SUNSET HIGH SCHOOL (DALLAS)

'Sunset High School' is a public secondary school located in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas (USA). Sunset High School enrolls students in grades 9-12 and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District. It was opened in 1925 as the second high school in the Oak Cliff area; as such, its main rival is Adamson, which is the oldest high school in the Oak Cliff area.
The school serves a portion of Dallas. It does serve all of Cockrell Hill.
The origin of the school's name is uncertain; however, it may be due to its location, at the time it was the westernmost school in the DISD.
The mascot is the Bison (not the Bisons; Bison is both singular and plural); it was chosen since early students had to cross open fields to get to school.

Contents

Feeder patterns

Notable alumni

Fundraising

Alumni Associations

References

External links

Feeder patterns

As of 2005 [1], the following elementary schools feed into Sunset High School:
PK-6

★ Leila P. Cowart

★ Louise Wolff Kahn

★ George Peabody

★ Winnetka
K-6

★ Lida Hooe
3-6

★ Rosemont Elementary
PK-2

★ Rosemont Primary
Three middle schools, W.E. Greiner, Quintanilla, and Stockard, feed into Sunset.
Starting in the 2006-2007 school year [2], Anson Jones (PK-6) and Arturo Salazar (PK-6, a new school opening in fall 2006) will also feed into Sunset High School.

Notable alumni

Current DISD Superintendent Dr. Michael Hinojosa is a Sunset High School alumnus. 40's film star Linda Darnell also attended Sunset and was a member of the class of June, 1941.
Wimberly Goodman (Class of '36)played Sargent Garcia in the Disney TV series "Zorro". Golf great Don January graduated in the mid or late-40s. Jerry Rhome quarterbacked the Bison football team '59-'61. He was a back-up quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys for almost a decade, and is currently one of the most highly respected quarterback coaches in the NFL.
Novelist and journalist Billy Lee Brammer was a member of the Class of '48.

Fundraising

Sunset Foundation Inc. is a group of alumni who raise money and award college scholarships to Sunset High School students.
Sunset Alumni Association is a group who uses its membership dues to award yearly grants to classes and organizations of Sunset High School benefiting her students.

Alumni Associations

★ The Sunset Alumni Association...Alumni Association and website

★ The Sunset Class of 1950...Alumni Association and website

★ The Sunset class of 1969...Alumni Association and website

★ The Sunset class of 1970...Alumni Association and website

★ Alumni Information Page

★ The Sunset Class of 1994...Alumni Association and website

References

External links

★ Sunset AP Network

★ Sunset Foundation Inc.

★ Sunset Alumni Association