Americas High School

Americas High School
Americas High School
Address
	12101 Pellicano Drive; El Paso, Texas; United States
Coordinates	31°43′47″N 106°16′38″W / 31.729601°N 106.277359°W
Information
Type	Public High School
Established	1996
School district	Socorro Independent School District
Superintendent	Nate Carman
Principal	Nancy Torres
Faculty	175.5
Teaching staff	142.83 (FTE)
Grades	9th - 12th
Enrollment	2,535 (2018–19)
Student to teacher ratio	17.75
Campus	Urban
Color(s)	Red, Blue, White, Gold
Slogan	Education is the key to your future
Mascot	Travis the Trailblazer
Nickname	Trailblazers
TEA Rating	Academically Acceptable
Website	https://www.sisd.net/americashs

Americas High School is a high school in El Paso, Texas, United States.

History

Americas High School first opened its doors in September 1996. In order to cause minimal disruption to area high school students, the school's first classes consisted of 7th, 8th, and 9th graders. The second year, 7th grade was dropped and 10th grade was added. The 3rd year, the 8th grade was dropped and Americas was considered a standard Texas high school. The school's first graduating class was in 2000. The school gained magnet school status with the addition of Libertas, an academy for government, law and public administration.^[3]

Students

Americas High School is mostly composed of Hispanic students, with a mixed minority of Caucasians and African Americans.^{[citation needed]}

Campus

The Americas High School campus is on a 35-acre site and includes 132 classrooms, a library, computer lab, cafeteria, theater, athletic fields, and two gymnasiums.^[4]

The school's main building is arranged in an "L" shape consisting of 3 main hallway pods and 2 smaller hallways at either end. Each of the three main pods have two floors with classrooms on either end of a diamond shaped hallway. The second floor of each pod opens in the center to reveal the first floor. Additional classrooms have been added to the main building by filling in the space in the center on the first floor of each pod.

Like the other high schools in the Socorro Independent School District, there is not a stadium located on campus. Due to the Texas UIL realignment announced in 2013, as of 2014 Americas is a 6A school. Track/swim meets and football/soccer games are played at the SISD Student Activities Complex. A grass field is located on campus for freshmen football games and as a parade field for the NJROTC. A second grass field is used primarily for the placekickers. A concrete band practice field is in the middle of the "L". This field is also used as a marching pad for the NJROTC.

Academics

The Americas High School Libertas Academy is one of the Advanced Academic Programs offered by Socorro ISD and is geared towards students who wish to pursue a career in government and public administration or law. Along with the high schools newest edition of the Trailblazers Early College which helps student earn an associate degree while still attending regular high school.

Notable alumni

Orlando Garcia (class of 2014), professional baseball player for the SF Giants Organization
Elia Esparza (class of 2010), contestant on NBC's The Voice and ABC's American Idol
Darell Hernáiz (class of 2019), major league baseball player for the Oakland Athletics
Khalid (class of 2016), singer-songwriter^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "AMERICAS H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "2006-07 Campus AEIS Report". AEIS Reports. Texas Education Agency. 2008. Archived from the original on July 9, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2008.
^ "Libertas / Libertas".
^ "2011 School Report Card" (PDF). Americas High School.
^ Acosta, Dave. "The story behind Khalid's climb up the music charts". USA TODAY. Retrieved September 29, 2017.

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