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T. C. Williams High School is a public high school in Alexandria, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. The school has an enrollment of about 3,300 students. It was named after former superintendent Thomas Chambliss Williams of Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS), who served from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s. The high school is located near the geographic center of the city, at 3330 King Street and is referred to informally as "T.C." (rather than "Williams") by students, faculty and locals. Approximately 2,500 students from grades 10–12 are enrolled at T.C's main campus. About 1000 ninth graders have most or all of their classes at the branch Minnie Howard campus (0.6 miles (1.0 km) distant) and participate in T.C. Williams sports and extracurricular activities as well as some classes. The school offers numerous Advanced Placement courses for its students. Every year, dozens of graduates go on to elite colleges, and T.C. Williams has won statewide academic and scientific competitions. T.C. has an Army Junior ROTC program, which participated in President Barack Obama's Inaugural Parade. The T.C. Williams Marching Band travels to competitions up and down the East Coast. The school's football team was the subject of the 2000 film ''Remember the Titans''. ==History== T. C. Williams, a four-year high school, initially opened its doors to eighth graders, freshmen, sophomores, and juniors in 1965, and graduated its first class in June 1967. It was Alexandria's third public high school and Minnie Howard Middle School was its "feeder" school, for seventh and eighth graders. In 1971, T. C. Williams became Alexandria's only public senior high school serving 11th and 12th graders, after a voluntary integration plan was implemented by the school system, based on U.S. Supreme Court rulings. The city's freshmen and sophomores attended Francis C. Hammond and George Washington, the other former four-year schools involved in the three school consolidation. While T. C. Williams and George Washington were already integrated in 1971, Hammond was nearly all white, while the city was about one-fifth black.〔 Currently, "T. C." serves 10th through 12th grades while freshmen go to the T. C. Williams Minnie Howard Campus, located 0.6 miles (1.0 km) from the main building. Two middle schools, Francis C. Hammond Middle School (1.8 miles west), and George Washington Middle School (2.0 miles south east), serve 6th through 8th grade students and are housed in the former high schools. Increasing enrollment prompted plans for a new school. In January 2004, the Alexandria School Board approved a plan to build an entirely new school building at the existing location to provide more space. The new building opened on September 4, 2007. The original T. C. Williams building was demolished in January 2008.〔See () for a photo of the demolition of the gymnasium.〕 The new T. C. Williams campus was certified LEED Gold by the U.S. Green Building Council in 2009.〔(www.acps.va.us )〕 The gym of the original T. C. Williams building was named after Gerry Bertier, a member of the Titans' 1971 state championship football team who was paralyzed in a car crash and died 10 years later in a second auto accident near Charlottesville, VA. The newly constructed basketball court was named in honor of the late Earl Lloyd on December 1, 2007. Lloyd attended Parker-Gray High School, which was Alexandria's all-black high school at the time. Lloyd was the first African-American to play in the NBA.〔(www.alextimes.com )〕 The football stadium is named Parker-Gray Stadium in deference to the former pre-segregation high school whose campus was sold for office buildings in the 1980s. The football field was grass until an artificial turf was installed in 2006. During his run for the Democratic nomination, Barack Obama held a rally at T. C. Williams on February 10, 2008. 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「T. C. Williams High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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