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Burleson High School
Burleson High School is a four-year public high school consisting of grades 9–12 located in Burleson, in the U.S. state of Texas, and is part of the Burleson Independent School District. History In 1901, Burleson's first school, the Red Oak Academy, was constructed. In 1909, the building was destroyed by fire. The State of Texas granted a charter for an independent school district, and the citizens of Burleson voted to construct a new school. By 1910 the new school was opened, on what is now the old Nola Dunn Campus. The school was later torn down and a new high school was constructed in the 1960s. In 1997, a new, larger campus was built for the high school. It was built at 100 John Jones Road, but the street name later changed to Elk Drive. Notable alumni * Kyle Burns – drummer, Forever the Sickest Kids *Kelly Clarkson – Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter, ''American Idol'' season 1 winner, and daytime talk show host *Jonathan Cook – singer, Forever the Sickes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burleson Independent School District
Burleson Independent School District is a public school district based in Burleson, Texas ( USA). The district was founded in 1909 by the citizens of Burleson. In addition to Burleson, the district also serves Briaroaks, Cross Timber, Fort Worth, Rendon, and a small portion of Crowley. Most of Burleson ISD is in Johnson County, but a small portion is in Tarrant County. In 2009, the school district was rated " academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. = Academics Students in Burleson typically outperform local region and statewide averages on standardized tests. In 2015-2016 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results, 81% of students in Burleson ISD met Level II Satisfactory standards, compared with 77% in Region 11 and 75% in the state of Texas. The average SAT The SAT ( ) is a standardized test widely used for college admissions in the United States. Since its debut in 1926, its name and Test score, scoring have changed se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalen Kitna
Jalen Kitna (born March 22, 2003) is an American football quarterback for the UAB Blazers. He previously played for the Florida Gators. Early life and high school Kitna is from Tacoma, Washington and attended Waxahachie High School in Waxahachie, Texas before transferring to Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix, Arizona after his freshman year. He then transferred to Frisco High School in Frisco, Texas before finally transferring to Burleson High School in Burleson, Texas for his senior season and after his father was hired as the head football coach there. Kitna originally committed to Boston College before decommitting and switching his commitment to Florida. College career Kitna began his college football career at Florida in 2021, using a redshirt in 2021, then playing four games in 2022. He was dismissed from Florida's roster in December 2022 following his arrest. In December 2023, he committed to play for UAB. On November 2, 2024, he threw for 404 yards and six touchdo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stacy Sykora
Stacy Denise Sykora (born June 24, 1977) is an American retired volleyball player. She was a two-time All-American at Texas A&M University and she competed in both the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 and the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004 Olympics as part of the United States women's national volleyball team, U.S. women's national team. She made her third Olympic appearance at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Olympics, helping Team USA to a silver medal. Sykora won the gold medal with her team at the 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix, 2001 and 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix. Early life Sykora was born in Fort Worth, Texas, to Ed Sykora and Sherian Richards. She was raised in Burleson, Texas, Burleson (a Fort Worth suburb) with her two older sisters, Kim and Keri. As a student at Burleson High School, Sykora dreamed of becoming an Olympic athlete, but was unwilling to choose between volleyball, basketball, and track and field. After graduating from high school, she accepted a scholarship to play vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and the highest professional level of American football in the world. Each NFL season begins annually with a NFL preseason, three-week preseason in August, followed by the NFL regular season, 18-week regular season, which runs from early September to early January, with each team playing 17 games and having one Bye (sports), bye week. Following the conclusion of the regular season, seven teams from each conference, including the four division winners and three Wild card (sports), wild card teams, advance to the NFL playoffs, playoffs, a single-elimination tournament, which culminates in the Super Bowl, played in early February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kody Russey
Kody Ray Russey (born May 14, 1998) is an American football lineman who is a free agent. He played college football at Louisiana Tech from 2016 to 2020 and then transferred to Houston for 2021. He was signed by the Patriots as an undrafted free agent in . College career Russey was rated as a three-star recruit by 247Sports and signed with Louisiana Tech on February 3, 2016. He redshirted as a true freshman in 2016. In 2017, he played in all 13 games with 10 starts, being selected to the Conference USA all-freshman team. He started all 13 games in 2018 and was an All-Conference USA honorable mention. For the 2019 season, he once again started all 13 games and was All-Conference USA honorable mention. Russey started all 10 games in the 2020 season, shortened by COVID-19, and was selected all-conference and to the C-USA Football All-Academic Team. Following the season, he transferred to Houston. He played his last year there, starting all 14 games at center while being team captai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nebraska Cornhuskers Football
The Nebraska Cornhuskers football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference. Nebraska has played its home games at Memorial Stadium (Lincoln), Memorial Stadium since 1923 and Nebraska Cornhuskers football sellout streak, sold out every game at the venue since 1962. Nebraska is among the most storied programs in college football history and has the eighth-most all-time victories among FBS teams. NU has won forty-six conference championships and five College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS, national championships (1970 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, 1970, 1971 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, 1971, 1994 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, 1994, 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, 1995, 1997 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, 1997), along with seven unclaimed national titles. Its 1971 and 1995 teams are considered among the best ever. Heism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dylan Raiola
Dylan Anthony Raiola (born May 9, 2005) is an American college football quarterback for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He was one of the top ranked prospects in the 2024 recruiting class. Early life Raiola was born on May 9, 2005 in Hawaii. He began his high school career at Burleson High School in Burleson, Texas, where he passed for 3,341 yards, 32 touchdowns, and five interceptions, while also rushing for nine touchdowns. After the season, Raiola transferred to Chandler High School in Arizona, where during his junior season, he passed for 2,435 yards, 22 touchdowns, and had 5 interceptions. Raiola transferred to Buford High School (Georgia) for his senior season. Raiola was an consensus top 10 recruit in the 2024 class by the major recruiting services. In May 2022, Raiola committed to play at Ohio State, but in December he decided to reopen his recruitment. In January 2023, Raiola announced his top four schools, which were Georgia, Nebraska, Oregon, and USC, and ultimately anno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Life As Liz
''My Life as Liz'' is a mockumentary-style American comedy television series that centers on the life of Liz Lee, a misfit high-school senior living in a small town in Texas. The series debuted on MTV on January 18, 2010. The first-season finale aired on March 8, 2010. Filming for the second season began early 2010 in New York City, mostly at Pratt Institute, the college which series star Liz Lee attends. Season two premiered February 8, 2011, and consisted of 12 episodes. The series was not renewed for a third season, and the series finale aired on May 3, 2011. Genre ''My Life as Liz'' uses the camera-work and editing typical of reality television. The show hints at Liz living in a small country-like town where her individuality is constantly threatened. The Texas city Liz lives in is a rapidly growing city of over 35,000 residents. The ''Los Angeles Times'' asserts that the show "is quasi-reality—real people, in their real environment, leading lives that are being in some wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kelly Clarkson Show
''The Kelly Clarkson Show'' is an American daytime television variety talk show hosted by Kelly Clarkson. It is produced and distributed by NBCUniversal Syndication Studios and features Clarkson interviewing celebrities and segments about "everyday people". Clarkson opens the program with "Kellyoke", a musical performance of a cover version of various songs requested by a member of her audience, and ends with her participating in an activity with her guests. "Kellyoke" classic was introduced in the third season, where Clarkson performs her own songs that were not released as singles. Cameo-oke was introduced in the sixth season, musical guests will perform at the beginning of the show. The series premiered on September 9, 2019, in first-run syndication, with NBC Owned Television Stations serving as its main affiliate base. For the first four seasons, filming took place at the Universal Studios Lot in California. Starting in the fifth season, the show moved production to 30 Roc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burleson, Texas
Burleson ( ) is a city in Johnson and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a suburb of Fort Worth. At the 2010 census it had a population of 36,690, and in 2019 it had an estimated population of 48,225. By the 2020 census, its population grew to 48,132 with a 2024 census-estimated population of 57,625. History The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, known as "the Katy", extended its service from Denison to Waco. In 1880 the segment from Fort Worth to Alvarado was being laid out, and a midway depot was needed. Grenville M. Dodge, representing the railroad, purchased land for the depot and a town surrounding it from Rev. Henry C. Renfro at the site of what is now called "Old Town" Burleson. As part of the agreement, Renfro named the town "Burleson", in honor of his teacher Rufus Columbus Burleson, the president of Baylor University. The first lot was sold on October 10, 1880, the date now considered the city's "founding day". The Burleson Post Office opened in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Idol
''American Idol'' is an American Music competition, singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle (company), Fremantle North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America. It aired on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox from June 11, 2002, to April 7, 2016, for 15 seasons. It was on hiatus until March 11, 2018, when a revival of the series began airing on American Broadcasting Company, ABC. It started as an addition to the ''Idol (franchise), Idol'' format that was based on ''Pop Idol'' from British television, in which the programme's Pop Idol series 1, first series, which was won by Will Young, ended over four months before the show began, as it later became one of the most successful shows in the history of Television in the United States, American television. The concept of the series involves discovering recording stars from unsigned singing talents, with the winner determined by American viewers using phones, In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious and significant awards in the music industry in the United States, and thus the show is frequently called "music's biggest night". The trophy depicts a gilded gramophone, and the original idea was to call them the "Gramophone Awards". The Grammys are the first of the Big Three networks' major music awards held annually, and are considered one of the four major annual American entertainment awards with the Academy Awards (for films), the Emmy Awards (for television), and the Tony Awards (for theater). The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, to honor the musical accomplishments of performers for the year 1958. After the 2011 ceremony, the Recording Academy overhauled many Grammy Award categories for 2012. The 67th Ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
