John Paul Stevens High School

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John Paul Stevens High School
Address
John Paul Stevens High School
600 North Ellison Drive

San Antonio
,
Bexar County
,
Texas
78251

United States
Coordinates 29°26′25″N98°41′08″W / 29.440332°N 98.685468°W / 29.440332; -98.685468
Information
Type Public Secondary
Established2005
School district Northside Independent School District
SuperintendentDr. John M Craft [1]
NCES School ID 483312010437 [2]
PrincipalRyan Purtell
Vice PrincipalWendy Reyes
Academic DeanTiffany Burrell
Assistant PrincipalJason Havrda
Johnny Fair
Christopher Lasko
Melissa Herrera
Moises Ochoa
Faculty165.76 (on an FTE basis) [2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,750 [2]  (2022–2023)
Student to teacher ratio16.89 [2]
Color(s)Red, silver and black
   
Athletics conference UIL Class AAAAAA
MascotFalcon
Sports District28-6A
Athletic CoordinatorAnthony Boykin
Website Official Website(www.runstevensrun.com)

John Paul Stevens High School located in the Seaworld area, is one of nineteen public high schools in the Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas, USA. [3] The campus is located near SeaWorld San Antonio. As with all Northside ISD schools, the school is named for a United States Supreme Court justice, in this case John Paul Stevens, who attended the school's dedication in 2005. [4]

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As of Fall 2023, the enrollment at Stevens is 2750 students, and middle schools that feed into Stevens are Pease Middle School and Vale Middle School.

History

In 1987, Pope John Paul II held mass on the site that later became Stevens High School. The service was part of his visit to San Antonio, and a monument sits near the school to commemorate the visit. [5] [6]

Stevens was built with funds from the voter approved 2001 Bond Issue. Designed by PBK Architects, it was built by Bartlett Cocke Contractors at a cost of $50 million. The 398,000-square-foot (37,000 m2), state of the art school building is two-story, and has an abundance of natural light. [7]

Athletics

The Stevens Falcons compete in the following sports: [8]

Notable alumni

Mykkele Thompson- Football- University of Texas and New York Giants

Elijah Garcia- Football- Rice University and Denver Broncos

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References

  1. ↑ Northside ISD Superintendent
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Search for Public Schools - Stevens High School (483312010437)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved November 5, 2024.
  3. ↑ e077256. "High Schools". www.nisd.net. Retrieved 2022-04-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ Northside ISD History: The 2000s
  5. ↑ "Celebratory events mark 25 years since papal visit". San Antonio Express-News . September 8, 2012. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
  6. ↑ John Paul II Mass Site Memorial
  7. ↑ Stevens High School: About Us
  8. ↑ The Athletics Department
  9. ↑ Rynell Parson LSU Bio
  10. ↑ "UTSA signee Marcus Davenport says, 'It's time to get to work'". Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
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