This is a overview of our school as of 2014-2015.

1. Jefferson Davis High School
Media Magnet for Culinary Arts and Hotel Management
Houston Independent School District
1101 Quitman, Houston, Texas 77009
Phone: 713-226-4900 Fax: 713-226-4999
www.houstonisd.org/davishigh
CEEB# 443380
District and Community
Houston ISD, with more than 202,000 students and encompassing 301 square miles within greater Houston, is the seventh-largest public-school system in the nation and the largest in Texas. HISD is among the largest employers in Houston, with approximately 29,255 full and part-time employees. Most HISD personnel are assigned to schools and deliver services directly to students on a day-to-day basis. Its schools are dedicated to giving every student the best possible education through an intensive core curriculum and specialized, challenging instructional and career programs. The district is extremely diverse with the following ethnic student breakdown: 63% Hispanic, 25% African American, 8.2% White and 80% economically-disadvantaged.
The School
Jefferson Davis High School was founded in 1925. Our Motto this year is “Make It Happen”. We have introduced more tracks in our magnet program, and have partnered with non- profits and businesses to support our students in being academically and socially prepared to be leaders. Today, the students are 89% Latino, 9% African American, and 1% other. 96% of the students are classified as economically disadvantaged and 73% at risk. We are a Power-Up School, meaning we are integrating technology into how we do everything, and all students will receive personal laptops in January.
Fine Arts Program
Band: Marching Band, Jazz #1, Jazz #2, Symphonic Band, Concert Band
Mariachi: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced
Orchestra: Beginner & Advanced
Choir: Piano, Glee Club, Choir
Art: AP Art Studio, Art Car
Dance: Drill Team, Ballet Folklorico
Theatre Arts: UIL One Act Play, Advanced Theatre
Comm App: Prose/Poetry Interpretation, Informative/Persuasive Speaking, Lincoln Douglas Debate
Media Magnet for Culinary Arts and Hotel Management
Our Magnet Program allows our students to declare a “focus area” from three strands: Culinary Arts, Digital Media, Audio-Visual Production and Hotel Management. These areas offer our students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in these career fields.
Digital Media:
9th Principles of Information Technology
10th Digital Media
11th Web Technologies
12th Research in IT
Audio-Visual Production
9th Principles of Audio Visual
10th Audio Visual Production
11th Advance A/V Production
12th Practicum in Audio Visual
Culinary Arts Strand:
9th Principles of Hospitality and Tourism
10th Restaurant Management
11th Culinary Arts
12th Practicum in Culinary Arts
Hotel Management:
9th Principles of Hospitality and Tourism
10th Hotel Management
11th Hospitality Services
12th Practicum in Hospitality Services
School Profile
2014-2015
School Administration
Julissa Alcantar-Martinez, Principal
Victor Okoli, 12th grade Principal
Brent Rumbo, 11th grade Principal
Carlos Martinez, 10th grade Principal
Duane Clark, 9th grade Principal
Rebecca Wells, Dean of Instruction
Joy Moran, 12th Grade Counselor
Sandra Rios, Counselor, A-L
Martha Martinez, Counselor, M-Z
Halee Porter, Magnet Coordinator
Alpa Sridharan, College Access Director
Fallon Savoie, College Access Coordinator
Alex Adam, College Advisor, AdviseTX
Gabriela Pulido, Registrar

2. Honors (PreAP) and Advanced Placement Courses
Davis offers eleven Honors courses (PreAP) and twenty-three AP courses. Enrollment is open to all students in their first year, however; subsequent PreAP and AP courses depend on academic performance and faculty recommendations. There are no limits on the number of PreAP and/or AP courses a student can enroll in each year. Students taking an AP class are required to take the AP test in May; AP tests are paid for by the district.
PreAP
AP
Macroeconomics
Algebra I
English I
Art
Music Theory
Algebra II
English II
Art History
Physics 1 & 2
Art
French III
Biology
Psychology
Biology
Geometry
Calculus, AB & BC
Spanish Language and Literature
Chemistry
Spanish III
Chemistry
Statistics
World Geography
English Language & Literature
Psychology
Environmental Science
U.S. Government
French Language
U.S. History
Human Geography
World History
Community Partnerships
Admiral Corporation
AdviseTX
Communities in Schools
DiscoverU
Doubletree Hotel Houston Downtown
Genesys Works
HCC Upward Bound
Hilton America and Post Oak Hotels
HISD Emerge
Jeff Davis Alumni Association
Jeff Davis Hispanic Alumni Association
LULAC Council #402
OneGoal Graduation
Posse Foundation
Project GRAD
State Farm Insurance
U.S. Armed Forces
Workforce Solutions
YoungLife
Grading Scale
Range
Honors
Regular
A= 90-100
5.0
4.0
B= 80-89
4.0
3.0
C= 75-79
3.0
2.0
D= 70-74
2.0
1.0
F= 0-69
0
0
TRANSCRIPT SYMBOLS
Q-Pre Adv Placement (honors pts)
P-Adv Placement (honors pts) 2013-2014 AP Scores Mus Theo Eng Lang Comp Eng Lit Comp Euro Hist Hum Geog Macr Econ US Gov Pol US Hist Worl Hist Calc AB Comp Sci A Stat Biol Env Sci Phys B Phys C: Mech Fren Lang Span Lang Span Lit Total Exams 5 7 7 4 1 1 27 4 33 3 11 3 1 4 6 1 1 1 28 10 66 2 41 16 1 4 2 19 18 2 1 3 3 1 1 15 4 131 1 4 83 47 12 7 34 33 89 51 26 3 20 15 15 10 2 451 Total Number of Exams 4 135 66 14 11 34 35 113 75 30 3 21 4 19 15 11 3 77 18 688
Class of 2014
Grade Distribution
Maximum
4.68
Top 25
3.186025
Top 50
2.5161
Top 75
1.96575
Minimum
0.9149
COLLEGE TESTING DATA
SAT MEAN SCORES:
Critical Reading: 371 Math: 413 Writing: 378
ACT MEAN SCORE:
16.8
PSAT MEAN SCORES:
Critical Reading: 35.3 Math: 36.9 Writing: 35.5