'Tomball Memorial High School (TMHS) is a senior high school in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States, south of the city of Tomball and in the Houston metropolitan area. It is a part of the Tomball Independent School District (TISD), and is the district's second high school. It is by Northpointe Lane and Northpointe Boulevard.
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History
The school was built as part of a 2007 bond, worth $198 million in total, and had a cost of $59.2 million. It opened on August 12, 2011. It initially held grades 9 and 10 and had about 840 students.
The first principal, Carol Houston, was previously associate principal at Tomball High School.
The first 12th grade class was scheduled to graduate in 2014.
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Campus
The campus has 350,000 square feet (33,000 m2) of space.
It has two stories and a capacity of 2,200 students.
School colors and mascot
The school colors are blue and silver and the mascot is the wildcat.
Athletics
Tomball Memorial's primary athletic rival is Tomball High School, and it also competes against Madisonville High School, Navasota High School, and Sealy High School. As of 2012 it is in classification 24-3A.
The school held its first homecoming game, against Waller High School, in 2014. Tomball Memorial lost 41-31.
Football
Finis Vanover, as of 2016, is the head coach. He developed the football program from the beginning.
Basketball
In a three-year span until 2016, Tomball Memorial High had three head coaches. The basketball team entered its first playoff in 2014 against Wheatley High School, which ended in Wheatley's loss. Jon Sheppard was head coach in the 2014-2015 school year, and that year Tomball Memorial won the district title by 13-1 and two playoff games; the team won its first ever playoff against Sharpstown High School. The school's overall record that year was 24-10. As of 2016, Kent Fuller was the head coach.
Soccer
The soccer team is coached by James Woodard. It took the school only 3 years after opening to make the playoffs. In their first playoff run in 2014, they lost in the 4th round to Waco University by a score of 3-0. The following year, in the 4th season of being open, the wildcats soccer team made a run in the playoffs and found themselves in the UIL Texas State Tournament. They finished 3rd in the state after losing to Lufkin in the state semifinal by a score of 1-0. That season they graduated 13 seniors and have been rebuilding since.
Other programs
The band uniforms were designed to fit each gender and to remain fashionable for their seven-year lifespans. In January 2011 the TISD board approved spending $74,500 for the creation of these uniforms, about $298 per uniform.
References
External links
- Tomball Memorial High School
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