or grey. Shirts must be polo shirts, oxford shirts, or turtlenecks. Trousers, skirts, jumpers, and dresses may be navy, black, grey, or tan khaki.
Notable alumni
★ Barry Foster, American football NFL running back[3]
★ Jill Marie Jones, American actress and former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader
★ Greg Ostertag, NBA basketball player
★ Tamika Catchings, WNBA basketball player
★ Tim DeLaughter, lead singer for the rock groups Tripping Daisy and The Polyphonic Spree
References
★ Associated Press. "Duncanville High builds fence to deter fights", ''Houston Chronicle'', 23 January 2006. Retrieved 28 January 2006.
★ Duncanville High School profile provided by schooltree.org
Notes
1. http://www.rfkmemorial.org/legacyinaction/journalismawards/
2. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cspa/docs/contests-and-critiques/crown-awards/recipients/2003-scholastic-crown.html
3. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketball/2004-02-25-ten-great-hoops-other_x.htm
External links
★ Official website
★ Duncanville Independent School District
★
★ Duncanville High School
★ Duncanville High School Panther golf website
★ Duncanville Band Website
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