Alamo Heights High School is a secondary school located in the city of Alamo Heights, Texas and is the only high school for the Alamo Heights Independent School District.
The district includes three "island cities" (as they together are surrounded by but not a part of San Antonio), including all of Alamo Heights, parts of Terrell Hills, and all of Olmos Park. The district also includes a small part of north central San Antonio. The school's mascot is the mule.
The two-story school is divided into four halls: Main, South, Central and North. Main provides access to the attendance and principal offices, the library, the auditorium, as well as a few classrooms. North contains the math and history departments. Central is occupied by the science department, as well as the nurse's and counselors' offices. South contains the English and foreign languages departments. The school's main sitting area is outside between North and Central. This area is aptly named "the Oaks" after all of its oak trees. The Oaks Building is located across the Oaks from the main building. It contains two art rooms, the language lab, which contains computers with headsets for use with recorded language teaching materials, and a multi-purpose room. The auditorium is located north of the north wing, with the Band hall north of the auditorium.
The school has many sports facilities, the most visible of which is Harry B. Orem Stadium, used for football and soccer games. The stadium contains a track, and there is also a practice field for these sports. The school's main facility for basketball and volleyball games is the Mule Dome. There is also a practice gymnasium for basketball. The school has full pool facilities for swimming, diving, and water polo. The school's baseball field is located in the city's Olmos Basin.
Recently, the school has undergone major construction, including renvovation of the auditorium and the addition of a science building.
Statistics
- Employs 106 faculty members
- 75% of staff have master's degrees
- Enrollment: 1,445 students
- 96% of graduates attend college
- 79% in four-year colleges and 17% in junior/community colleges
Administration
- Dr. Jerry Christian, District Superintendent
- Dr. Linda Foster, Principal
- Frank Alfaro, Randy White, and Terri Duncan (Formally Terri Bierbaum), Vice Principals
Notable Teacher
Paul Foerster was the state recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching in 1983. He has also published many mathematical textbooks including his acclaimed Calculus : Concepts and Applications.
Athletics
The school offers football, tennis, water polo, volleyball, and cross country in the fall. It offers basketball, swimming and diving, and soccer in the winter, and baseball, softball, water polo, track and field, and golf in the spring.
Notable athletic achievements
- Men's soccer - State champion (1987), State runner-up (2003)
- Football - State semifinalist (2004)
- Track and Field - Regional qualifier (4*100 Relay) (2006)
- Cross country - Regional qualifier (2005)
- Women's soccer - State semifinalist (2006)
- Tennis - State champion (1973, 1984,1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2002)
- Water Polo - State runner-up (1996)
- Basketball - State runner-up (1991)
Arts
The school has a highly competitive music program with state finalists in TMEA's Honor Band competition and regularly has several All-State musicians.