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:''For the school in Qatar see DeBakey High School for Health Professions at Qatar''. Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions is a medical secondary school located in the Third Ward area of Houston, Texas, United States.〔Falkenberg, Lisa. (commentary) "(Let's thank DeBakey for school, too )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Tuesday July 15, 2008. Retrieved on November 20, 2011.〕 It has been named the number one public high school in Houston by the ''Houston Chronicle'', the ''Houston Press'', and Children at Risk and number 26 in best high schools in the United States by ''US News'' in 2013. DeBakey High School, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District and is east of the Texas Medical Center. It is the only HISD magnet high school for health professions. The school was named after Michael E. DeBakey, a famous heart surgeon. DeBakey does not automatically take in students from the surrounding neighborhood; the surrounding neighborhood is zoned to Yates High School.〔"(Yates High School Attendance Zone )." ''Houston Independent School District''.〕 Nearly 1200 students take entrance exams for 200-300 spots each year. Its intention is to be a high school with a specialized focus in medical courses, and therefore does not offer the range of classes found in a standard comprehensive high school.〔Ouchi, William G. ''Making Schools Work: A Revolutionary Plan to Get Your Children the Education They Need''. Simon and Schuster, June 24, 2008. ISBN 1439108102, 9781439108109. p. (45 ).〕 ==History== With an initial student body of 45, the High School for Health Professions opened in 1972 as part of a partnership between HISD and the Baylor College of Medicine.〔"(DeBakey principal taking school's premise abroad )." ''Houston Chronicle''. May 28, 2008.〕 The curriculum was shaped in its early years as DeBakey was the world's first high school to specialize in medical professions.〔Roberts, Marnie. "Rigor and Vigor: Three Schools Reap Results." ''Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers'', 1999, Vol.74(6), p.20-23. Cited: p. 22.〕 Perry Weston was the first principal. In the 1984-1985 school year, of the HISD campuses, DeBakey had the lowest percentage of failing grades. In the fall semester, 7% of grades were failing, while in the spring semester, 6% of grades were failing.〔Hunt, Dianna. "(Fewer failing grades since start of no-pass rule )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Saturday June 29, 1985. Section 1, Page 22. Retrieved on December 8, 2011.〕 The school was renamed after Michael E. DeBakey in 1996.〔 The school was a National Blue Ribbon School award winner in 1997-98〔(Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF) )〕 and 2003.〔(Microsoft Word - list-2003.doc )〕 In 1998 the U.S. Department of Education named DeBakey as one of ten "New American High Schools".〔 Plans for the school to be relocated within the Texas Medical Center were made but soon canceled because the Houston Independent School District decided to renovate instead. Renovations started August 2006 and ended in 2008.() In 2006 the HISD board considered moving the Kay On-Going Education Center, a special school for pregnant girls, to an unused area within DeBakey High School. DeBakey had around 30 unused classrooms, and HISD administrators argued that the Texas Medical Center location would be of use to pregnant students.〔Radcliffe, Jennifer. "(HISD offers plan to save school for pregnant teens )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Tuesday May 9, 2006. Retrieved on December 8, 2011.〕 Jennifer Radcliffe of the ''Houston Chronicle'' said that the proposed plan yielded a "mixed" reaction in DeBakey parents and students.〔 Some signed a petition asking the district not to merge Kay On-Going into DeBakey.〔Radcliffe, Jennifer. "() COMMUNITIES & NEIGHBORHOODS / School won't relocate to DeBakey High / HISD will move the program for pregnant teens elsewhere after controversy ensues]." ''Houston Chronicle''. Saturday June 24, 2006. B2. Retrieved on December 8, 2011.〕 Ultimately HISD did not go forward with the plan. Instead it moved into Kay On-Going into the Carter Career Center in the Fifth Ward.〔 The Supreme Education Council of Qatar opened a branch version of DeBakey, DeBakey High School for Health Professions at Qatar, in its country, with Charlesetta Deason, formerly principal of the Houston school, as the head of the Qatar school.〔 Deason began her term as the Houston DeBakey principal in 1989.〔Roberts, Marnie. "Rigor and Vigor: Three Schools Reap Results." ''Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers'', 1999, Vol.74(6), p.20-23. Cited: p. 21.〕 In 2012, four DeBakey juniors qualified for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, two of them placed second place in their respective categories detailing chitosan nanoparticles. On December 15, 2014,〔"(HISD breaks ground on four new campuses, celebrates first project to ‘go vertical’ )." Houston Independent School District. December 18, 2014. Retrieved on December 21, 2014.〕 groundbreaking for a new DeBakey campus on the ex-Hornberger Conference Center site occurred. It has a price tag of $65 million.〔"(DeBakey HS breaks ground for new school in Texas Medical Center )." Houston Independent School District. December 16, 2014. Retrieved on December 21, 2014.〕 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「DeBakey High School for Health Professions」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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