LISD - The Colony High School

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4301 Blair Oaks
The Colony, TX 75056

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Phone: 469-713-5178
Fax: 972-350-9336

Principal: Becky MacDonald

The Colony High School was built in 1986. The school was designated as a Recognized campus from 1996-1999, and 2009, and was designated as an Exemplary school for the years 2000-2003. We are proud to be a recipient of a $265,000 Hewlett Packard Innovations in Education Grant. This grant enabled us to integrate academics with a business challenge: the design of an electric car. The Colony High School received Gold Performance Acknowledgments from the Texas Education Agency in 2008-09 for: College Ready Graduates, Recommended High School Program/DAP Class of 2008, Comparable Improvement in Reading/ELA, Commended on Social Studies, and Texas Success Initiative in ELA.

SCHOOL INFORMATION (Last updated May 2010)
BASIC DATA
School Hours	8:15 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Assistant Principals	Tim Baxter, Dan Coley, Angela Deaton, Nicole Jund and Clint Mosely
Counselors	Laura Thomas, Miki White, Leanne Cottrell, Annie Pittman and Cynda Wilson
Registered Nurse	Lisa Hutchinson
School Colors	Black and Gold
School Mascot	Cougars
Grades	9 through 12
Total Enrollment	1871
Ninth Grade	566
Tenth Grade	427
Eleventh Grade	460
Twelfth Grade	418
Average Class Size	27:1 (Core Subjects)
% of Attendance	95.12%
PTA President	Jan Partin
School Bus Transportation	School bus transportation is provided to all students living two or more miles from the school.
FACULTY DATA
Teacher Education Status
Bachelor's Degree	97
Master's Degree	41
Teachers by Years of Experience
Beginning	10
1-5 Years	39.7
6-10 Years	31.4
11-20 Years	36.1
Over 20 Years	26.7
Avg. Actual Teaching Experience	11.8 Years
Avg. Teaching Experience in LISD	6.7 Years
Avg. Teacher Salary	$51,552
Teacher of the Year	Elaine Porter
STUDENT DATA
Student Ethnicity
African American	10%
Hispanic	25.1%
White	56.9%
Other	8%

% of Students in Gifted Programs	11.2%
Texas Assessment of Knowledge & Skills
The Colony High School	Grade 9	Grade 10	Grade 11
Reading	95%	N/A	N/A
English/Language Arts	N/A	97%	97%
Mathematics	79%	89%	93%
Science	N/A	81%	93%
Social Studies	N/A	93%	98%
Lewisville ISD	Grade 9	Grade 10	Grade 11
Reading	97%	N/A	N/A
English/Language Arts	N/A	96%	98%
Mathematics	91%	87%	94%
Science	N/A	80%	94%
Social Studies	N/A	96%	99%
TCHS Students Seeking Higher Education
4-Year College	36%
2-Year College	40%
Technical School	3%
Military Service	1.5%
Other/Undecided	6%
OUTSTANDING PROGRAMS
Advanced Placement Academic Courses (English, Math, Science, Social Studies, Foreign Language and Fine Arts) Access to vocational/career classes at Dale Jackson Career Center & Career Center East Learning Enrichment Academic Program (LEAP) PSAT/SAT Preparation SAT Improvement Project TAKS Preparation Classes ESL (English as a Second Language) Special Needs classes to meet individual differences Art Program Inclusion Classes JROTC Drill Teams/Color Guards/Cadet Challenge Team National Honor Society Foreign Language Clubs History Club Teen Leadership Class Theater Arts Drill Team, Color Guard Athletic Programs Accelerated Block Scheduling Dyslexia Program Tutorial Program Orchestra Band Music Theory AVID (Advanced Via Individual Determination) HELP (Helping Educate Learners Program) Newspaper Yearbook $265,000 HP Innovations Education Grant
COURSE OFFERINGS
Art, Athletics, Business, English, Language Arts, Spanish, French, German, Latin, Health, Physical Education, Industrial Arts, Journalism, JROTC, Mathematics, Band, Choral, Science, Social Studies, Special Education, Speech/Debate, Theatre Arts, Computer Education, Vocational.