Memorial High School (Hedwig Village, Texas)
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| Address |
935 Echo Lane, Hedwig Village (Houston address), Texas 77024 Satellite image |
| Established |
1962 |
| Community |
Urban |
| Type |
Public |
| Students |
2,265 students |
| Ethnic Distribution Source |
American Indian/Alaskan Native 0% |
| Grades |
9 to 12 |
| Principal |
Steve Shorter |
| Nickname |
MHS, Memorial |
| Mascot |
The Mustangs |
| Colors |
Red and white |
| Publications |
The Anvil (newspaper) |
| Yearbook |
The Reata |
| Website | |
Memorial High School (MHS) is a secondary school located at 935 Echo Lane in Hedwig Village, Texas.
Memorial serves students in portions of the Memorial and Spring Branch regions of Houston and several enclaves within the portions. Memorial is part of the Spring Branch Independent School District and serves grades 9 through 12.
History
Memorial Senior High School opened in 1962 to relieve overcrowding at Spring Branch High School. Memorial was the second high school to open in the Spring Branch Independent School District. At the time, students living north of Old Katy Road would attend Spring Branch and students living south of Old Katy Road would attend Memorial. This arrangement lasted until Spring Woods High School opened in 1964. The design of the school was classic early 1960s in the South, with a large, open campus. Each classroom building opened into an outside breezeway, to maximize air flow as the school did not have air conditioning. When Memorial first opened, the area surrounding the school was largely forest and rice fields, but it rapidly grew as new subdivisions were built, and by the mid-1960s, Memorial's enrollment exceeded 3,000 students, a number much larger than the school was meant to hold. This problem was resolved with the opening of Westchester Senior High School in 1967, and later Stratford Senior High School in 1974. At the time, Memorial's main rivals were the Spring Branch Bears and Westchester Wildcats. However, by the mid-1980s, the enrollment of nearly every school across the district had dropped precariously, and it was decided that Westchester and Spring Branch High Schools would be closed. Memorial remained open, and took in students from both Westchester and Spring Branch High Schools.
Today, Memorial is the oldest high school still operating in Spring Branch ISD. The school has received extensive renovations, which began during the 1996–1997 school year. Every building in the school was gutted and refurbished, outdated facilities were replaced and the campus was made more secure.
Neighborhoods served
Memorial serves students in all of the Memorial Villages (including Bunker Hill Village, Hedwig Village, Hilshire Village, Spring Valley Village, and most of Hunters Creek Village and Piney Point Village). While the school has a Houston address, it is located in the city of Hedwig Village and it draws from a small portion of Houston in the Memorial and Spring Branch regions (including Afton Village, Brykerwoods, Monarch Oaks, Sandalwood, and portions of Westview Terrace).
Partial List of Notable Alumni
- Kevin Ahrens [1]
- Koby Clemens[2]- son of Roger Clemens, member of the Houston Astros
- Michael Dell [3]
- Cory Morrow [4]
- Dominique Sachse [5]
- Shannon Kelley Husband of Mary Lou Retton
- Randy Smith (baseball) Major League Baseball Executive
- Jim Sheeler 2006 Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author
Awards & Honors
Memorial was named a 1988-89 National Blue Ribbon School. [6]
Memorial was ranked 258th,[7] 133rd,[8] 103rd,[9] and 126th[10] in Newsweek's 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007 lists, respectively, of top high schools in the United States.
It was awarded five stars and ranked in the top ten high schools in Texas by Texas Monthly magazine in 2002.[11]
Feeder patterns
Elementary schools that feed into Memorial High School include:[12]
- Bunker Hill
- Frostwood
- Hunters Creek
- Memorial Drive
- Valley Oaks
- Housman (partial)
- Rummel Creek (partial)
Middle schools that feed into Memorial High School include:[12]
- H. M. Landrum (partial)
- Memorial Middle School (partial)
- Spring Branch Middle School (partial)
References
- ^ "Kevin Ahrens." MILB.
- ^ "Astros tab Clemens' oldest son." Major League Baseball.
- ^ "Michael Dell." Texas Association of School Boards.
- ^ "CORY MORROW." Utopia Artists.
- ^ "[1]" Channel 2 News.
- ^ [http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf}
- ^ America's Top Public High Schools 2003 at MSNBC.com
- ^ The Complete List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools (2005–2006)
- ^ America's Top Public High Schools 2006 at MSNBC.com
- ^ America's Top Public High Schools 2007 at MSNBC.com
- ^ Texas Monthly's Best High Schools
- ^ a b Spring Branch ISD feeder schools Cite error: The named reference "multiple" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).