Newman Smith High School

History

In the early 1970s, enrollment at R.L. Turner High School had passed 3,000 students, so a site near Josey Lane and Jackson Road was acquired for a second campus. The new facility opened in the fall of 1975, housing eighth and ninth grade students living north of Belt Line Road. During the second year, the school housed ninth and tenth grade students. The third year the school housed eighth through eleventh grade. And the fourth year, the school housed eighth through twelfth grade students. The first graduating class was 1979, with students attending four years, and the class of 1980 had attended five years.

In 1981 the eighth grade classes were moved to the newly completed North Carrollton Junior High School (now Dan F. Long Middle School) and an auditorium and second cafeteria were added. Newman Smith's student population grew rapidly in the 1980s and 1990s as new housing developments were built in north area of Carrollton. To relieve the overcrowding, Smith's boundaries were adjusted in 1988, moving approximately five-hundred students who lived south of Jackson and Keller Springs roads back to R.L. Turner, which had excess capacity at the time.

By the mid-1990s enrollment at Newman Smith was nearing 3,000 students and construction began on Creekview High School, the district's third. It was opened in the fall of 1998 and Smith's southern attendance boundary was moved back to Belt Line Road. The northern boundary was set along the newly opened President George Bush Turnpike. Today, Newman Smith High School serves all students from Ted Polk Middle School, as well as some students from DeWitt Perry and Dan F. Long Middle Schools.

Newman Smith also admits any students within the district If they would like to join the International Business Academy.

Achievements

In 1998, Newman Smith High School was selected as a United States Department of Education New American High School and Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. The school received a Special Award For Art Education from the National Endowment For The Arts in 1998. In 2002–03, NSHS was selected to become a member of the Texas Pathfinder Collaborative (Texas Mentor School Program). In 2003, the Trojans received a three-star rating for academic excellence from Texas Monthly magazine. Newman Smith High School was selected as one of "America's Best High Schools" by the Washington Post and Newsweek Magazine in 2003–04, 2004–05, and 2005–06. Newman Smith High was ranked No. 549 out of the top 1,000 US Schools in 2005–2006.

Source: D Magazine "Best High School" ranking for 2005–06 (#20 out of 109 ranked DFW Metroplex Schools)

Sports

Basketball

District Champs: 2009

Bi-District Champs: 2009

NBA Players

NCAA Players of Note

Football:

Bi-District Champs: 1983, 2009, 2010

Area Champs: 2009, 2010

Region Semifinal: Runner-Up 2009, 2010

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"Soccer"

NCAA players

Bryan Thompson - SMU Bryn Blalack - Texas A&M University Pablo Gentile - Florida International University Diego Gentile - Texas A&M International

Professional soccer Hiroaki Tsujikami - Kashiwa Reysol - Japan (J-League) Bryn Blalack - Atlanta Beat - USA (WUSA) Pablo Gentile - Miami Fusion (MLS) Syracuse Salty Dogs (A-League)

Tennis: NCAA Division II

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Baseball:

District Champs: 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006

Bi-District Champs: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010

Ret. Numbers: 17-Fred Howard: Head Coach 1984–2002

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Notable alumni