История средней школы Амарилло: от основания до современности.

Amarillo High School is a school located in the city of Amarillo, Texas, United States and is one of four high schools in the Amarillo Independent School District and classified as a 5A school by the University Interscholastic League (UIL). In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.

Founded in 1889, Amarillo High School began in a converted courthouse which was outgrown and abandoned that same year. Moving to a larger building on Polk street served the schools needs until 1906 and yet another building was utilized until 1910. Construction of a permanent home was completed in 1910, also on Polk street near downtown. A much larger facility was completed nearby in 1922, and this facility was in use until a fire destroyed the entire school except for the gym in 1970.

Early in the morning of March 1, 1970, a Sunday, J. B. Putney, a custodian at First Baptist Church, traveled to work and saw the fire inside the school. He was the first person to report the blaze at 6:15 a. m. A fire raged through the building. It first began in a second story storeroom, caused by an overheated boiler below, and soon spread to damage nearly all of the structure and destroy most of the property inside. Several courageous students arrived on the scene first and began removing textbooks, trophies, class gifts, art pieces and other artifacts from the burning building. Fortunately, no one was injured in the fire. The damage was estimated at the time to be nearly 2 million dollars. The approximately 1,700 Amarillo High School students spent the remainder of the year in makeshift classes set up in the facilities of the First Baptist Church and the Polk Street Methodist Church and the undamaged school gymnasiums and armory. The experience created a bond among the students, who were grateful not to be farmed out to another high schools in the area. Renovations in the burned out building accommodated students for the next three years until a new high school could be built.

One of the musical groups of AHS during the 1950s was the "Sandie Swingsters" who played for pep rallies, dances and other special events at AHS. Currently, the AHS Band performs at pep rallies, games, and other events. (N. B.: The first 'swing' band at AHS was actually called the "Dukes of Sandieland". It was formed in 1958 under the direction of William O. Latson.) Since then, the school has supported three string orchestras, two wind bands, a marching ensemble, and a combined orchestra.

Amarillo High School offers many diverse activities, in foreign languages, fine arts, community services, and athletics, including drama club, student council, Spanish club, Latin club, French club, band, orchestra, choir, key club, Ken club, Junior Statesmen of America, National Honor Society, FCCLA, math club, science bowl, international forum, soccer, football, baseball, swimming, bowling, golf, wrestling, Frisbee club, shirt club, and other curricular and extracurricular activities.

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