Apollo Junior High School

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Apollo Junior High School
Location
Apollo Junior High School
1600 Apollo Road

, ,
75081

United States
Coordinates 32°57′07″N96°41′41″W / 32.951892°N 96.694654°W / 32.951892; -96.694654
Information
School type Public school (government funded), Junior High School
StatusOpen
School district Richardson Independent School District
NCES District ID 4837020 [1]
NCES School ID 483702004122 [2]
AdministratorAn Tran
PrincipalYolanda Gaither
Faculty52.94(on full-time equivalent (FTE) basis) [2]
Teaching staff48.93 (FTE) [3]
Grades7-8
Age range12-14
Enrollment650 (2017-18) [3]
Student to teacher ratio13.28 [3]
Campus typeCity: Midsize [2]
MascotPanther
Team namePanthers
Feeder to Lloyd V. Berkner High School
Website schools.risd.org/ApolloJHS/
Apollo Junior High School aerial photograph. Apollo Junior High School-aerial.png
Apollo Junior High School aerial photograph.

Apollo Junior High School is a secondary school in Richardson, Texas. It is part of the Richardson Independent School District.

Contents

Apollo is one of two intermediate schools that feed L.V. Berkner High School. Founded in 1977, Apollo educates students in grades 7-8.

Its approximate annual enrollment is 800 students, nearly twice that of the Texas state average for middle schools. The student-teacher ratio is 16.5:1.

Accomplishments

The Apollo Junior High Band is the one out of two bands in the history of Texas to win the Texas Music Educators Association Honor Band Competition for three consecutive years of eligibility.

In 1998 and 2000, teachers at the school were the recipients of the Edyth May Sliffe Award for excellence in mathematics. [4]

Fine Arts Departments

Band

Source: [5]

The Apollo Junior High band is a combination of brass instruments, woodwind instruments, and percussion. Student have a chance to join the band program in 6th grade, but if they miss that opportunity they are not allowed to join in the future. Because of how many students chose to do band, and continue on to Apollo, and the high school L. V. Berkner High School the band program at Apollo is split into three bands, with an extra band reserved for people that are either not good enough to make any of the bands or have behavioral issues (This band usually only contains 4-7 people at a time). There is also a percussion only band. Percussion is also technically part of the other bands but percussion players get taught by the high school percussion director. The order of the bands is this:

Apollo Symphonic 4 is the only band that does not attend the yearly UIL competition, which is the standard end of year competition for most Texas secondary school bands. The band directors and their corresponding bands are:

Orchestra

Source: [6]

The Orchestra is composed of string instruments. It is a separate class from band but follows much of the same conventions. Students must join in the 6th grade or they will not be allowed to join in the future. The orchestra has less students than the band so it is only split into two orchestras. This is the order of the orchestras:

Both orchestras attend their yearly UIL competition. The Orchestra directors and their corresponding orchestras are:

Choir

Choir can be joined at any time during a students time at Apollo and is led by only one teacher, Ms. Sierra Johnson. It is separated into three choirs. This is the order of choirs:

Theater

The Apollo Theater Department is led by Ms. Sara Muir. It is organized into 4 classes in total. three classes being the non-competition theater troupe and one class being the competition theater troupe. Here is it visualized as a list like the rest of the fine arts sections:

Students must complete one year of Intro Theater to progress to Advanced Theater unless they get invited to Advanced Theater by the theater director.

Requirements

Most students at Apollo are required to take one year of a fine arts course to progress to High School.

Notable alumni

References

  1. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Richardson Isd". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 "Search for Public Schools - Apollo J H (483702004122)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 APOLLO J H
  4. www.maa.org Awards Archived February 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  5. https://www.apolloband.org/
  6. https://www.berknerorchestra.org/