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McCallum High School

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Opened
  
1953

Principal
  
Michael Garrison

Enrollment
  
1,729 (2015)

Phone
  
+1 512-414-2519

Number of students
  
1,729

School number
  
512 414-2519

Grades
  
9-12

School color(s)
  
Royal Blue and Gray

Mascot
  
Knight

Founded
  
1953

McCallum High School

Address
  
5600 Sunshine Dr, Austin, TX 78756, USA

District
  
Austin Independent School District

Athletics conference
  
University Interscholastic League

Similar
  
Anderson High School, Reagan High School, Liberal Arts and Science, LB Johnson Early Coll, Crockett High School

Profiles

2016 mccallum high school band region uil


A. N. McCallum High School is a public high school in Austin, Texas, United States.

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McCallum, the second oldest high school in the Austin Independent School District, opened in 1953 to relieve growth in north and northwest Austin. Named after AISD's first high school superintendent, A.N. McCallum, the school strives to reflect the initiatives and achievements of its namesake.

In 1994, McCallum motioned to make its campus the home of AISD's Fine Arts Academy. Currently, the Fine Arts Academy is open to all students in AISD who wish to attend, given that they are accepted following an admissions process. Current fine arts strands include visual arts, dance, theatre (acting/performance and technical), cinematic arts, voice, and instrumental music (band, orchestra, classical guitar, and collaborative piano). The Fine Arts Academy was recently named the 2015 Grammy Foundation's National Signature School, the lone recipient out of thousands of fine arts high schools in the country.

Mccallum high school marching band 2016 westlake finals


History

In 1956 the first African-American student began attending McCallum as part of desegregation; a total of 13 black students attended white high schools in AISD at that time.

Feeder patterns

McCallum feeder schools include Kealing Middle School and Lamar Middle School.

Notable alumni

  • Kristian House, Professional Cyclist - British National Champion in 2009
  • Robbie Beckett, Major League Baseball pitcher and 1st round draft of the San Diego Padres in 1990
  • Matt Belisle, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies (1998)
  • Gordon Bethune, Continental Airlines CEO (1958)
  • LCDR Barry Cooke, a 1973 graduate of McCallum H.S. and a U.S. Naval aviator who was shot down and killed during Operation Desert Storm in 1991.
  • Tom Kite, PGA golfer
  • Timothy Kopra, NASA astronaut (1981)
  • Austin Nichols, actor and star of the HBO series John from Cincinnati
  • Wiley Wiggins, actor and star of Dazed and Confused
  • Zoe Graham Boyhood
  • References

    McCallum High School Wikipedia