Fossil Ridge High School (Fort Worth, Texas)
| Fossil Ridge High School | |
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4101 Thompson Road Keller, Texas 76248 | |
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| Type | Public |
| Motto | Focus, Respect, Honor, Success. |
| Established | 1995 |
| Principal | Todd Tunnell |
| Faculty | About 100 |
| Enrollment | 1,952 (as of February 26, 2006) |
| Information | (817) 744-1700 |
| Colors Mascot | Black and Gold Panthers |
| Website | http://www.kellerisd.net/schools/frhs/index.htm |
Fossil Ridge High School is a secondary school located in Keller, Texas. It is the second high school of the Keller Independent School District. The original building for the school was built in 1995 for 9th and 10th graders, but followed with an expansion in 1997 to 1998 that was open to 11th and 12th graders as well.
The current principal of the school is Todd Tunnell. Assistant principals include Dustin Blank, Todd Lacey, Marjorie Martinez, and Mike Vopal.
The school mascot is a panther and the school colors are black and gold. Its crosstown rival is Keller High School and the two schools compete annually in various events but most notably, the annual football game/canned food drive. The Panthers play at the Keller Sports Complex, which includes an artificial turf field, and sits directly across the street from Keller High School. There has been speculation of a newer sports complex possibly to be built between Fossil Ridge and the newest school to the district, Central High School. The school also contains a theater, two gymnasiums, a library, and a cafeteria.
The majority of Fossil Hill Middle School, and a partial amount of Hillwood Middle School and Indian Springs Middle School (Keller, Texas) students feed into Fossil Ridge High School.
Marching Band & Colorguard
The Fossil Ridge Panther Regiment is an award-winning marching band and colorguard with a UIL Division 1 ranking for the 11th consecutive year.
For further information, check out the external link below.
Athletics
Sports played at Fossil Ridge include, but are not limited to:
- Football
- Baseball
- Softball
- Track and field
- Volleyball
- Tennis
- Golf
- Basketball
- Soccer
- Swimming and diving
- Ice hockey (district team)
- Bowling
- Rodeo
Extracurricular Activities
The school's extracurricular choices include, but not limited to:
- Band & Colorguard ("Panther Regiment")
- Theatre ("Dramatic Paws")
- Choir ("Panthers -N- Harmony")
- Cheerleading
- Drill Team ("Sun Dancers")
- Academic Decathlon
- Art
- Forensics and Debate
- Photography
- Yearbook ("Impressions")
- Literary Journalism ("The R")
- Broadcast Journalism ("Fossil Ridge Live")
- Ready, Set, Teach (a course directed towards recruiting future educators)
- Spirit Team ("Stray Cats")
- Student Council
- A various array of subject-specific clubs (i.e. Spanish Club).
Notable Achievements
| 2006 Varsity Football Schedule | |||
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| Opponent | Date | Location | Result |
| Richland | 08/25 | Away | - |
| Rowlett | 09/01 | Home | - |
| Irving | 09/08 | Away | - |
| Keller | 09/15 | Away | - |
| Flower Mound# | 09/22 | Home | - |
| Springtown* | 09/29 | Away | - |
| Saginaw* | 10/13 | Home | - |
| Brewer* | 10/20 | Away | - |
| Azle* | 10/27 | Home | - |
| Boswell* | 11/03 | Away | - |
| Birdville* | 11/09 | Home | - |
| # - Homecoming Game * - District Game | |||
- The Fossil Ridge Panther Regiment drum majors won First Place Overall, 2nd Place in the Individual Drum Major category, and Outstanding Veteran Drum Major at the University of Texas at Arlington's summer camp in June 2006.
- The Panther Regiment Colorguard and Drumline are each named Grand Champion at the Crowley Competition in 2005.
- Varsity Football makes areas playoffs in District 5-5A but loses to the would-be champions, Trinity High School of Euless, TX ending the season with a 5-2 record in district play, and a 6-5 record overall.
- Varsity Girl's Basketball wins the District 5-5A championships for the 2nd year in a row but loses to Duncanville High School of Duncanville, TX in the first match of area playoffs.
- Varsity Boy's Soccer makes area playoffs but loses to Marcus High School of Flower Mound, TX in the first match.
- One Act Play wins various awards with its show, "The Angelina Project" and after competing at the state competition in Austin, placed third.
- The 2006 Senior Class received over $4.4 million in scholarship offers.[1]
Notable Alumni
Notable alumni of Fossil Ridge High School include:
- Michael DePriest, American football player, starting for Texas Christian University; Class of 2002.
- Matt Flegel, a student at Fossil Ridge when it first opened in 95-96 graduated from Texas Christian University and now currently teaches at Fossil Ridge in the Technology department and maintains the school website; Class of 1998.
- Eric Walz, the first Fossil Ridge graduate to attend an Ivy League school and arguably considered one of the most esteemed alumni to have ever graduated Fossil Ridge, Walz graduated with many academic and athletic achievements and went to Princeton University; Class of 2003.
External links
- Official School Website
- Panther Pride Athletics Booster Club
- Fossil Ridge Panther Regiment | 2006 Competition Schedule | Regiment Awards Archive
- Keller Independent School District Website