James E. Taylor High School

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James E. Taylor High School, also known as Katy Taylor High School, is a public high school in Harris County, Texas, near the city of Katy. The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Katy Independent School District; it opened in 1979 and is rivals with Katy High School. Taylor High School is a Blue Ribbon School and has ranked among the best in graduation rates, SAT scores, college admittance, and AP scores in the nation. In 2008, the school was ranked as the 788th 'Best High School in the Nation' by Newsweek Magazine.

Namesake

Taylor High School is named after "Jimmy" Taylor, the former National FFA Organization advisor and agricultural teacher at Katy High School, who also served as the superintendent of Katy schools before retirement.

Awards and honors

Academics

*Academic Decathlon national champions: 1997, 2000
*5A Academic Decathlon state champions: 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001 (National runner-up 1998, 1999, 2001, third place 1995)
*UIL 5A Academics State Champions: 2004, 2007 (Runner-up 2005)
*National Science Bowl State Champions: 2006 (Runner-up 2004)
*1994-96 National Blue Ribbon School [ [http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf}] ]

Arts and literature

*UIL 5A Solo-Ensemble state champions: 2000
*Texas Music Educators Association High School Treble Honor Choir: 2000
*Regional Scholastic Writing Competition Gold Award: 2000 (2 winners)
*Regional Scholastic Writing Competition Pinson Award: 2000
*Ayn Rand Institute essay contest national runner-up: 2000
*UIL One-Act Play State Champions: 1982 and 1991
*Texas State Thespian Playwriting Contest winner: 2005
*Texas State Marching Band Competition: 2002
*Texas State Color Guard Competition: 2nd place in A class division, 2006, 3rd place in A class in 2007
*Winter Guard International World Competition: 11th place (2007) 3rd place (2003) and 10th (1995)
*Taylor Color Guard placed 11th at World Competition: 2007
*MA Dance Competition: 2nd Place in Nationals in 2005 by the Pacesetters

Athletics

*UIL 5A Baseball playoff appearances: 1986, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
*UIL 5A Men's soccer state runner-up: 2000
*UIL 5A Men's swimming state champions: 2001, 2003 (third place 2000 and 2006, fourth place 1994, 2002, 2004, and 2005)
*UIL 5A Tennis state champions: 1997, 1998, 2002 (state runner-up in 1999 and 2000). Reached Texas Final Four 13 years in a row dating from 1995 to the present.
*UIL 5A Women's soccer state champions: 2006 (runner-up: 2000, 2001)
*UIL 5A Women's softball state runner-up: 1999, 2001

Debate

*National Tournament of Champions runner-up: 1996 (third place 1997)
*UIL 5A state champions: 1995, 1996
*UIL 5A semifinalists: 2005, 2006, 2008
*Greenhill Classic national champions: 1996
*National Glenbrook Tournament sextofinalists: 2005 (ranked 27th in nation)
*NFL District Finalists: 2008
*UIL 5A State Poetry Interpretation 5th place finalist: 2007

cience and Engineering

*American Computer Science League - International Competition First Place: 2006
*Texas A&M Regional Science Bowl Champions: 2006 (runner-up 2004)
*UIL Science 5A State Champions: 2004
*UIL Computer Science 5A State Champions: 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007
*Future Business Leaders Association state champion: 1999
*Health Occupations Students of America state champion: 1989
*Westinghouse Science Talent Search Finalist: 1994

Other

*UIL 5A Lone Star Cup runner-up: 2000, 2001, 2002
*State nominee for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching: 1999

Notable alumni

Arts & Entertainment

*Renée O'Connor - actress, "Gabrielle" on ""
*Kimberly Caldwell - "American Idol" contestant, TV personality
*Janeane Garofalo - actress, comedienne, former radio show personality on "Air America Radio"
*Keith Klohn - Effects Technical Director, "Cars", "The Incredibles", "Finding Nemo", "Ice Age"
*Kady Malloy - "American Idol" contestant, season 7
* [http://www.katytayloralumni.com/FamousAlumni_Information.asp?ID=140 Tanya Michel] - "The Bachelor" contestant, season 4

Athletics

* [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/stats/mlb_individual_stats_player.jsp?playerID=341316 Trevor Enders] - former Major League Baseball player, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
* [http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Eugene%20Espineli&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=457910 Eugene Espineli] - professional baseball player for the San Francisco Giants
* [http://tulanegreenwave.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/hoover_bobby00.html Bobby Hoover] - college football tight end, Tulane Green Wave, 2001 Freshman All American
* [http://www.ogden-raptors.com/team/roster/?id=2724 John Meloan] - Major League Baseball player, Los Angeles Dodgers
* [http://www.katytayloralumni.com/FamousAlumni_Information.asp?ID=737&View=2 Cam Pepper] - college football player, NJCAA 1st Team All-American, helped lead University of Illinois to Big Ten Championship in 1990.
* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/S/Rodney-Steph.shtml Rodney Steph] - former professional baseball player, Indianapolis Indians, Cincinnati Reds Triple-A team
*Ryan Hay - former standout baseball player for Texas State Universityfact|date=August 2008

Newsweek Rankings

Newsweek Magazine annually compiles a list of "America's Top Public High Schools" and Taylor has been listed since its inception in 2003.
*2008: #788
*2007: #815
*2006: #656
*2005: #487
*2003: #377

Note: There was no list compiled in 2004.

Feeder patterns

Junior High Schools

Memorial Parkway Junior High and McMeans Junior High

Elementary Schools

Nottingham Country Elementary, Pattison Elementary, Memorial Parkway Elementary, Exley Elementary(Partial)

Enrollment trends

*2006-2007 School Year= 2,828
*2005-2006 School Year= 2,786
*2004-2005 School Year= 2,650
*2003-2004 School Year= 2,558
*2002-2003 School Year= 2,558
*2001-2002 School Year= 2,601
*2000-2001 School Year= 2,786
*1999-2000 School Year= 3,122
*1998-1999 School Year= 2,779
*1997-1998 School Year= 2,475
*1996-1997 School Year= 2,223
*1995-1996 School Year= 2,223
*1994-1995 School Year= 1,848
*1993-1994 School Year= 1,662
*1992-1993 School Year= 1,531
*1991-1992 School Year= 1,434
*1990-1991 School Year= 1,338
*1989-1990 School Year= 1,274
*1988-1989 School Year= 1,218
*1987-1988 School Year= 1,486

References

External links

* [http://kisdwebs2.katyisd.org/katywebs/Default.aspx?alias=kisdwebs2.katyisd.org/katywebs/campus/highschool/1863 Taylor High School Homepage]
* [http://taylororchestra.org/ Taylor Orchestra Website]
* [http://www.jetband.org Taylor Band Homepage]
* [http://www.taylorlacrosse.com Taylor Lacrosse]
* [http://www.taylorsoccer.com Taylor Soccer Homepage]
* [http://www.taylorplaymakers.com Taylor Theatre Homepage]