Alice High School

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Alice High School
Address
Map
1 Coyote Trail

Alice
,
Texas
78332

United States
Information
School typePublic high school
Established1887
School districtAlice Independent School District
PrincipalMarissa Kubala
Teaching staff96.85 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,290 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio13.32[1]
Color(s)    Burnt orange & White
Athletics conferenceUIL Class 4A, Division 1, District 16
MascotCoyote/Lady Coyote
NewspaperYote Howl
WebsiteAlice High School website

Alice High School is a senior high school in Alice, Texas. A part of the Alice Independent School District, it serves Alice and surrounding communities in Jim Wells County.

Attendance area[edit]

Areas within Alice ISD, of which Alice High is its only comprehensive high school, include Alice, Alice Acres, Amargosa, Coyote Acres, Owl Ranch, Rancho Alegre, and portions of Loma Linda East and Ben Bolt.[2]

History[edit]

The City of Alice was named for Alice Gertrudis King Kleberg, Robert Justus Kleberg's wife and the daughter of Richard King. The first school began in 1887 in the attic of the old Sedwick House, with Miss Mary Wood as the first teacher,[3] and the first principal was "a Professor Baxter".[4] In 1890, the town elected a school board and built a "two-floor, four-room school", adding a fifth room to the school in 1900.[3] In 1905, the first brick school building was built at Third and Reynolds Streets."[4]

In 1930, the Alice School Board contracted to build a school containing thirteen classrooms and a library. Classes first commenced in January 1931 in this new Alice High School, located along 3rd Street.[3]

In 1933 the school was renamed William Adams High School to honor Judge William Adams, a local rancher and civil servant, to honor his many contributions to the city.[5] The School Board voted to change the name of the High School back to Alice High in 1969. Construction of Alice High was completed in time for 1970 school year, and the first graduating class was in 1971. The old highschool building became William Adams Middle School.[6]

Academics[edit]

Alice High School is part of the Alice Independent School District, which Met Standards under TEA Assessment and Accountability Division of Performance Reporting ratings as of 2014. Alice High School itself Met Standards under the TEA rating system, and earned distinctions in Reading/ELA and Math as of 2014.[7]

"The Original Pride of South Texas"

For over 100 years, Alice athletics and academics have consistently represented South Texas well in local and state competitions. The school has earned its nickname as "The Pride of South Texas" because of this consistency.[citation needed]

Athletics[edit]

Alice High School has athletes that compete in 13 different sports, which include:

Cross Country, Volleyball, Football, Basketball, Swimming, Soccer, Golf, Tennis, Track, Softball, Baseball, Power-lifting, and Cheerleading.[citation needed]

The home football games, soccer games, and track meets are held at Memorial Stadium, which has a capacity of 10,500.[citation needed]

Football[edit]

High school football has been part of Alice, Texas since 1905. The school's first official game was a 38-0 win over H.M. King High School (Kingsville, TX) in the year 1909. Since 1909 the Alice Coyotes have won 21 district titles, made 36 playoff appearances (18th all-time and 6th most in Class 4a history), and played in 4 Texas State semi-final games (1955(William Adams), 1979, 1998, and 1999).[citation needed]

Alice High School's rival is Henrietta M. King High School (Kingsville, TX). The first meeting between the teams was in 1909, and matchup is known as "The Brush County Shootout." The Alice Football team and their fans rode 20 miles in horse drawn buggies to Kingsville. Alice won the game 38-0. Since then, the two teams have played each other 81 times. Alice leads the series 43-35-3 as of 2010.[citation needed]

Student activities[edit]

Clubs[edit]

Current clubs at Alice High School include Art, Auto Mechanics, BPA, Band Council, Building Trades, Cheerleaders, Chorale, Cosmetology, DECA, Decathlon, Drama, Drill Team/Strutters, Environmental Club, FCCLA, FFA, Graphics, HOSA, Interact/Rotary, JETS, Junior Class, Law Enforcement, Newspaper, NHS, ROTC, Senior Class, Spanish, Student Council, TAFE, UIL, and Yearbook.[citation needed]

Alice High School Band[edit]

The Alice High School band was organized in 1933. In 1960, Bryce Taylor was hired on as Band Director in Alice. He spent the next fifty years as music supervisor and high school band director for the Alice ISD. In his tenure, the Alice High School band earned 29 consecutive UIL Sweepstakes awards and placed in the top five TMEA Honor Band auditions for Class 5A twelve times. The Alice High School band was one of the first five schools to be awarded the Sudler Flag of Honor by John Philip Sousa Foundation and is listed on their national Roll of Honor for high school bands in existence between 1960 and 1980. The band is now under the direction of Emerico Perez III who himself was a student of Bryce Taylor.[citation needed]

Theatre Department[edit]

Alice High School has an award-winning theatre department with a strong reputation in the educational theatre community. For the first two decades, the drama program was under the direction of Don Howell. Well respected around the state for his theatre expertise, he was able to take the UIL One Act Play team to state competition on several occasions. After retirement Mr. Howell went on to work for the U.I.L. One Act Play office located at the University of Texas and to adjudicate for UIL. Following his retirement in 1993, Darleen Totten took over and has continued to promote outstanding theatre at Alice High School. Under her direction the students received the National Forensic League Leading Chapter award and performed at Thespian State and the International Thespian Festival on numerous occasions. In the fall of 2006, the Alice High School Theatre Department received international attention when their thespian troop appeared in Dramatics Magazine and Ms. Totten was interviewed for a story in Stage Directions Magazine.[citation needed]

In 2007 and 2016, the thespian troupe 5191 was chosen to perform The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-moon Marigolds at Lincoln, Nebraska, for the International Thespian Festival. The students were given a standing ovation by thousands of drama students from around the world. They were also invited to bring Crimes of the Heart for the Chapter select performance the following year. The play was directed by a student, Sylvia Gonzalez. They did not perform because one of the cast members had emergency surgery just before the trip to Nebraska. Darleen Totten also led Alice High School Drama club on an outstanding UIL OAP journey in 2011, with their production of Turandot which was also presented at the International Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska. This performance has been featured on the EdTA website. Clips of the school's production of Turandot are used in promotional videos for Thespians created by EdTA. In January 2014, they were invited to perform She Kills Monsters at the Alabama State Thespian Festival. Pictures of their trip to Alabama were shared by the Samuel French publishing company.[citation needed]

Notable alumni[edit]

Miscellaneous[edit]

The Year 1933[edit]

  • Cost of education in Alice amounted to .27 cents per student per day.[8]
  • 160 students enrolled in Senior High.
  • 119 students enrolled in Junior High.

Memorial Stadium[edit]

  • Construction of Memorial Stadium was completed in 1947.[9]
  • The first game played at the stadium was on October 17, 1947 (Alice beat Taft High School 6-0)
  • Memorial Stadium has a capacity of 10,500.

The Year 1950[edit]

  • Alice hosts the first annual "Hub City Relays."[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "ALICE H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Jim Wells County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  3. ^ a b c "First Boarding House in City Still Stands; First School Was in Sedwick Home's Attic". Alice Daily Echo. 25 October 1959. p. 19. Retrieved May 8, 2023 – via Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ a b Grimm, Agnes G. (August 21, 1966). "Schools Come to Mustang Prairies". Alice Daily Echo. p. 9 – via Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "History of William Adams" (PDF). adams.alice.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
  6. ^ "William Adams" (PDF). adams.aliceisd.net. June 6, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 6, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  7. ^ "TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY 1 - DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY" (PDF). 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-26. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
  8. ^ 1905 - 1981 Historical Overview of Alice Coyote Football: year 1933. 2001. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  9. ^ 1905 - 1981 Historical Overview of Alice Coyote Football, year:1947. pp. 38A.
  10. ^ 1905 - 1981 Historical Overview of Alice Coyote Football: 1950. 2001. p. 15-AA.

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