McCallum High School

Not to be confused with McCollum High School.

A.N. McCallum High School

Address
5600 Sunshine Drive Austin, Texas Austin, Travis 78756 United States
Information
Opened	1953
School district	Austin Independent School District
School number	512 414-2519
Principal	Michael Garrison
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,729 (2015^[1])
School color(s)	Royal Blue and Gray
Athletics conference	UIL
Mascot	Knight
Nickname	MAC
Team name	The Knights, Lady Knights
Publication	Excalibur (Literary Magazine)
Newspaper	The Shield
Yearbook	The Knight
Website	mccallumhs.com

A. N. McCallum High School is a public high school in Austin, Texas, United States.

McCallum, the second oldest high school in the Austin Independent School District, opened in 1953 to relieve growth in north and northwest Austin. Named after AISD's first high school superintendent, A.N. McCallum, the school strives to reflect the initiatives and achievements of its namesake.

In 1994, McCallum motioned to make its campus the home of AISD's Fine Arts Academy. Currently, the Fine Arts Academy is open to all students in AISD who wish to attend, given that they are accepted following an admissions process. Current fine arts strands include visual arts, dance, theatre (acting/performance and technical), cinematic arts, voice, and instrumental music (band, orchestra, classical guitar, and collaborative piano). The Fine Arts Academy was recently named the 2015 Grammy Foundation's National Signature School, the lone recipient out of thousands of fine arts high schools in the country.

History

In 1956 the first African-American student began attending McCallum as part of desegregation; a total of 13 black students attended white high schools in AISD at that time.^[2]

Feeder Patterns

McCallum feeder schools include Kealing Middle School and Lamar Middle School.

Notable alumni

Kristian House, Professional Cyclist - British National Champion in 2009
Robbie Beckett, Major League Baseball pitcher and 1st round draft of the San Diego Padres in 1990 ^[3]
Matt Belisle, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies (1998) ^[4]
Gordon Bethune, Continental Airlines CEO (1958)
LCDR Barry Cooke, a 1973 graduate of McCallum H.S. and a U.S. Naval aviator who was shot down and killed during Operation Desert Storm in 1991.^[5]
Tom Kite, PGA golfer ^[6]
Timothy Kopra, NASA astronaut (1981) ^[7]
Austin Nichols, actor and star of the HBO series John from Cincinnati ^[8]
Joseph Caro-Mata, x4 University of Texas at Austin class A Intramural basketball champion as part of the Lone Star Tallboys.
Wiley Wiggins, actor and star of Dazed and Confused ^[9]
Zoe Graham Boyhood

References

↑ "Overview: McCallum High School". Austin Independent School District.
↑ "Five Decades of Social Change: A Timeline." Austin Public Library. Retrieved on June 6, 2016.
↑ Maher, John. "Wild Thing mellows out." Austin American-Statesman. February 18, 1996.
↑ Duffey, Gene. "McCallum High's Belisle now pitching for Reds." Austin American-Statesman. April 10, 2005.
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↑ Lemon, Del. "Refined line Allen, on constant quest for better swing, gets help from Kite." Austin American-Statesman. May 10, 1990.
↑ NASA biography of Timothy Kopra
↑ Cantu, Rick. "OFF THE BEATEN PATH." Austin American-Statesman. January 20, 2006.
↑ Osborn, Claire. "McCallum junior takes `Dazed' fame in stride." Austin American-Statesman. October 7, 1993.

External links

Class Reunion pages

Austin ISD

High Schools	Akins Anderson Austin Bowie Crockett Eastside Memorial LASA LBJ Lanier McCallum Reagan Travis

Middle Schools	Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders Bailey Bartlett Cocke Bedichek Burnet Covington Dobie Fulmore Garcia Gorzycki Kealing Lamar Martin Mendez Murchison O. Henry Paredes Pearce Small Webb

Elementary Schools	Allan Allison Andrews Baranoff Barrington Barton Hills Becker Blackshear Blanton Blazier Boone Brentwood Brooke Brown Bryker Woods Campbell Casey Casis Clayton Elementary School Cook Cook Cunningham Davis Dawson Doss Galindo Govalle Graham Gullett Harris Hart Highland Park Hill Houston Jordan Joslin Kiker Kocurek Langford Lee Linder Maplewood Mathews McBee Menchaca Metz Mills Norman Oak Hill Oak Springs Odom Ortega Volma Palm Patton Pease Pecan Springs Perez Pickle Pillow Pleasant Hill Read Reilly Ridgetop Rodriguez Sanchez Sims St. Elmo Summitt Sunset Valley Travis Heights Walnut Creek Widen Williams Winn Wooldridge Wooten Zavala Zilker

Alternative Schools	Secondary Alternative Learning Center Clifton Career Dev. School Garza Independence High Rosedale School Primary ACES Alternative Center For Elementary Students Rosedale School

Performing, creative, and visual arts high schools in the United States

California	Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (Los Angeles) Oakland School for the Arts San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts

Florida	New World School of the Arts (Miami)

Illinois	Chicago High School for the Arts Chicago Academy for the Arts

Indiana	Wirt-Emerson Visual and Performing Arts High Ability Academy (Gary)

Maryland	Baltimore School for the Arts

Massachusetts	Boston Arts Academy

Michigan	Detroit School of Arts

New York	Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School (New York City) High School of Art and Design (New York City)

Ohio	Cleveland School of the Arts

Pennsylvania	Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush (Philadelphia) Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School

Texas	Austin School for the Performing and Visual Arts Fine Arts Academy at McCallum High School (Austin) High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Houston) Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Dallas)

Former schools	Wilmer-Hutchins Performing Arts High School (Dallas) The High School of Music & Art (New York City)

Coordinates: 30°19′33″N 97°43′49″W / 30.32583°N 97.73028°W / 30.32583; -97.73028

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