Barbers Hill High School

Barbers Hill High School is a 5A school based in Mont Belvieu, Texas. It is part of the Barbers Hill Independent School District located in western Chambers County. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.[8]

Barbers Hill High School
Address
9600 Eagle Drive

Mont Belvieu
,
Texas
77580-1108

United States
Coordinates29.8431°N 94.8521°W / 29.8431; -94.8521
Information
School typePublic high school
Motto"We Can, We Will, We're Barbers Hill"
Established1929
School districtBarbers Hill Independent School District
PrincipalLance Murphy
Teaching staff133.04(on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,920 (2021–22)[1]
Student to teacher ratio14.43[1]
Color(s)    Blue & White
Athletics conferenceUIL Class AAAAA
MascotEagle/Lady Eagle
RivalDayton High School[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Websitehs.bhisd.net

Athletics

The Barbers Hill Eagles compete in the following sports:[9]

State Champions
  • Baseball
    • 2021(5A)
  • Softball
    • 2021(5A)
  • Football[10]
    • 1971(1A)^ 1976(1A)

^Co-Champion with Sonora

  • Girls Basketball[11]
    • 1982(3A), 1983(3A), 1997(3A)
  • Boys Track[12]
    • 1935(All), 1956(B)
  • Individual
    • 2014 World Association of Bencher and Deadlifters [13]

Music

Barbers Hill High School is the home of the award-winning Soaring Eagle Marching Band. In the 2010 and 2011 marching seasons, the band received straight 1's for a first division rating at the UIL Region Marching Band Competition. The Soaring Eagle Marching Band was one of only 2 bands (the other being the Galena Park High School marching band) to receive this rating at the contest. In 2011 the Soaring Eagle Marching Band went on to the regional marching contest. In 2013, the Soaring Eagle Marching Band and 3 other schools in Area 4A went on to play at state in San Antonio.[14] In the spring, the SEMB divides into 3 concert bands, the Barbers Hill High School Wind Ensemble (the premier performing group in the district), the BHHS Symphonic Band (middle performing group), and the BHHS Concert Band.

State Champions
  • State Wind Ensemble:[15]
    • 1991(3A)

Drama & Theatre

State Champions

One Act Play[16]

  • 1996 (3A) "Strider"
  • 1999 (3A) "The Caucasian Chalk Circle"
  • 2003 (3A) "Strider"
  • 2010 (4A) "The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail"

Controversy

In January 2020, a student DeAndre Arnold was suspended and informed that he would be forbidden from attending graduation due to the length of his dreadlocks. However, Arnold's family and political activists have asserted that the action taken against him was discriminatory.[17] Other students of the high school also spoke out against the policy, describing it as gender discrimination, since girls are allowed to have long hair, while boys are not.[18] A Federal judge ruled that the district’s hair policy was discriminatory.[19]

On 31 August, 2023, another student was suspended over his dreadlocks. His family filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state’s governor and attorney general, alleging they failed to enforce a new law outlawing discrimination based on hairstyles.[20] Texas passed the CROWN Act on May 27, 2023, and the law took affect on 1 September, 2023.[21]

References
  1. "BARBERS HILL H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  2. Taylor, David (2017-10-08). "Broncos lose heartbreaker to rival, 28-26". Chron. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  3. "Jan. 6: Barbers Hill 72, Dayton 58". Chron. 2023-06-07. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  4. "FOOTBALL PREVIEW - Road to playoffs now runs through Crosby, Barbers Hill" (PDF). Baytown Sun. 2023-06-07. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  5. "Dayton announces 2018 homecoming king and queen". AP NEWS. 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  6. "Barbers Hill too much for Dayton 42-6". Liberty Vindicator. 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  7. "Barbers Hill Eagles". Lone Star Football Network. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  8. "2015 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency.
  9. The Athletics Department
  10. Lone Star Football Network
  11. UIL Girls Basketball Archives Archived March 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  12. UIL Boys Track Archives Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  13. "World Power: Barbers Hill sophomore wins power lifting world championship". 3 December 2014.
  14. "Texas State Marching Band Contest".
  15. UIL State Wind Ensemble Contest Champions Archived 2011-11-18 at the Wayback Machine
  16. UIL One Act Play State Champions Archived June 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  17. Cox, Chelsey (January 24, 2020). "Texas teen banned by high school from attending graduation after refusing to cut dreadlocks". USA Today. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  18. Garvin, Keith; Smith, Tierra (January 24, 2020). "More Barbers Hill students angered by school dress code, forced to cut their hair as well". Mont Belvieu: KPRC. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  19. "Judge: Policy that suspended student over dreadlocks unfair". Associated Press. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  20. https://apnews.com/article/hairstyles-dreadlocks-racial-discrimination-crown-act-e79ede512923b672a275abf054e2407b
  21. Grenaway, Johannah (1 September 2023). "Texans can "be themselves unapologetically" as CROWN Act goes into effect". CBS. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
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