Alamo Heights High School

Alamo Heights High School is a public high school located in the city of Alamo Heights, Texas and is the only high school in the Alamo Heights Independent School District. For the 2021-2022 school year, the school was given a "B" by the Texas Education Agency.[2]

Alamo Heights High School
Address
6900 Broadway Street

San Antonio
,
TX
78209

United States
Coordinates29.491199°N 98.464793°W / 29.491199; -98.464793
Information
TypeTraditional Public
EstablishedOriginal schoolhouse: 1909
Original High School building: 1923
Current High School building: 1950
School districtAlamo Heights Independent School District
SuperintendentDana Bashara
PrincipalCory Smith
Faculty119.77 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,650 (2021–22)[1]
Student to teacher ratio13.78[1]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)    Blue and Gold
Athletics conferenceUIL Class AAAAA
MascotMules
NewspaperHoof Print
YearbookOlmos
WebsiteAlamo Heights High School

Athletics

The Alamo Heights Mules compete in the following sports:[3]

Cheerleading, Volleyball, Cross Country, Football, Basketball, Swimming, Diving, Soccer, Golf, Tennis, Track, Baseball & Softball.

State Titles
  • Boys Basketball - [4]
    • 1952(3A), 1954(3A)
  • Football - [5]
    • 2006(4A/D1)
  • Boys Golf - [6]
    • 1950(City), 1956(2A), 1963(4A), 1964(4A), 1965(4A), 1968(4A), 1970(4A)
  • Boys Soccer - [7][8]
    • 1987(All), 2012(4A)
  • Girls Golf -
    • 2023(5A)
  • Girls Swimming - [9][10]
    • 1973(3A), 2014(4A)
  • Team Tennis - [11]
    • 1984(4A), 1986(4A), 1987(4A), 1988(4A), 1993(4A), 1994(4A), 1995(4A), 1996(4A), 1998(4A), 1999(4A), 2000(4A),2002(4A)
  • Cheerleading - [12]
    • 2016(5A), 2017(5A), 2019(5A), 2020(5A)

Notable alumni
  • Patrick Bailey, class of 2004, former linebacker for the Tennessee Titans and won a Super Bowl with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2009.[13]
  • Angela Belcher, attended, is the Director of the Biomolecular Materials Group at MIT.
  • "Tito” Beveridge, class of 1979, is the founder of Tito’s Vodka
  • Marie Brenner, class of 1967, is an author, investigative journalist, and writer-at-large for Vanity Fair magazine.
  • William H. Cade, class of 1964, Animal Behaviorist, Othroperist, President Emeritus of the University of Lethbridge.
  • Chase Clement, class of 2004, was a quarterback for the Las Vegas Locomotives and won the UFL's 2010 Championship Game taking home the game MVP trophy.
  • Christopher Cross, class of 1969, is a recording artist with Top 40 hits including "Sailing" and "Arthur's Theme".[13]
  • Light Townsend Cummins, class of 1964, is the official State Historian of Texas.
  • Marisol Deluna, class of 1985, is an American fashion designer.[14]
  • Dayna Devon, class of 1988, is a former TV host of the syndicated show- EXTRA.[13]
  • Billy Grabarkewitz, class of 1964, former MLB player
  • Bette Nesmith Graham, inventor and founder of Liquid Paper
  • Robert Hammond, class of 1988, co-founder and the executive director of Friends of the High Line.
  • Kara Hultgreen, class of 1983, (D. 1994), first female carrier-based Navy fighter pilot.[15]
  • Davey Johnson, class of 1961, former manager of MLB's Washington Nationals and 3 times World Series winner as coach & players
  • Janet Krueger, class of 1970, is a Texas artist.
  • Keith Langford, class of 1988,[16] drummer for The Gourds and Shinyribs
  • Brenda Marshall, actress[17]
  • Rick Riordan, class of 1982, is a San Antonio-based novelist of the Tres Navarre mystery series for adults and The New York Times bestselling Percy Jackson series for children.[13]
  • Ross Richie, class of 1988, comic book publisher and founder of Boom! Studios.
  • Joe Straus, class of 1978, is a former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.
  • Clay Tarver, class of 1984, co-founder of the bands Chavez (band) and Bullet LaVolta, screenwriter for the movie Joy Ride and Writers Guild of America award-winning Executive Producer of the HBO show Silicon Valley[18]
  • Susan Weddington, class of 1969, state chairman of the Republican Party of Texas from 1997 to 2003[19]
  • Jeff Wentworth, class of 1958, served in the Texas Senate from 1993 to 2013 after tenure in the Texas House of Representatives from 1988 to 1993.
  • Peter Weller, class of 1965, is an actor in movies such as RoboCop.[13]
  • Forrest Whitley, MLB pitcher with the Houston Astros
  • Arthur Barrow, musician, composer, producer, and arranger. Played with Frank Zappa, Robby Krieger, The Doors among others. Worked with Giorgio Moroder on Top Gun and other soundtracks.[20]
  • Jim Timmins, Class of 1972, was the original Enron Whistleblower as reported by the Wall Street Journal[21]

See also

References
  1. "ALAMO HEIGHTS H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  2. "TEA". Texas Education Agency. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  3. "Schools - The Athletics Department .com". theathleticsdepartment.com. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  4. "Boys Basketball State Archives". uiltexas.org. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  5. "Lone Star Football Network - 2006 San Antonio Alamo Heights Mules -- texas high school football teams scores playoffs history". Lone Star Football Network. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  6. UIL Boys Golf Archives Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
  7. UIL Boys Soccer Archives Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  8. "2011-2012 State Champions — Archives — University Interscholastic League (UIL)". uiltexas.org. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  9. "University Interscholastic League". uiltexas.org. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  10. "2013-2014 State Champions — Archives — University Interscholastic League (UIL)". uiltexas.org. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  11. UIL Team Tennis Archives Archived October 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  12. League, University Interscholastic. "Spirit — University Interscholastic League (UIL)". www.uiltexas.org. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  13. Miller, Carole (October 7, 2009), "Alamo Heights ISD packs 100 years of history into a weeklong party", San Antonio Express-News, retrieved May 27, 2011
  14. Miller, Carole (October 7, 2009). "Alamo Heights ISD packs 100 years of history into a weeklong party". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  15. Spears, Sally (1998). Call Sign Revlon. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-809-7.
  16. "Alamo Heights High School - Olmos Yearbook (San Antonio, TX) - Class of 1985".
  17. Clark, W.K. (December 31, 1939). "It's Another Brenda's Year". The Salt Lake Tribune. Utah, Salt Lake City. p. 49. Retrieved June 25, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  18. "2016 Writers Guild Awards L.A. Ceremony - Press Room".
  19. "Alamo Heights High School (Class of 1969)". ahh69.com. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  20. Of Course I Said Yes!: The Amazing Adventures of a Life in Music, Arthur Barrow, 2016, ISBN 978-1522979838
  21. "Episode 4: The Downfall".
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