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Jefferson Davis High School is a secondary school located at 1101 Quitman in the Near Northside neighborhood of Northside, Houston, Texas with a ZIP code of 77009. It was named after Jefferson Davis, the only president of the Confederate States of America. The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District. The mascot of Davis is the panther. The school also has a Hotel and Restaurant Management magnet program. ==History== Michael Alvarado the son of Christine Goebel had 30 sacks in a season .In 1993, project GRAD (Graduation Really Achieves Dreams) was founded at Davis High by former Tenneco CEO James Ketelsen. The program provides scholarships to students as incentive to complete high school and enroll in college. During that year, Davis High School abolished its six class per day scheduling and adopted block scheduling with a total of eight classes and four classes per day.〔"(GOING BY DIFFERENT BOOKS/Campuses tailor policy to own needs )" ((Archive )). ''Houston Chronicle''. Sunday August 8, 1993. C1. Retrieved on July 3, 2010.〕 In 1998 the average SAT score from the student body was 791 out of 1600.〔Schemo, Diana Jean. "(For Houston Schools, College Claims Exceed Reality )" ((Archive )). ''The New York Times''. August 28, 2003. Retrieved on November 2, 2015.〕 Around 2003 Davis High School reported that all of the students graduating planned to attend colleges and universities.〔 In 2007, a Johns Hopkins University/Associated Press study cited Davis and 41 other Houston-areas schools as "dropout factories."〔Scharrer, Gary. "(Report points to 'dropout factories' )." ''Houston Chronicle''. November 7, 2007. Retrieved on July 3, 2010.〕 However, beginning in 2006 dropout rates decreased from a high of 6.1% first to 5.0% in 2007, then to 1.8% in 2008, and 0.9% in 2009. Total graduate count rose from 237 in 2005-2006 to 305 in 2008-2009.〔HISD Public Information School Profile. "()." Retrieved on September 12, 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Davis High School (Houston, Texas)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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