The first Allen High School, built in 1910 at the corner of Belmont and Cedar, was a two-story brick building housing six classrooms and an auditorium, and saw the first graduating class of eight students in 1914.
The second Allen High School was established in 1959 on land donated by Mr. Harris Brown on the corner of Jupiter and Main Streets.[5]
August 1999 saw the opening of Allen High School "2000," a new facility (at the corner of Greenville and Rivercrest) which opened to 2,200 students in grades 10 through 12. The former high school was converted into the Becky Lowery Freshman Center, named in honor of a former middle school teacher and school counselor. In 2018, the building was partly demolished and replaced with a new building on an adjacent plot of land on Greenville Ave. The southernmost part of the school was renovated into the Dillard Special Achievement Center, while the northern section became a parking lot. The football stadium still stands. The new building started serving grade 9 students during the 2018–19 school year, and had an enrollment of 1,634 in 2015–16.[6] A major expansion of the school was completed in 2011. This expansion included a new 1,500 seat performing arts center, an expansion of band hall space and a Career and Technology Education center featuring a student-managed restaurant open to the public, a student-managed apparel store with student-designed items, multiple new Mac labs, Mac-equipped rooms for the photojournalism, yearbook, commercial photography, audiovisual, radio, and newspaper classes as well as learning-classrooms for the medical education programs. The final expansion was completed in 2018. This expansion included an auxiliary gymnasium and expanded fine arts hall. This expansion also included renovations to the gymnasium, cafeteria, library and classrooms which include "huddle spaces" for collaborative learning.
Location
Freshman Center (9): 368 N Greenville Ave, Allen, TX 75002
Main campus (10–12): 300 Rivercrest Blvd. Allen, TX 75002
Academics
Allen High School offers the
International Baccalaureate program to its students, with the class of 2002 being the first to graduate
Full Diploma. AHS also provides Advanced Placement, Dual Credit, and elective courses. AP course enrollment at AHS is 52%.[7]
Allen uses a modified block schedule, utilizing five standard periods per day. Tenth grade students are required to be present for four of these, while juniors and seniors are only required to attend three.
For over twenty years, the Allen Eagles football team has been one of the top high school football programs in Texas, qualifying for post season play in every season from 1999 to 2023. During this time,
the team has won five state championships (2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017), appeared in ten final fours (2003, 2006, 2008, 2012-2018), won 16 district titles in a row (2006-2021), and achieved a won-loss record of 234-28 in the 19 seasons from 2004 through 2022.[10] Thirteen players from Allen have made their way to play professionally in the
NFL.[11]
Due to the program's popularity and student population, the school was authorized, via an approved April 2009 referendum, to build an 18,000-seat stadium for the team. The stadium cost nearly $60 million, and opened for the 2012 football season.[12][13] It is the fifth largest high school stadium in the state, but the largest designed for the use of only one team. The facility houses a weight room, wrestling practice facility, and indoor golfing facility.[14]
2014 - Scholastic Clay Target Program overall national champions[citation needed]
Band
The Allen Escadrille claims to be the country's largest high school
marching band, with a membership of over 800 students. They perform at pre-game and halftime of all Allen varsity football games, participate in Texas UIL competitions, and perform in parades and at other venues. The band was invited to perform in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in
Honolulu, Hawaii, in 2009, and performed in the 2006 and 2016
Rose Parades in
Pasadena,
California. The band received the
Sudler Shield Award from the
John Philip Sousa Foundation in 2004.[citation needed] The band won the 4A State Marching Band Competition two years in a row, 1987 and 1988.[citation needed]
Notable performances:
1994 St. Patrick's Day Parade in
Dublin, Ireland (the only high school band chosen to play at the Dublin Lord Mayors Ball)[citation needed]
2011 - 1st place in Culinary at the Texas ProStart Competition in Austin, TX.[30] 17th place at the National ProStart Competition.[citation needed]
2011 – Named a Grammy Signature Gold School,[31] recognizing Allen as a U.S. public high school making an outstanding commitment to music education during an academic school year.
2011–2012 - Chorale Choir was invited to perform at the
Texas Music Educators Association's annual convention. A recording of their performance was published om Spotify in 2012.[32] The TMEA event invites by audition only the top 5 schools in the state.[citation needed]
News Media - The broadcast program, KGLE 3 Teen News. Between 1996 and 2006, the program was awarded five first places, two-second places, and one-third place in Best of Shows at the
National Scholastic Press Association's biannual competition.[citation needed] It has also been a five-time
Pacemaker finalist.[citation needed] The KGLE program includes a radio broadcast.
Orchestra - The orchestra was invited to perform at The International
Midwest Clinic and Convention in 2006.[33]
Photography - Association of Texas Photography Instructors (ATPI) Top Program Contests
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The first Allen High School, built in 1910 at the corner of Belmont and Cedar, was a two-story brick building housing six classrooms and an auditorium, and saw the first graduating class of eight students in 1914.
The second Allen High School was established in 1959 on land donated by Mr. Harris Brown on the corner of Jupiter and Main Streets.[5]
August 1999 saw the opening of Allen High School "2000," a new facility (at the corner of Greenville and Rivercrest) which opened to 2,200 students in grades 10 through 12. The former high school was converted into the Becky Lowery Freshman Center, named in honor of a former middle school teacher and school counselor. In 2018, the building was partly demolished and replaced with a new building on an adjacent plot of land on Greenville Ave. The southernmost part of the school was renovated into the Dillard Special Achievement Center, while the northern section became a parking lot. The football stadium still stands. The new building started serving grade 9 students during the 2018–19 school year, and had an enrollment of 1,634 in 2015–16.[6] A major expansion of the school was completed in 2011. This expansion included a new 1,500 seat performing arts center, an expansion of band hall space and a Career and Technology Education center featuring a student-managed restaurant open to the public, a student-managed apparel store with student-designed items, multiple new Mac labs, Mac-equipped rooms for the photojournalism, yearbook, commercial photography, audiovisual, radio, and newspaper classes as well as learning-classrooms for the medical education programs. The final expansion was completed in 2018. This expansion included an auxiliary gymnasium and expanded fine arts hall. This expansion also included renovations to the gymnasium, cafeteria, library and classrooms which include "huddle spaces" for collaborative learning.
Location
Freshman Center (9): 368 N Greenville Ave, Allen, TX 75002
Main campus (10–12): 300 Rivercrest Blvd. Allen, TX 75002
Academics
Allen High School offers the
International Baccalaureate program to its students, with the class of 2002 being the first to graduate
Full Diploma. AHS also provides Advanced Placement, Dual Credit, and elective courses. AP course enrollment at AHS is 52%.[7]
Allen uses a modified block schedule, utilizing five standard periods per day. Tenth grade students are required to be present for four of these, while juniors and seniors are only required to attend three.
For over twenty years, the Allen Eagles football team has been one of the top high school football programs in Texas, qualifying for post season play in every season from 1999 to 2023. During this time,
the team has won five state championships (2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017), appeared in ten final fours (2003, 2006, 2008, 2012-2018), won 16 district titles in a row (2006-2021), and achieved a won-loss record of 234-28 in the 19 seasons from 2004 through 2022.[10] Thirteen players from Allen have made their way to play professionally in the
NFL.[11]
Due to the program's popularity and student population, the school was authorized, via an approved April 2009 referendum, to build an 18,000-seat stadium for the team. The stadium cost nearly $60 million, and opened for the 2012 football season.[12][13] It is the fifth largest high school stadium in the state, but the largest designed for the use of only one team. The facility houses a weight room, wrestling practice facility, and indoor golfing facility.[14]
2014 - Scholastic Clay Target Program overall national champions[citation needed]
Band
The Allen Escadrille claims to be the country's largest high school
marching band, with a membership of over 800 students. They perform at pre-game and halftime of all Allen varsity football games, participate in Texas UIL competitions, and perform in parades and at other venues. The band was invited to perform in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in
Honolulu, Hawaii, in 2009, and performed in the 2006 and 2016
Rose Parades in
Pasadena,
California. The band received the
Sudler Shield Award from the
John Philip Sousa Foundation in 2004.[citation needed] The band won the 4A State Marching Band Competition two years in a row, 1987 and 1988.[citation needed]
Notable performances:
1994 St. Patrick's Day Parade in
Dublin, Ireland (the only high school band chosen to play at the Dublin Lord Mayors Ball)[citation needed]
2011 - 1st place in Culinary at the Texas ProStart Competition in Austin, TX.[30] 17th place at the National ProStart Competition.[citation needed]
2011 – Named a Grammy Signature Gold School,[31] recognizing Allen as a U.S. public high school making an outstanding commitment to music education during an academic school year.
2011–2012 - Chorale Choir was invited to perform at the
Texas Music Educators Association's annual convention. A recording of their performance was published om Spotify in 2012.[32] The TMEA event invites by audition only the top 5 schools in the state.[citation needed]
News Media - The broadcast program, KGLE 3 Teen News. Between 1996 and 2006, the program was awarded five first places, two-second places, and one-third place in Best of Shows at the
National Scholastic Press Association's biannual competition.[citation needed] It has also been a five-time
Pacemaker finalist.[citation needed] The KGLE program includes a radio broadcast.
Orchestra - The orchestra was invited to perform at The International
Midwest Clinic and Convention in 2006.[33]
Photography - Association of Texas Photography Instructors (ATPI) Top Program Contests
^
abcdef"ALLEN H S". School Directory Information. National Center for Education statistics.
Archived from the original on May 29, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2024.