Glenda Dawson High School Explained

Glenda Dawson High School
Motto:"Some Fly, We Soar"
Address:2050 Cullen Blvd
Zipcode:77584
Country:USA
Coordinates:29.5736°N -95.3528°W
Principal:Erin Hamman[1]
Type:Public
Grades:9-12
Mascot:Eagle
Yearbook:Into the Light
Colors:
Red, White, Blue
Enrollment:2,557 (2022–23)
Ratio:18.01
Staff:141.97

Glenda Dawson High School (DHS) is a public high school in Pearland, Texas, United States. It is a part of the Pearland Independent School District serving grades 9 through 12. In 2014, the school was awarded a national rank of 1,165th by U.S. News & World Report, which puts it in the silver medal category. U.S. News & World Report ranks it 106th in Texas and 895th nationally. For the 2021-2022 school year, the school was given an "A" by the Texas Education Agency.[2]

History

Dawson, which opened in fall 2007, relieved students from the over-crowded Pearland High School. Dawson serves sections of Pearland, sections of Brookside Village, and unincorporated areas (including Silverlake).[3] [4] The school was named after former Texas Representative Glenda Dawson, who taught for 34 years at Pearland High School. The groundbreaking ceremony occurred on August 1, 2007, with the school opening for the start of the 2009–10 school year. In fall 2007, the current Pearland Ninth Grade Center was converted into a temporary Dawson High School for two years; it served 9th and 10th graders the first year and 9th, 10th, and 11th graders in the second year.

Dawson High School's mascot is the Eagles, the same mascot as Pearland's Challenger Elementary School. Dawson's school colors are red, white, and blue.

The school was originally designed to house about 2,000 students.[5] On March 8, 2013, the school had 2,110 students. By 2013 the growing enrollment meant that the school could be reclassified into a higher University Interscholastic League (UIL) ranking, affecting the placement of its athletic teams.[6] The district estimated that enrollment at Dawson would reach 2,500 by 2021. In 2015 Pearland ISD administrators told members of the PISD board of trustees that they may want to have another bond election in 2016.[5] In November 2016, the bond passed.

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

The Dawson Eagles compete in these sports[7]

Feeder patterns

The following elementary schools https://web.archive.org/web/20070925175145/http://www.pearlandisd.org/pisd/support_doc/zones_07-08_Elem.pdf feed into Dawson - https://web.archive.org/web/20070925175333/http://www.pearlandisd.org/pisd/support_doc/high_school_zoning.pdf

The following middle schools feed into Dawson - [8]

The following junior high schools feed into Dawson - [9]

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. "https://www.pearlandisd.org/Page/3415." Glenda Dawson High School. Retrieved on September 27, 2014.
  2. Web site: TEA . . 14 March 2024.
  3. "Silverlake+HOAs+Full+Res.jpg." Silverlake. Retrieved on January 24, 2010.
  4. "High School Zoning ." Pearland Independent School District. Retrieved on January 24, 2010.
  5. Nix, Kristi. "Pearland ISD officials: Overcrowding at Dawson could open door to 2016 bond election ." Houston Community Newspapers. Thursday September 17, 2015. Retrieved on June 16, 2016.
  6. "Enrollment growth expected to push Dawson High School into 5A classification." Houston Chronicle. Tuesday March 26, 2013. Retrieved on June 16, 2016.
  7. http://www.theathleticsdepartment.com/schools/Pearland-Dawson/ The Athletics Department
  8. Web site: Archived copy . 2007-06-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070925175039/http://www.pearlandisd.org/pisd/support_doc/zones_07-08_MS.pdf . 2007-09-25 .
  9. Web site: Archived copy . 2007-06-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070925175226/http://www.pearlandisd.org/pisd/support_doc/zones_07-08_JH.pdf . 2007-09-25 .
  10. News: Maines. Don. Final shows set for Dawson's 'Woods'. Houston Chronicle. 2014-09-03. 2022-11-17. Alyah Scott, 17 and a senior….