Awards & Recognitions
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- Named to National Center for Educational Achievement (NCEA's) list of 2011 Higher Performing Schools for Texas
- Named to Texas Monthly’s “Best Public Schools” list, 2006
- Named to Children at Risk's Top 10 Houston-Area High Schools, 2006, 2007
- Named to Newsweek’s Top 1,200 High Schools national list, 2006
- 25 National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists, 3 National Hispanic Scholars, 1 National Achievement Scholarship semi-finalist, 2006
- Two first-place championship teams, American Computer Science League All-Star Contest, 2006
- Culture Shapers Visual Art Contest, 2nd place finalist, 2006
- Via Colori High School Art Contest, honorable mentions, 2006
- National Scholastic Writing Competition - Gold Key Award, Silver Key Award, American Voices Award, 2006;
- Regional Competition - 4 Gold Keys and a Trustees Award, 2006; 2 Gold Keys & 1 Silver; 2007 Regional Scholastic Art - 2 Gold Keys, 2007
- First-place finishers in physics and engineering, Science and Engineering Fair of Houston, 2006
- 8 Texas All-State musicians in band, choir, orchestra, 2007
- Gold medalists in State Science Olympiad Tournament, 2006
- Fund for Teachers recipient, 2005
- National Academic Decathlon championship, 1997, 2000;
- Girls soccer, second in state, 2000, 2001
- UIL state team tennis championship, finalist, 1995, 1996, 2000; semi-finalist, 1988, 1991, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- TCEA state Programming championship, runner-up, 2004, 2006, 2007
- HP Code Wars champions 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
State Champions
- UIL 6A state boys track discus champion 2018
- UIL 6A state boys track shot put champion 2018
- UIL 5A state music solo/ensemble champions, 2000
- National Academic Decathlon state championship, second place in nationals, 1998, 1999, 2001
- UIL 5A state team tennis championship, 1997, 1998, 2002
- UIL 5A state boys singles tennis champion 2014
- UIL 5A state girls doubles tennis champions 1992, 2008, 2011
- UIL 5A state boys doubles tennis champions 1985, 2001, 2002
- UIL 5A state boys swimming and diving championship, 2001, 2003
- UIL 5A state girls wrestling championship, 2006
- UIL 5A state girls soccer championship 2006
- UIL 5A state Academic championships, 2004, 2007
- UIL 5A state Academic Social Studies champions, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011
- UIL 5A state Academic Spelling champions, 2011
- UIL 5A state Academic Current Issues & Events individual silver medalist, 2008
- UIL 5A state Academic Computer Science champions 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007
- UIL 5A state Academic Science champions, 2004
- TCEA state Programming champions 2005, 2008
- Texas FFA State Entomology Champions 2015, 2018
- Texas FFA State Floriculture Champions 2013
- Texas Forensics Association Lincoln Douglas Debate - Top Speaker in State 2018
National Champions
- National Academic Decathlon national champions, 1997, 2000
- Pacesetter Dance Team, MA Dance national champions, 2011, 2013, 2015