Clements High School
4200 Elkins Drive | Sugar Land | TX | 77479
Phone: 281-634-2150 | Fax: 281-634-2168
 
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About Clements High School
Clements High School Belief and Mission Statement

W. P. Clements High School is one of 11 High Schools in the Fort Bend Independent School District. Opened in 1983, Clements serves portions of Fort Bend County and the incorporated cities of Missouri City and Sugar Land. The communities are located adjacent to southwest Houston and have grown significantly in the last twenty years to become major suburban areas, primarily populated by a large percentage of upper middle-class families in professional occupations.

Mission Statement:

Clements High School is a diverse community of lifelong learners which seeks to enhance each student's potential for academic excellence and social responsibility.
Belief Statement
To instill self-respect, to foster real scholarship and achievement; strengthen the weak and sustain the strong; build habits of honesty and morality to last a lifetime; inspire mutual fellowship and respect; confer prestige upon those who abide by the Code; and promote personal development through enforcement of self-reliance.

Campus Goals 2011-2012

Individual achievement is more than just the sum of test scores and class rank; thus, we foster the development of the complete student as a world citizen who respects the diversity of individual beliefs and cultural backgrounds and strives to interact with others in a positive way.
Clements High School seeks to continue its rich tradition of academic excellence with the highest degree of social and ethical responsibility shared among students, parents, educators, and community.
 
1. We will increase the number of our tenth-grade African American and Economically Disadvantaged students performing at a proficient level on the Math portion of the TAKS test by ten percentage points.
 
2. We will increase the number of our AP students scoring a 3+ on the AP tests by three percent. We will increase the number of our students taking AP tests by three percent.
 
3. We will reduce the number of discipline referrals for academic dishonesty by at least ten percent.

Curriculum

Clements High School home to Fort Bend ISD's Global Studies Academy, which provides a focused curriculum to prepare students for a growing global economy.
Clements provides a strong academic program with more than 200 possible course selections including an extensive vocational-technical curriculum.
Options are available for students to earn college credit during the school day.
The Counseling Department offers a wide variety of services to students and parents.
Advanced Placement courses are available in English, Calculus, Statistics, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Studio Art, Art History, U.S. History, European History, Psychology, Government, Economics, Spanish, French, German, Latin, and Computer Science.
UIL-sponsored athletic programs for young men and women are offered in Baseball, Football, Basketball, Tennis, Track, Soccer, Golf, Swimming, Volleyball, Softball and Diving.
Co-curricular programs include Choir, Band, Drill Team, Student Government, Service and Academic clubs, Athletics, Academic Decathlon, and Destination Imagination.
Gifted and Talented programs are available in English, Math, Social Studies, and Science.
The Honors program offers courses in English, math, Science, Social Studies, Foreign Languages, and Music.
Instruction is available for special needs through Special Education and Bilingual/ESOL instruction.

Clements High School Report Card 2009-2010   -Related Document

The following is a copy of the summary report available by clicking on the Related Document link above. For a more detailed report please go to the TEA website and use the school number 079907004.
 
2009-2010 School Report Card
School Name: CLEMENTS H S
School Number: 079907004
2010 School Accountability Rating: Exemplary
Gold Performance Acknowledgments:
Attendance (2008-09)
AP/IB Results (2008-09)
College Admissions (Class of 2009)
College-Ready Graduates (Class of 2009)
Recommended High School Program (Class of 2009)
Texas Success Initiative (TSI) ELA
Texas Success Initiative (TSI) Mathematics
Commended on Reading/ELA
Commended on Social Studies
District Name: FORT BEND ISD
2010 District Accountability Rating: Recognized

Campus Visitation Policy 2011-2012

Parents are always welcome to visit Clements High School.


  • For the safety of the school and those within it, all visitors must first report to the front office to sign in and obtain a visitor's badge.

  • Visitors must present a valid drivers license or valid state picture ID as identification to obtain a visitor's badge.

  • The visitor's badge must be worn at all times during your visit.
  • Classroom visits should be scheduled in advance through the appropriate assistant principal.

  • Students are not allowed to have other student visitors during the day.

  • Teachers have been instructed that all visitors without proper badges are to be escorted back to the receptionist and are to notify an administrator.

School Demographics

Enrollment: 2664 as of September 1,2011.
Enrollment by Year: Seniors 686, Juniors 698, Sophomores 641, Freshmen 639.
Faculty: 162 - 48% have master�s degrees and beyond.
Class Schedule: Classes meet 50 minutes per day, maximum 7 periods per day, 5 days each week, 18 weeks per semester.
School Year: From August 22, 2011 through May 31, 2012.
Accreditation: Southern Association of Secondary Schools, and the Texas Education Agency

Clements High School Pride

National Merit Scholarship Program: Clements has the largest chapter of the National Honor Society per student population of any public high school in the nation. 21 National Merit Finalists, 23 National Merit Semi-Finalists 30 National Merit Commended students and three National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar.
Scholarships: The Class of 2010 received over $.00 in scholarships.
Advanced Placement Testing: Over X hundred students took a total of X AP exams in the 2009-10 school year. X percent of students taking exams scored 3 or higher.
Business Department: Business Professionals of America had seven state qualifiers at competition and one national qualifier who placed first at the state level.
Fine Arts Department: In Orchestra, our Varsity and non-Varsity won sweepstakes at the UIL Orchestra Concert and Sight Reading contest.
All three orchestra groups won superior ratings at the Choice Events Music Festival in San Antonio.
The Band, STARS, and Color Guard advanced to the state finals for the sixth consecutive time.
70 students earned places in the TMEA All-Region Band, and 25 students earned a spot for Area.
A record seven students earned a spot in the All-State Band this is the most ever for all FBISD Schools.
For the first time since 1996, four percussion students advanced to Area in the All-State Competition.
After a record year, the CHS Color Guard made finals at the Winter Guard International Lone Star Regional. They also placed in the top three spots at regional contests. They earned the number one seed in their division.
Foreign Language Department: Clements students took third in Sweepstakes at the Regional German Contest Houstonfest and fourth place in sweepstakes at the Texas State German Contest.
Three students won the annual Chinese speech contest. With five places offered, three students took first, second and fourth place.
Science Department: Fifteen students earned a place at the Science Olympiad held in Wichita, Kansas this spring.

Y.E.S. Program: 323 seniors logged in 60,349 hours of community service. One hundred and fourteen seniors completed 125 hours of service during their four years at CHS.
Mu Alpha Theta won First Place Sweepstakes at the Texas A&M High School Math Contest.
Academic Decathlon came in top 20 in the state.
DECA (National Association for Marketing and Management Students): The DECA Chapter was the largest in state for the sixth year in a row. Forty members qualified for state competition in Corpus Christi. We had seven students qualify for National Competition. Once again, we had officer representation on the state level.
UIL Competitions: A number of students competed at the annual spring contest. For the third year in a row, the Science Team placed first overall in their contests; and won third place in 5A Sweepstakes. The Math Team placed first as well as The Number Sense Team; The Computer Science team placed second. Many of our students placed in the top ten individually in Headline Writing, Science and Math.
Baseball: Advanced to State playoffs for fifth consecutive year and tenth time in the last 14 years. Five All-District Awards given.
Cheerleading: Placed first in Camp Cheer, Second in Extreme Routine and Third in Home Dance at UCA Camp Competition. All five senior Varsity cheerleaders earned All-Star Cheerleader recognition honors.
Football: District Co-Champions. Advanced to playoffs for second consecutive year. 21 All-District and Honorable Mention Awards and 20 Academic All-District Awards earned.
Golf Boys: District Champions and Individual First Place Medallist. Third place Regional Team and Individual Second Place Medallist. Boy's State Champion. Division One Scholarship from University of Houston awarded.
Golf Girls: District Champions. Division One Scholarship from UTEP awarded to player.
Soccer Boys: Bi-District Area Champions for sixth consecutive year finishing season as a Regional Quarterfinalist. Sixteenth consecutive year to advance to playoffs. Sixteen All-District and Honorable Mention Awards, District MVP.
Soccer Girls: Bi-District Area Champions finishing as a Regional Quarterfinalist. Eight All-District Awards given.
Softball: Advanced to playoffs.
Swim Team - Boys: Advanced to State Tournament finishing second.
Swim Team - Girls: District Champions. Seven swimmers advanced to State Competition.
Tennis: Advanced to Regionals in team tennis. Boys and girls advanced to Regional Tournament at individual level.
Track & Field Girls: Advanced to Regional Meets.
Volleyball: Finished second in district. Advanced to playoffs.

Post High School Plans

Class of 2010
Four Year College 83%
Two Year College 14%
Military Service 1%
Employment, etc 2%

Ethnic Distribution

White 37.8%
Asian 43.2%
Hispanic 10.4%
African-American 6.%
American Indian .5%

Clubs and Organizations

W. P. Clements High School offers numerous opportunities for student and parent participation in extracurricular activities. See our Services page for complete details.