William P. Clements High School, more commonly known as Clements High School, is a public high school in First Colony and in Sugar Land within the U.S. state of Texas that is named after former Texas governor Bill Clements, and is a part of the Fort Bend Independent School District. The school serves most of First Colony, and a portion of Telfair.
Clements High School has been recognized by Texas Monthly magazine in its list of the top of the southern high schools in the state of Texas. In US News magazine's 2015 ranking of United States high schools, Clements was ranked 666th out of 27,000 high schools nationwide. . In 2010 and 2011, Clements High School was rated Exemplary.
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History
Clements was occupied in 1983, making it FBISD's third comprehensive high school.
The school was named after William P. Clements. In 2009, Lee Crews, former head principal of both First Colony Middle School and Quail Valley Middle School, was named head principal of Clements. In 2011, Kenneth Gregorski, formerly of Crockett Middle School, was named head principal. In 2013, David Yaffie, formerly of Baines Middle School, was named head principal. He previously served as assistant principal in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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Academics
In 2014, Clements was ranked number 10 on the Best Math and Science High Schools in the Houston-Area list, and was listed as number 3 on the Best High Schools in the Houston-Area list. The average 2011 SAT scores were Critical Reading 559, Mathematics 608, and Writing 573. Clements is often recognized as one of the best high schools in the state of Texas, and has been ranked "Exemplary" by the Texas Education Agency for over 15 years.
Extracurricular activities
Clements High School hosted Texas French Symposium in 2011. The Clements High School Band is very successful. The concert bands consistently win sweepstakes in UIL concert season. The marching band advances to the UIL State Marching Contest every year eligible and places very well in marching contests across the state.
Clements participated in the 2016 National Science Bowl, finishing in third place with an all freshman team.
Clements's Science Olympiad team is the strongest in Texas (along with Liberal Arts and Science Academy and Seven Lakes High School), finishing sixth at Nationals in 2017.
Clements has the largest number of degrees in the National Speech and Debate Association East Texas District, making it a prominent speech and debate school. The school has gotten first at the Texas Forensic Association State Tournament in Public Forum Debate in 2009, in Congressional Debate in 2013, and in Public Forum Debate in 2015. In 2016, Clements was the runner up in Lincoln Douglas Debate at the Tournament of Champions.
Feeder patterns
The following elementary schools [3] feed into Clements [4]:
- Colony Bend
- Austin Parkway (partial)
- Colony Meadows
- Commonwealth (partial)
- Settlers Way (partial)
- Cornerstone
The following middle schools [5] feed into Clements:
- Fort Settlement (partial)
- First Colony (partial)
- Sartartia (partial)
Demographics
As of Spring 2015:
- American Indian/Alaskan Native 0.43%
- Asian 48.76%
- Black/African American 6.68%
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.12%
- White 30.14%
- Hispanic or Latino 11.28%
- 2 or more races 2.59%
Notable alumni
- Craig Ackerman - play-by-play announcer for NBA's Houston Rockets
- Chelsea Johnson - wrote and published book It Took 26
- Matt Albers - Major League Baseball pitcher, Washington Nationals
- Derek Carr - NFL quarterback, Oakland Raiders
- Jennifer Don - US Figure Skating national medalist, World Junior bronze medalist, National Champion of Taiwan
- Clay Helton - football head coach, USC
- Stacy Jones - singer, songwriter, guitarist for American Hi-Fi and musical director for Hannah Montana
- K.J. Noons - professional mixed martial artist, won inaugural EliteXC Lightweight Championship, UFC Welterweight
- Mark Quinn - Major League Baseball outfielder, Kansas City Royals
- Jon Schillaci - FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive, poet, child rapist
- Bryan Stoltenberg - lineman for NFL's San Diego Chargers, New York Giants, Carolina Panthers; member of 1995 College Football All-America Team
- Allison Tolman - actress, played Molly Solverson in FX television series Fargo
- Patrick Wang - actor, writer, director
- Kevin Wu - YouTube vlogger
References
External links
- Clements High School official website Alternate URL
- Clements High School Alumni Website
- Report from GreatSchools.net
- Clements Band Website
- Clements Orchestra Website
- Clements Theatre Website
- Clements Ranger Football Fans Website
- Academic
- Fort Bend Rangers Lacrosse Club
- Ranger Soccer
- information (PDF file)
- Clements High School NJROTC
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