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Thomas Jefferson High School (Dallas)

Thomas Jefferson High School
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Address
4001 Walnut Hill Lane
Dallas, Texas 75229
United States
Coordinates 32°52′50″N 96°50′43″W / 32.88056°N 96.84528°W / 32.88056; -96.84528Coordinates: 32°52′50″N 96°50′43″W / 32.88056°N 96.84528°W / 32.88056; -96.84528
Information
Type Public
Motto No mountain too high, No ocean too wide, Reaching our goals with Patriot Pride.
Established 1956
School district Dallas ISD
Principal Sandi Massey
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1,514 (2014-2015)
Color(s) Columbia blue and Cardinal red
         
Athletics conference UIL
Mascot Patriot
Newspaper The Reveille
Website
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Thomas Jefferson High School, also known as TJ High School, is a public high school in Northwest Dallas, Texas (USA) that serves grades 9-12. The school is part of the Dallas Independent School District and is classified as a 5A school by the UIL. The school is named after the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson.

Until 1972, the (Confederate) Rebel served as school mascot and the Confederate Battle Flag was a recognized school emblem. The negative associations of both symbols led to a change following desegregation of Dallas schools in the early 1970s. In the 2005-06 school year, the school celebrated its 50th anniversary.

In 1987 John Kincaide, the athletic director of DISD, said that the district is prepared to allow Jefferson to be reclassified by the University Interscholastic League (UIL) from athletic class 5A to athletic class 4A; the UIL had the possibility of demoting the school to athletic class 4A as part of its biannual reclassification.

Jefferson serves several sections of Dallas, including a portion of Walnut Hill, Walnut Hill Lane and the adjacent residential area, the apartment complexes along the Webb Chapel Extension, the Love Field neighborhood, and The Creeks of Preston Hollow. It serves a portion of the Preston Hollow area.


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