McCallum High School
| A.N. McCallum High School | |
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| Address | |
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5600 Sunshine Drive Austin, Texas Austin, Travis 78756 United States | |
| Information | |
| Opened | 1953 |
| School district | Austin Independent School District |
| School number | 512 414-2519 |
| Principal | Michael Garrison |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,729 (2015[1]) |
| School color(s) | Royal Blue and Gray |
| Athletics conference | UIL |
| Mascot | Knight |
| Nickname | MAC |
| Team name | The Knights, Lady Knights |
| Publication | Excalibur (Literary Magazine) |
| Newspaper | The Shield |
| Yearbook | The Knight |
| Website |
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A. N. McCallum High School is a public high school in Austin, Texas, United States.
McCallum, the second oldest high school in the Austin Independent School District, opened in 1953 to relieve growth in north and northwest Austin. Named after AISD's first high school superintendent, A.N. McCallum, the school strives to reflect the initiatives and achievements of its namesake.
In 1994, McCallum motioned to make its campus the home of AISD's Fine Arts Academy. Currently, the Fine Arts Academy is open to all students in AISD who wish to attend, given that they are accepted following an admissions process. Current fine arts strands include visual arts, dance, theatre (acting/performance and technical), cinematic arts, voice, and instrumental music (band, orchestra, classical guitar, and collaborative piano). The Fine Arts Academy was recently named the 2015 Grammy Foundation's National Signature School, the lone recipient out of thousands of fine arts high schools in the country.
History
In 1956 the first African-American student began attending McCallum as part of desegregation; a total of 13 black students attended white high schools in AISD at that time.[2]
Feeder Patterns
McCallum feeder schools include Kealing Middle School and Lamar Middle School.
Notable alumni
- Kristian House, Professional Cyclist - British National Champion in 2009
- Robbie Beckett, Major League Baseball pitcher and 1st round draft of the San Diego Padres in 1990 [3]
- Matt Belisle, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies (1998) [4]
- Gordon Bethune, Continental Airlines CEO (1958)
- LCDR Barry Cooke, a 1973 graduate of McCallum H.S. and a U.S. Naval aviator who was shot down and killed during Operation Desert Storm in 1991.[5]
- Tom Kite, PGA golfer [6]
- Timothy Kopra, NASA astronaut (1981) [7]
- Austin Nichols, actor and star of the HBO series John from Cincinnati [8]
- Joseph Caro-Mata, x4 University of Texas at Austin class A Intramural basketball champion as part of the Lone Star Tallboys.
- Wiley Wiggins, actor and star of Dazed and Confused [9]
- Zoe Graham Boyhood
References
- ↑ "Overview: McCallum High School". Austin Independent School District.
- ↑ "Five Decades of Social Change: A Timeline." Austin Public Library. Retrieved on June 6, 2016.
- ↑ Maher, John. "Wild Thing mellows out." Austin American-Statesman. February 18, 1996.
- ↑ Duffey, Gene. "McCallum High's Belisle now pitching for Reds." Austin American-Statesman. April 10, 2005.
- ↑
- ↑ Lemon, Del. "Refined line Allen, on constant quest for better swing, gets help from Kite." Austin American-Statesman. May 10, 1990.
- ↑ NASA biography of Timothy Kopra
- ↑ Cantu, Rick. "OFF THE BEATEN PATH." Austin American-Statesman. January 20, 2006.
- ↑ Osborn, Claire. "McCallum junior takes `Dazed' fame in stride." Austin American-Statesman. October 7, 1993.
External links
Class Reunion pages
Coordinates: 30°19′33″N 97°43′49″W / 30.32583°N 97.73028°W