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Bowie High School
Location
801 S. San Marcial Street
El Paso, Texas 79905

United States
Information
TypePublic
MottoOnce A Bear, Always a Bear
Established1927
PrincipalFrancisco Ordaz
Staff94.77 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,386 (2017–18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio14.62[1]
Color(s)Royal blue and white   
MascotBear
Websitewww.episd.org/bowie

Bowie High School is one of the oldest operating high schools in El Paso, Texas and is part of the El Paso Independent School District. It is located in the Chamizal neighborhood in the South Central part of the city next to the border with Mexico, not far from the Bridge of the Americas linking El Paso with Ciudad Juarez, across San Marcial Street from Chamizal National Memorial.

Bowie High serves Downtown El Paso and the western half of South Central (also known as South) El Paso; its attendance zone is roughly defined by Interstate 10 on the north, the Rio Grande on the south and west, and Luna Street on the east. It is fed by Guillen Middle School and the elementary schools in its feeder pattern include Aoy, Beall, Douglass, and Hart. Bowie High also hosts a magnet program for business and international relations, International Business Academy, which opened in 2003 and draws students from throughout the district. It was named for Texas Revolution hero and Alamo defender James Bowie. Bowie's main rival is Jefferson High School.

History

Bowie High School was founded in 1927 to relieve overpopulation at El Paso High School.[2] The first school building still exists on South Cotton Street at Sixth Avenue in the Segundo Barrio (Second Ward) section of South-Central El Paso; it is now Guillen Middle School. Bowie High was eventually relocated to its current location as a result of restructuring in South El Paso.

Prior to 1964, the land on which Bowie High sits was Mexican territory. The land became United States territory as a result of the American–Mexican Chamizal Convention Act of 1964 which resolved the longstanding Chamizal dispute.[3]

Athletics

  • Baseball, 1948 State Champions
  • Tennis
  • Boys' and girls' basketball
  • Cross country, 1979 State Champions (boys), 1986 State Champions (girls)
  • Football
  • Boys' and girls' soccer
  • Softball
  • Swimming
  • Track and field
  • Volleyball
  • Wrestling

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Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 "BOWIE H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  2. ↑ Murphree, Rachel. "Library Research Guides: Borderlands: Bowie High School: Always a Bear 25 (2006-2007)". epcc.libguides.com. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "US-Mexico Joint Projects". Archived from the original on 2006-01-06. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  4. ↑ "Athletics - Bowie High School". bowie.episd.org. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  5. ↑ "Bowie High School's 75th Jubilee". Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
  6. ↑ Edited by Jorge Iber and Samuel O. Regalado. "Mexican Americans and Sports - Texas A&M University Consortium Press". Tamupress.com. Retrieved 2018-09-23. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  7. ↑ Chávez, Felix F. "Bowie gym renamed in honor of Nolan Richardson". El Paso Times. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
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