Waltrip High School

S.P. Waltrip High School


Location
Houston, Texas, USA
Coordinates	29°49′10″N 95°26′03″W / 29.819442°N 95.434284°W / 29.819442; -95.434284Coordinates: 29°49′10″N 95°26′03″W / 29.819442°N 95.434284°W / 29.819442; -95.434284
Information
Type	Public Secondary
Established	1959
School district	Houston Independent School District
Principal	Dale Mitchell
Grades	9–12
Number of students	1635
Color(s)	Red and Gray
Mascot	Rams
Newspaper	The Waltrip Tribune
Yearbook	Aries
Website	http://hs.houstonisd.org/waltriphs

Stephen Pool Waltrip High School is a secondary school located at 1900 West 34th Street in Houston, Texas, United States, 77018.

Waltrip, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District.

Waltrip has Houston ISD's Research and Technology magnet program.

The school's namesake is a former principal at the defunct Houston Heights High School,^[1] who transferred to Reagan High School after that school replaced Houston Heights High.^[2]

History

Waltrip JROTC, 2013 Martin Luther King Day Parade in Midtown Houston

Waltrip High School opened in 1960 to serve many newly developed post-World War II subdivisions, and relieved Reagan High School of many students when it did so. It was relieved by Scarborough Junior-Senior High School when that school opened in 1969. The school was named after Stephen Pool Waltrip, a funeral home owner in the Houston Heights named principal of Reagan High School in 1918.^[3]

The school remained majority white until the early 1990s, when the school was equally white, black, and Hispanic.^[4]

In 1997 a portion of the Reagan High School boundary was rezoned to Waltrip.^[5] By the 2000s, Waltrip became majority Hispanic.^[4]

Waltrip has become one of the highest performing comprehensive high schools in Houston ISD by being named "Recognized" by the Texas Education Agency, one of the few urban high schools in Houston ISD to receive such a designation. (Reference: Texas Education Agency website).^[6]

Around 2012, each year a total of 400 students transfer from Booker T. Washington High School to Waltrip and Reagan.^[7]

In 2015 Andria Schur got a job as the principal of a charter school in Dallas, Texas, causing her to leave her post as principal of Waltrip. Dale Mitchell, previously the principal of Sterling High School, became the principal of Waltrip.^[8]

School song

The Waltrip school song, "Our Waltrip High", was written by alumni Jon Enloe with music by Joe Stuessy, both from the Class of 1961.^[9]

Neighborhoods served by Waltrip

Neighborhoods served by Waltrip include Garden Oaks, Timbergrove Manor, Shepherd Forest, Shepherd Park Plaza, Lazybrook, Shady Acres, most of Oak Forest, most of Cottage Grove,^[10] Candlelight Plaza and a small portion of the Houston Heights.

A townhome complex called Cottage Grove is zoned to Waltrip.

At one point, all of the Houston Heights was zoned to Reagan. In 1997, a small portion was rezoned to Waltrip.^[5]

Student body

As of 2006, the student body ^[11] is predominantly Hispanic.

The makeup of the 1,808 students enrolled during the 2008-2009 school year was:

67% Hispanic
17% White
14% Black
<1% Asian
<1% Native American

Approximately 73% of the students qualified for free or reduced lunch programs.

Athletics

Waltrip Rams logo

The Athletics Department at Waltrip consists of the following teams:

Football
Basketball (Boys and Girls)
Baseball
Softball
Golf (Boys and Girls)
Track & Field (Boys and Girls)
Volleyball
Soccer (Boys and Girls)
Swimming (Boys and Girls)
Tennis (Boys and Girls)
Cheerleading (Boys and Girls)

Facilities

The school houses the Waltrip High School Child Development Center, a preschool program for low income children.^[12]

Dress code

Collared shirt (appropriate fit, NOT revealing), college shirt, or Waltrip spirit shirt. Blue jeans (NOT ripped, bleached, nor colors), solid khaki - pants, capris, or knee-length shorts (must touch/reach knee). Solid hoody or Waltrip hoody allowed.^[13]

The Texas Education Agency specified that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with school uniforms (the definition includes dress codes which limit colors) may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform;^[14] parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.

Feeder patterns

Elementary schools that feed into Waltrip ^[15] include:

Durham ^[16]
Oak Forest ^[17]
Sinclair ^[18]
Stevens ^[19]
Garden Oaks ^[20] (partial)
Helms ^[21] (partial)
Highland Heights ^[22] (partial)
Love ^[23] (partial)
Memorial ^[24] (partial)
Stevenson ^[25] (partial)

Middle schools that feed into Waltrip include:

Frank Black ^[26] (partial)
Clifton (partial)
Hamilton ^[27] (partial)
Lanier (partial)
Williams ^[28] (partial)

Notable alumni

Mark Calaway - WWE professional wrestler known as The Undertaker.^[29]
Keenan McCardell - Professional American football wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns, the Jacksonville Jaguars, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers^[30]
Shelley Duvall - Actress ^[30]
Toni Lawrence - Former Houston City Councilwoman ^[31]
Denzel Livingston (born 1993), basketball player for Hapoel Kfar Saba of the Israeli Liga Leumit^[32]
Debra Maffett - Miss America 1983.^[30]
Van Malone - Professional American football player for the Detroit Lions and college football coach^[30]
Anita "Sweetie" Marbury - Mayor of Durango, Colorado^[33]
Barbara Olson - Conservative commentator and September 11, 2001 attacks victim ^[34]
Patrick Swayze - Actor and dancer.^[30]
John H. Whitmire - A Texas senator^[30]
Danny Ward - Acclaimed musician and event producer^[35]
Elizabeth Pena and Jenny Ertman - murder victims - Waltrip High School contains a memorial to the girls ^[36]
Hope L. Knight - District attorney of Leon County, Texas, state counsel member with Rick Perry

References

↑ Sloan, Anne. Houston Heights. Arcadia Publishing, 2009. ISBN 0738571180, 9780738571188. p. 35.
↑ Sloan, Anne. Houston Heights. Arcadia Publishing, 2009. ISBN 0738571180, 9780738571188. p. 36.
↑ "Origins of Leader-area Street/School Names". The Leader News. Houston, TX: Jonathan McElvey. July 26, 2014.
1 2 "A Brief History of: S. P. Waltrip High School." Waltrip High School. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
1 2 "1996-1997 HISD ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES," Houston Independent School District. June 30, 1997. Retrieved on December 13, 2010. "Redirect students residing in a geographic "arm" west of Shepherd from Reagan to Waltrip"
↑ Texas Education Agency
↑ Radcliffe, Jennifer. "Effort to save historic Booker T. High gains steam." Houston Chronicle. Thursday February 2, 2012. Retrieved on February 2, 2012.
↑ Mellon, Ericka. "HISD names Yates, Sterling, Westbury High principals" (Archived November 20, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.). Houston Chronicle. June 5, 2015. Retrieved on November 20, 2015.
↑ "School Song." Waltrip High School. Retrieved on October 27, 2014.Source: Waltrip Alumni Association, Inc.
↑ "googlemap_cottagegrove.jpg." (Archived 2012-10-21 at WebCite) Cottage Grove. Retrieved on October 21, 2012.
↑ "Waltrip High School" Profile, Houston Independent School District
↑ Lee, Renée C. "Program gives low income kids an early boost." Houston Chronicle. Tuesday April 24, 2012. Retrieved on April 25, 2012.
↑ "The Waltrip High School Official Dress Code," Waltrip High School
↑ "School Uniforms," Texas Education Agency
↑ "Waltrip High School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
↑ "Durham Elementary School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
↑ "Oak Forest Elementary School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
↑ "Sinclair Elementary School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
↑ "Stevens Elementary School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
↑ "Garden Oaks Elementary School Attendance Zone," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
↑ "Helms Elementary School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
↑ "Highland Heights Elementary School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
↑ "Love Elementary School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
↑ "Memorial Elementary School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
↑ "Stevenson Elementary School Attendance Zone," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
↑ "Black Middle School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
↑ "Hamilton Middle School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
↑ "Williams Middle School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
↑ "World Wrestling Entertainment Bio"
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Distinguished HISD Alumni Archived May 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.." Houston Independent School District.
↑ "Houston City Council Bio Archived 2013-06-06 at WebCite"
↑
↑ Villarreal, Elizabeth (July 26, 2014). "Neighbors: Waltrip Grad is Colorado Mayor Now". The Leader News. Houston, TX: John McElvey.
↑ "Waltrip Trivia Page," Waltrip High School
↑ "," Ward & Ames
↑ "In Memory of Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman - 1993 Archived March 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.." Waltrip High School. Retrieved on March 6, 2010.

External links

Waltrip High School

Houston Independent School District

Alternative and magnet K-12 schools	T. H. Rogers

6-12 schools	Jane Long Academy (middle school zoned, high school not zoned)

Alternative 6-12 schools	Leland Sharpstown Int'l Y.W.C.P.A.

High schools	Austin Bellaire Chávez Furr Heights (ex-Reagan) Sam Houston Kashmere Lamar Madison Milby North Forest Northside (ex-Davis) Scarborough Sharpstown Sterling Waltrip Washington Westbury Westside Wheatley Wisdom (ex-Lee) Worthing Yates

Alternative and magnet high schools	Carnegie Vanguard Challenge Early College DeBakey East Early College Eastwood Academy Energy Institute H.A.I.S. H.S.E.P. H.S.P.V.A. Jones Futures Academy Barbara Jordan H.S.L.J. Liberty (Newcomer) Mount Carmel Acad. North Houston Early College South Early College

K-8 schools	Gregory-Lincoln Woodson

Alternative and magnet K-8 schools	The Rice School

Middle schools	Key Lanier Pershing Pin Oak Others

Alternative middle schools	BCM Academy at Ryan Las Américas Newcomer School

Elementary schools	Cornelius Harvard Kashmere Gardens Lantrip River Oaks Walnut Bend Others

Alternative elementary schools	Arabic Immersion Mandarin Immersion

Former alternative 6-12 schools	C.L.C. Kay On-Going

Former high schools	San Jacinto

Former alternative high schools	Carter Career Center DeVry Advantage Academy Gulf Coast Trades Center (no longer affiliated with HISD) Middle College

Former K-8 schools	E.O. Smith

Former middle schools	Ryan

Literature	Brown, Not White Make Haste Slowly

High schools in the City of Houston

Houston Independent School District

Zoned schools	Austin Bellaire (Bellaire) Chávez Furr Heights (ex-Reagan) Sam Houston Kashmere Lamar Madison Milby Northside (ex-J. Davis) North Forest Scarborough Sharpstown Sterling Waltrip Washington Westbury Westside Margaret Long Wisdom (ex-Lee) Wheatley Worthing Yates

Magnet/alternative schools	Carnegie Vanguard Challenge Early College DeBakey East Early College Eastwood Academy Energy Institute H.A.I.S. H.S.E.P. H.S.P.V.A. Jones Futures Academy Barbara Jordan H.S.L.J. Leland Liberty (Newcomer) Mount Carmel Acad. North Houston Early College T.H. Rogers Sharpstown Int'l South Early College Y.W.C.P.A.

Public schools not in Houston ISD

Aldine ISD	Aldine Carver B. Davis (Unincorporated) Eisenhower MacArthur (Unincorporated) Nimitz (Unincorporated) Victory Early College (magnet)

Alief ISD	Elsik Hastings Taylor (Unincorporated) Kerr (Magnet) (Unincorporated)

Clear Creek ISD	Clear Lake Clear Brook (Unincorporated)

Cypress-Fairbanks ISD	Cypress Creek (Unincorporated) Cypress Ridge (Unincorporated) Jersey Village (Jersey Village)

Fort Bend ISD	Willowridge Kempner (Sugar Land) Marshall (Missouri City)

Galena Park ISD	Galena Park (Galena Park) North Shore (Cloverleaf)

Huffman ISD	Hargrave (Huffman)

Humble ISD	Kingwood Kingwood Park

Katy ISD	Mayde Creek (Unincorporated) James E. Taylor (Unincorporated)

Klein ISD	Klein Forest (Unincorporated)

New Caney ISD	Porter (Unincorporated)

Pasadena ISD	Dobie Pasadena Memorial (Pasadena) South Houston (South Houston)

Spring ISD	Dekaney (Unincorporated)

Spring Branch ISD	Memorial (Hedwig Village) Northbrook Spring Woods Stratford WAIS (magnet)

State charter	Galaviz Houston Heights KIPP (multiple campuses) Harmony Public Schools (multiple campuses) YES Prep (multiple campuses) Yzaguirre School

Independent

Secular private	Awty Briarwood British School Kinkaid (Piney Point Village) Monarch Post Oak Rainard School of the Woods St. John's The Village School

Religious	Al-Hadi School Beren Academy Christian Life Center Academy Cristo Rey Jesuit Darul Arqam North (Unincorporated) Emery/Weiner Episcopal (Bellaire) Houston Christian Iman Academy Incarnate Word Academy Lutheran High North Lutheran South Memorial Private Saint Agnes St. Pius X St. Stephen's Episcopal St. Thomas St. Thomas' Episcopal Strake Jesuit Westbury Christian

This list is incomplete. Italicized public schools are not in the "full purpose" Houston city limits (See map) but have portions of Houston in their attendance boundary, while italicized private schools are in municipalities that are surrounded by Houston and/or are in unincorporated areas but have Houston postal addresses.

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