Alamo Heights High School is a public high school located in the city of
Alamo Heights, Texas
Alamo Heights is a city in Bexar County, Texas, Bexar County, Texas, United States, that is surrounded by the city of San Antonio. At the time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of Alamo Heights was 7,357. It is part ...
and classified as a 5A school by the
University Interscholastic League
The University Interscholastic League (UIL) is an organization that creates rules for and administers almost all athletic, musical, and academic contests for public primary and secondary schools in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the largest organ ...
. Alamo Heights is the only high school in the
Alamo Heights Independent School District. During 20222023, Alamo Heights High School had an enrollment of 1,606 students and a student to teacher ratio of 13.37.
[ The school received an overall rating of "B" from the ]Texas Education Agency
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is the branch of the government of Texas responsible for public education in Texas in the United States. for the 20212022 school year.
Athletics
The Alamo Heights Mules compete in the following sports:
Cheerleading, Volleyball, Cross Country, Football, Basketball, Swimming, Diving, Soccer, Golf, Tennis, Track, Baseball & Softball.
State Titles
*Boys Basketball -
**1952(3A), 1954(3A)
*Football -
**2006(4A/D1)
*Boys Golf -
**1950(City), 1956(2A), 1963(4A), 1964(4A), 1965(4A), 1968(4A), 1970(4A)
*Boys Soccer -
**1987(All), 2012(4A)
*Girls Golf -
**2023(5A), 2024(5A), 2025(5A)
*Girls Swimming -
**1973(3A), 2014(4A)
*Team Tennis -
**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 -
**2016(5A), 2017(5A), 2019(5A), 2020(5A)
Notable alumni
Actors/Producers
* Dayna Devon
Dayna Devon (born March 20, 1970) is an American journalist.
Biography
Devon is a native of San Antonio, Texas, and a graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio. She began her broadcast journalism career as the weekend anchor at KTSA- ...
, class of 1988, is a former TV host of the syndicated show- ''EXTRA''.[
* Brenda Marshall, actress][ ]
* Ross Richie, class of 1988, comic book publisher and founder of Boom! Studios
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.
* Peter Weller
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He has appeared in more than 70 films and television series, including ''RoboCop'' (1987) and its sequel ''RoboCop 2'' (1990), in which he played RoboCop ( ...
, class of 1965, is an actor in movies such as RoboCop
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.[
]
Architects
* Robert Hammond, class of 1988, co-founder and the executive director of Friends of the High Line.
Authors/Journalists
* Marie Brenner, class of 1967, is an author, investigative journalist, and writer-at-large for ''Vanity Fair'' magazine.
* Rick Riordan
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, class of 1982, is a San Antonio
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-based novelist of the Tres Navarre mystery series for adults and ''The New York Times
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'' bestselling Percy Jackson series for children.[
]
Baseball
* Billy Grabarkewitz, class of 1964, former MLB player
* Davey Johnson
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, class of 1961, former manager of MLB's Washington Nationals and 3 time World Series winner as coach & player
* Forrest Whitley, MLB pitcher with the Houston Astros
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Basketball
* Ben Lammers, professional basketball player
Biochemist/Biologist
* Angela Belcher, attended, is the Director of the Biomolecular Materials Group at MIT
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.
* William H. Cade, class of 1964, Animal Behaviorist, Othroperist, President Emeritus of the University of Lethbridge.
Educator
* Light Townsend Cummins, class of 1964, is the official State Historian of Texas.
Fashion Designer
* Marisol Deluna, class of 1985, is an American fashion designer.
Football
* Patrick Bailey
Patrick Bailey (born May 29, 1999) is an American professional baseball catcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball at North Carolina State University, and was selected 13th overall by the Gian ...
, class of 2004, former linebacker for the Tennessee Titans
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and won a Super Bowl
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with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2009.[
* Chase Clement, class of 2004, was a quarterback for the ]Las Vegas Locomotives
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and won the UFL's 2010 Championship Game
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taking home the game MVP trophy.
Inventors
* "Tito” Beveridge, class of 1979, founder of Tito’s Vodka
* Bette Nesmith Graham
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, inventor and founder of Liquid Paper
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Military
* Kara Hultgreen, class of 1983, (D. 1994), first female carrier-based Navy fighter pilot.
* Michael A. Nelson, class of 1955, (1937–2024), Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force.
Musician
* Arthur Barrow
Arthur Barrow (born February 28, 1952) is a multi-instrumental musician, best known for his stint as a bass guitar player for Frank Zappa in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Early life
Barrow was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1952 and grew up in ...
, musician, composer, producer, and arranger. Played with Frank Zappa
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, Robby Krieger
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, The Doors
The Doors were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, comprising vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore. They were among the most influential and controversial rock acts ...
among others. Worked with Giorgio Moroder
Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (, ; born 26 April 1940) is an Italian composer and music producer. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Father of Disco", Moroder is credited with pioneering Euro disco and electronic dance music. His work ...
on Top Gun
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and other soundtracks.
* Christopher Cross
Christopher Cross (born Christopher Charles Geppert; May 3, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
He won five Grammy Awards for his eponymous debut album released in 1979. The singles "Sailing" (1979), and " Arthur's Theme (Best ...
, class of 1969, is a recording artist with ''Top 40'' hits including "Sailing" and "Arthur's Theme".
* Clay Tarver
Clay Tarver (born November 8, 1965, in San Antonio, Texas) is an American guitarist and writer. He was the co-showrunner and an executive producer of ''Silicon Valley (TV series), Silicon Valley''.
Biography
Music career
Tarver—who graduated f ...
, class of 1984, co-founder of the bands Chavez (band)
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Influenced by a wide variety of rock bands, including t ...
and Bullet LaVolta, screenwriter for the movie Joy Ride and Writers Guild of America
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* The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) is headquartered in New York City and is affiliated wit ...
award-winning Executive Producer of the HBO
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show Silicon Valley
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Politician
* Joe Straus
Joseph Richard Straus III (born September 1, 1959) is an American politician who served as the speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019. A Republican, he represented District 121, which comprises northeastern Bexar Count ...
, class of 1978, is a former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.
* Susan Weddington, class of 1969, state chairman of the Republican Party of Texas
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from 1997 to 2003
* Jeff Wentworth
Earl Jeffrey Wentworth (born November 20, 1940) is a Republican Party (United States), Republican former member of the Texas Senate from San Antonio, Texas, San Antonio. He represented Texas Senate, District 25, District 25 in the upper legislat ...
, class of 1958, served in the Texas Senate from 1993 to 2013 after tenure in the Texas House of Representatives from 1988 to 1993.
See also
* San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
''San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez'', 411 U.S. 1 (1973), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that San Antonio Independent School District's financing system, which was based on local property taxes, ...
References
External links
Alamo Heights High School
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Educational institutions established in 1909
Public high schools in Bexar County, Texas
1909 establishments in Texas