Oliver Wendell Holmes High School

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Oliver Wendell Holmes High School
Location
Oliver Wendell Holmes High School
San Antonio
,
Bexar County
,
Texas
78238

United States
Coordinates 29°27′56″N98°37′03″W / 29.46546°N 98.617371°W / 29.46546; -98.617371
Information
School type Public Secondary
Established1964
School district Northside Independent School District
SuperintendentBrian Woods
PrincipalAda Bohlken
Grades9 to 12
Enrollment2,561 [1]  (2022-23)
Color(s) Forest Green  
and Gold  
Athletics conference UIL AAAAAA
Mascot Huskies
Maximum Capacity3,000
Sports District28-6A
Magnet schools Northside School of Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship
Website Official Website

Oliver Wendell Holmes High School is a public high school that is part of the Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas. It was established in 1964 and is known for its circular architecture, in which several buildings are completely cylindrical. As with all Northside ISD schools, Holmes is named for a former or current United States Supreme Court justice, in this case Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. It is the parent school for Northside School of Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship, a magnet school in NISD.

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For the 2021-2022 school year, Holmes was given a "C" by the Texas Education Agency. [2]

Areas served by the school

Holmes serves a little more than 2,000 students in grades 9-12 from neighborhoods and subdivisions along the IH-410 Loop corridor. An additional 800-850 students (grade levels 9-12) are served by Business Careers High School, the "sister" magnet school of Holmes. The students at Business Careers count as part of Holmes, making the student population of Holmes almost 2,900.

During the 2006–2007 year, the Northside Board of Trustees changed the attendance zones of Earl Warren High School and Holmes, moving several neighborhoods from the Warren attendance zone to the Holmes attendance zone, to go into effect in 2007–2008. This added approximately 300 students to the school.

Programs offered

Holmes offers athletic programs sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League.

Holmes also offers most of the Academic UIL events, including Social Studies, Science, Current Issues, One Act Play, Computer Science, Band, Computer Applications, Calculator Applications, Literary Criticism, various speaking competitive events, and various journalistic competitive events, AFJROTC drill teams and core/unit. Business Careers students compete as part of the Holmes teams. The school has a dual credit college program in conjunction with Northwest Vista College where eligible students earn both high school and college credit for the same course.

In the 2007–2008 school year, The Husky Band received a Division 1 at UIL during marching season for their performance "Sketches of Spain. The Husky Band received a Division 1 at UIL during the 2009-10 marching season for "The Quest." During 2015-2016 they won their 5th straight 1st division with the program called "Genesis – A Simple Gift to Life." This was preceded by the band reaching the UIL state competition in 1999 under the direction of Dr. Abel Ramirez, as well as winning the 'Drums along the Medina' competition in that same year.[ citation needed ]

Members of the Holmes fine-arts programs have also been selected to participate in the Texas Music Educators Association’s (TMEA) All-State ensembles. All-State is the highest honor a Texas high school music student can receive. These musicians are commonly referred to as, “The best of the best”. According to the TMEA website, 1,830 students are selected through a process that begins with over 70,000 students from around the state vying for the honor to perform in one of 18 ensembles sponsored by the Band, Orchestra, and Vocal Divisions. A total of 56 individuals have been selected from Holmes by TMEA to perform in the aforementioned ensembles. The first Holmes All-State musician was Danny Armstrong (Percussion) in 1970 and, most recently, Ian Morrison (Flute) of the attached magnet school Business Careers High School in 2013 and 2014.

Academic Decathlon

In 1994, the Holmes Academic Decathlon won its first State Championship, defeating perennial state championship power J. J. Pearce High School from Richardson, Texas. Holmes then advanced to the 1994 United States Academic Decathlon National competition, finishing third overall, behind William Howard Taft High School of Woodland Hills, California and Mountain View High School of Mesa, Arizona. [3] Varsity student Diana Johnston, who was part of the Holmes Academic Decathlon team which won the State Championship in 1994 as stated above, would later go on to coach the Northside Health Careers High School Academic Decathlon team beginning the 2018-2019 school year. In the 2020-2021 school year, Dr. Diana Johnston led the HCHS Academic Decathlon Team to Nationals, where they won 1st place in the Medium School Online Division (the first Texas team to ever place in the online competition), 4th overall in competition, and other accolades.

Athletics

The Holmes Huskies compete in these sports: [4]

Notable alumni

Other schools on campus

The Northside School of Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship is a business and technology "school within a school" located on the campus of Oliver Wendell Holmes High School. Notable alumni include Darold Williamson (class of 2001; men's track and field gold medalist and anchor leg, 2004 Summer Olympics, 1,600-meter relay). [16]

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