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Skyline High School

7777 Forney Rd., Dallas, TX 75227

Phone: (972) 502-3400
Fax: (972) 502-3401
lorubio@dallasisd.org

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School Scorecards Information 2008-2009

English

Harold Wright
Principal

Cynthia Thomas, Maria Soto-Galindo, Cynthia Drake, Barmas Benton, John Jackson, Sheldon Ballatt, Jennifer Reyman, Pamela Twymon, George Ramphrey
Assistant Principal(s)

Sharon Davis
Associate Principal-Teaching and Learning

Grade levels:
9-12

Motto/Mission:
Our mission is to empower our students with the knowledge, skills, integrity, and work ethic to prepare them for life in a globally competitive market. MOTTO: "Unity in Effort...Pride in Result"

School colors: Columbia Blue and Scarlet Red

Mascot: Raiders

Enrollment: 4,587

Number of teachers: 280

Hours/Bell schedule: Building opens-8:15 a.m.; Teachers arrive-8:30 a.m.; First bell-8:45 a.m.; First/Fifth periods-9 a.m.-10:35 a.m.; Second/Sixth periods-10:41 a.m.-12:11 p.m.; Third/Seventh periods-12:17 p.m.-2:26 p.m.; A Lunch-12:17 p.m.-12:41 p.m.; B Lunch-12:46 p.m.-1:16 p.m.; C Lunch-1:21 p.m.-1:51 p.m.; D Lunch-1:56 p.m.-2:26 p.m.; Fourth/Eighth periods-2:32 p.m.-4 p.m.

Trustee district: District 9

Learning Community:
East Secondary -
Regina Jones

Other Contacts

Librarian:
(972) 502-3486

Counselor:
(972) 502-3445

Clinic:
(972) 502-3465

Programs and Activities

Special programs:
Career Development Center (22 clusters), Poetry Club, Skyline Book Club, Girl Scout Troop #3090, National Hispanic Month Celebration

After-school programs:
TAKS Preparation Tutoring, Extended School (afternoons and Saturday)

Extracurricular activities:
Skyline Tribune, Academic Decathlon, Academic Octathlon (9th and 10th grades), Speech and Debate Team, Mock Trial

Parent Involvement

Dad's Club, PTA, Site-Based Decision Making Committee

The Skyline tradition for greatness began with the shared visions of B.J. Stamps, the first high school principal, and Gene Davenport, the first Career Development Center Principal. They were very involved in all aspects of the school's planning process. During construction of the campus, they were surveying the most ambitious project in the history of the DISD. While discussing their future plans for the school, they stopped on the second floor hallway between the B building and the Main Building. As they stood looking out of the window, they could see the familiar view of the Dallas skyline. This was when they decided that Skyline would be the perfect name for the nation's first magnet school.