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David W. Carter High School

1819 W. Wheatland Road, Dallas, TX 75232

Phone: (214) 932-5700
Fax: (214) 932-5701
gdupree@dallasisd.org

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School Scorecards Information 2008-2009

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Gail David Dupree
Principal

Cecil Neal, Charles Starkes, Stonie Arbuckle
Assistant Principal(s)

Letrice Portley
Associate Principal-Teaching and Learning

Grade levels:
9-12

Motto/Mission:
Our mission at David W. Carter High School is to prepare students to compete both nationally and globally by providing them with a high-quality education, inspiring them to strive for excellence always, and graduating them with a solid foundation in basic knowledge and skills necessary to excel in every aspect of life in this rapidly changing and complex society.

Uniform colors

• Top:
  White shirts or blouses with a collar. Red shirts may be worn by seniors only.
• Bottoms:
  navy, khaki, and black pants skirts or capris, No Shorts allowed.

School colors: Columbia blue and Red

Mascot: Cowboy

Enrollment: 1,414

Number of teachers: 185

Hours/Bell schedule: 8:45 a.m.-3:45 p.m. Bell Schedule: First: 8:45-9:35 a.m.; second: 9:40-10:30 a.m.; third: 10:35-11:25 a.m., fourth: lunch ABC 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; fifth: 1:05-1:55 p.m.; sixth: 2-2:50 p.m.; seventh: 2:55-3:45 p.m.

Trustee district: District 6

Learning Community:
Superintendent's -
Leslie Williams

Other Contacts

Librarian:
Lucille Tate (214) 932-5757

Counselor:
Lynda Williams (214) 932-5712

Clinic:
Karen Pullen (214) 932-5759

Programs and Activities

Special programs:
Student council, National Honor Society, La Car Elite, step team, theater arts, PAL's, chess club, art club, Spanish club, math club, Junior ROTC.

After-school programs:
Before- and after-school tutoring, Saturday School, Big Brothers and Big Sisters program, TAKS tutoring, reconnection program.

Extracurricular activities:
Football, cross country, volleyball, boy's/girl's basketball, swimming, boy's/girl's track and field, softball, baseball, boy's/girl's soccer, tennis, golf.

Parent Involvement

Community Liaison: LaTanya Johnson PTA, Language Proficiency Advisory Committee, Community Action Committee, SBDM, Parent Advisory Committee

Major Awards and Honors

TEA recognized campus, A/B Honor Roll student awards, perfect attendance awards, outstanding student awards, faculty and staff perfect attendance awards, Teacher of the Year award

In 1965, Superintendent W. T. White decided to honor a particular school board member and renowned doctor, David Wendel Carter, by naming a new high school in the southwest part of Oak Cliff after him. Carter served on the DISD school board from 1925 to 1950. His 25 years of service gave him the destinction of serving longer than any other school board member. He was president of the school board from 1934 to 1950, and he also served on the State Board of Education. David Carter was born in Mexico City of missionary parents. He graduated from Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas. His medical degree was from Johns Hopkins. When he was discharged from the army in 1919, he came to Dallas. At Baylor University Medical Center, he became a specialist in internal medicine and was a pioneer in the use of insulin to treat diabetes.

Carter always had time to teach. He was professor of clinical medicine at Baylor from 1920 to 1943. In 1943 he moved to Southwestern Medical School. He also served as president of the Dallas County Medical Society.