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Louis D. Brandeis High School

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School type
  
Public high school

Principal
  
Dr. Geri Berger

Enrollment
  
2568  (2014)

Phone
  
+1 210-397-8200

Number of students
  
2,568 (2014)

Color
  
Orange & Navy Blue

Established
  
2008

Grades
  
9-12

Athletics conference
  
UIL Class 6-A

Mascot
  
Bronco

Founded
  
2008

Louis D. Brandeis High School

Address
  
13011 Kyle Seale Pkwy, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA

District
  
Northside Independent School District

Similar
  
Ronald Reagan High Sch, Antonian College Preparato, Communi Arts High School, Karen Wagner High Sch, Roosevelt High School

Louis d brandeis


Brandeis High School is a 6A public high school located in San Antonio, Texas (USA). It is part of the Northside Independent School District located in northwest Bexar County. All comprehensive high schools in the Northside Independent School District (NISD) are named for US Supreme Court Justices; in this case for Court Justice Louis D Brandeis. In 2013, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.

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Brandeis serves the Cross Mountain census-designated place.

Extracurricular activities

The school has Cross Country, Volleyball, Football, Basketball, JROTC, Swimming, Golf, Tennis, Track, Softball, Baseball, Soccer, Choir, Orchestra, Band and Bowling available as activities. NHS (National Honor Society), is a program also available to students who qualify based on grades, extra-curricular activities, service, and leadership.

The Broncos have a robotics team that competes in the FIRST Robotics Competition. The Bronc Botz robotics competition team includes four teams: FRC 3481, FTC 4602, FTC 4008, FTC 6976 and have been to the World Championships in the past three years in St. Louis, Missouri.

Brandeis High School has a notable orchestra program, directed by Kevin Garcia-Hettinger. Recently, the Brandeis Orchestra has entered the TMEA Honors Orchestra competition, ranking 11th overall in the state. In 2012, Brandeis submitted a recording of two selections to the international Midwest Clinic in Chicago, and was one of four chamber ensembles selected to perform there in December 2013.

Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC)

Brandeis High School's AFJROTC Program (TX-20083) has won several national and regional awards. Recently the Blue Aces Unarmed Drill Team won the title of 2015 Nationals Champions. The current Senior Aerospace Science Instructor (SASI) is Colonel Patrick Lopardi (USAF ret.) and The Aerospace Science Instructors (ASIs) are MSgt. Ken Madden (USAF ret.) and MSgt. James Mangiafico (USAF ret.).

References

Louis D. Brandeis High School Wikipedia