Anderson-Shiro High School

Anderson-Shiro High School is a public secondary school located in Anderson, Texas, United States and classified as a 3A school by the UIL. It is part of the Anderson-Shiro Consolidated Independent School District located in Grimes County, Texas. In 2017, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.[2]

Anderson-Shiro Jr./Sr. High School
Address
483 FM 149 West

Anderson
,
Texas
77830

United States
Information
School typePublic high school
School districtAnderson-Shiro Consolidated Independent School District
PrincipalDwayne Ross
Teaching staff39.80 (FTE)[1]
Grades6-12
Enrollment476 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio11.96[1]
Color(s)    Midnight Blue & White
Athletics conferenceUIL Class 3A
MascotOwl/Lady Owl
WebsiteAnderson-Shiro High School

Athletics

Anderson-Shiro High School participates in these sports - [3]

Cross Country, Football, Volleyball, Basketball, Golf, Track, Tennis, Baseball & Softball

State Titles
  • Baseball - [4]
    • 2006(1A)

State Finalist
  • Boys Basketball - [5]
    • 1996(1A)

Other school activities

Anderson-Shiro also has a Theatre class that performs during the spring semester, competes in UIL One-Act Play, and has an Art, Choir, a Band program, FFA, and FBLA.

The Choir program is exclusively Jr High currently, but there are plans to extend it to high school in the coming years.

The High school band program competes in UIL marching and Concert/Sight Reading competitions, with the most recent scores being 3 for Marching Band (2018-2019 school year) and 3 for Concert (2018-2019), and a 3 for Sight Reading (2018-2019). The Band also has individuals audition for the ATSSB All-State band, although it has not had a student to make it past All-Area (as of the 2018–2019 school year). The program currently (for the 2018–2019 school year) has 3 bands: Beginner Band; a band for 6/7th graders who are new to their instruments; Symphonic Band; a band for 7th graders; and Wind Ensemble; The High school band that has members from 7th grade to 12th grade (as of the 2018–2019 school year) which compete in the UIL and ATSSB events mentioned above. The Band Director is also looking to start a Jazz Band for the 2019–2020 school year.

The schools FFA chapter is very successful with having many people advance to state every year.

A chapter of FBLA was established during the 2018–2019 school year, but has had people advance to state in individual competition. The chapter also regularly volunteers for the local food pantry.

References
  1. "ANDERSON-SHIRO JR/SR H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  2. "2017 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on 2018-02-16.
  3. The Athletics Department
  4. UIL Baseball Archives Archived December 10, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  5. UIL Boys Basketball Archives Archived March 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine


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