School of Science and Engineering

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School of Science and Engineering
Address
School of Science and Engineering
1201 East Eighth Street

Dallas
,
Texas
75203

United States
Coordinates 32°45′08″N96°48′24″W / 32.7522°N 96.8068°W / 32.7522; -96.8068
Information
Type Public, Secondary
MottoSEM...where the possibilities are endless!
Founded1982
School district Dallas Independent School District
PrincipalJoshua Newton
Faculty26 [1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment490 (2022-23) [2]
Color(s) Maroon  
MascotEagle
USNWR rankingNo. 13 (2018) [3]
Trustee dist. 5, Lew Blackburn [4]
Website www.dallasisd.org/semagnet
Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center, which houses this school Oak Cliff September 2016 17 (Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center).jpg
Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center, which houses this school

The School of Science and Engineering Magnet (known as the School of Science and Engineering or SEM) is a magnet college preparatory high school located in the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center, home of six magnet high schools in the Dallas Independent School District. SEM's mascot is an eagle, however, some students would prefer if it was a tardigrade. Its school colors are maroon and white. Its current principal is Joshua Newton. Past principals include Dr. Andrew Palacios, Tiffany Huitt (who was promoted to DISD Executive Director), Jovan Carisa Wells, and Richard White.

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Academics

On admission, each student is placed into one of three math and science "tracks" based on their performance in previous mathematics courses and a special placement test—a Regular Track, a Fast Track, and a Super Fast Track. Each track is paced differently and completes a different number and difficulty of math and science courses.

SEM stresses a philosophy of hands-on science education, and specializes in offering science, technology, engineering, and mathematics courses. Its mathematics courses range in complexity from Geometry and Pre-AP Algebra II (the lowest-level courses offered) to AP Calculus BC, AP Stats, and its own unique Advanced Topics of the Theory of Applied Mathematics (A.T.T.A.M.) course. Science courses range from basic-level courses such as Pre-AP Biology to higher-level courses such as AP Physics C and AP Chemistry. Of special note is SEM's unique "SuperLab" class, a laboratory-based course which combines the material of both AP Physics C and AP Chemistry. Tech courses that instruct students in Computer Science concepts and the Java programming language are also available in the form of AP Computer Science P and A.

Recognition

In both 2005 [5] and 2011, [6] SEM has received the Blue Ribbon School award by the U.S. Department of Education.

SEM was ranked as second best high school in the United States in 2007 according to the survey "The 1200 Best Public High Schools in the USA", it was eighth in 2006 and sixth in 2005. In 2007, SEM was ranked as the 18th best public high school in America by U.S. News & World Report. [7]

The College Board announced that SEM is number 1 in the world for passing minorities in Calculus AB and number one in the United States for passing Hispanics in Computer Science. In 2006, SEM was visited by President George W. Bush for excellence in education and the school's philosophy of emphasizing math and science, [8] [9] something he stressed in his 2006 State of the Union address. The school consistently ranks number one in D Magazine's Best Public High Schools in Dallas and has been named the Academic UIL District Champion for District 9-5A and 11-5A in 2006 and 2007 respectively.

In 2011, SEM was ranked the number 1 high school in America by the Washington Post. [10] The school was also ranked number 1 in the Newsweek list of America's Best High Schools. [11] In 2012, it was ranked the number one high school in the North Texas area by Children at Risk, a research and advocacy institute dedicated to helping children:

In 2018, SEM was ranked as the 13th best public high school in America by U.S. News & World Report. [3]

In 2019, SEM was ranked as the number 1 best public high school in Texas by the U.S. News & World Report. SEM also ranked 12th place as the best public high school in America.

Extracurricular activities

Due to rules and regulations involving magnet schools, SEM has no sports teams (although students may participate in those of their home schools). However, it does provide a wide variety of extracurricular activities and UIL teams:

SEM won the AAAAA individual UIL Computer Science event at the UIL State competition in Austin, Texas in 2001, and also won the AAAAA team UIL Computer Science competition in both 2000 and 2001. SEM also won the 2012 and 2013 Academic UIL Region 2 5A competition. At the 2015 UIL State competition in Austin, SEM put up the highest team score in UIL Calculator Applications in all of Texas. In recent years, SEM has consistently placed 1st in AAAA (4A) in UIL and TMSCA Number Sense and General Math, as well as often placing either 1st or 2nd in UIL/TMSCA Calculator Applications and UIL Computer Science.

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