CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL
2012 - 2013
Principal and Counselor Alpha Split

Principals
Last Name Principal Phone Assistant Phone
A - C K. Grisdale 281-634-2174 281-634-2160
D - GR Global Studies E. Crowell 281-634-2154 N. Heiser 281-634-2155
GS - MAN L. Hubert 281-634-2164 E. Lavine 281-634-2161
MAO - SAT P. Morgante 281-634-2158 E. Lavine 281-634-2161
SAU - Z M. Perkins 281-634-2167 281-634-2160
Global Studies A. Beckman 281-634-2230

Counselors
Last Name Counselor Phone Assistant Phone
A - DEM Luney 281-634-2157 A. Schrock 281-634-2170
DEN - JAC Doyle 281-634-2166 J. Micheaux 281-634-2159
JAH- MOH Klemstein 281-634-2256 J. Micheaux 281-634-2159
MOI - SHU Liu 281-634-2262 A. Schrock 281-634-2170
SI - Z Nigam 281-634-2163 A. Schrock 281-634-2170
Global Studies Faust 281-634-2156 J. Micheaux 281-634-2159

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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:

Belief Statement

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.

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.

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.

Enrollment: 2592 as of September 1,2012.
Enrollment by Year: Seniors 673, Juniors 612, Sophomores 619, Freshmen 689.
Faculty: 137
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 27, 2012 through June 6, 2013.
Accreditation: Southern Association of Secondary Schools, and the Texas Education Agency

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. 28 National Merit Finalists, 30 National Merit Semi-Finalists 71 National Merit Commended students
Advanced Placement Testing: Over 794 students took a total of 2,166 AP exams in the 2011-12 school year. 90.4 percent of students taking exams scored 3 or higher.
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 Mu Alpha Theta club won 1st place sweepstakes at the University of Houston’s math contest this year, and 4th place at Texas A&M.
Academic Decathlon Come in 6th at in state competition
DECA (National Association for Marketing and Management Students): The Clements DECA Chapter was the largest in the state for the 7th year in a row and as of last year the 7th largest in the World. 176 members qualified for state competition in Corpus Christi. 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 the State Playoffs for the third straight year reaching at least the Regional Semi Finals each year. Five All-District Awards given.
Cheerleading: Past Summer – Received the Honored Overall Banana Award and Received the All-Around Best Tradition Award at UCA Camp Competition. Two 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 the State Tournament at individual level.
Track & Field Girls: 2012: advanced 8 to regional meet, Nicki Barrow 3200M regional champion, Nicki Barrow to the state track meet, Jay Pecheux 4th at regional meet in pole vault
2013: Silvia Leblanc one of the state leaders in the 3200M and 1600M runs, Demarcus Cobb one of the area leaders in the hurdles and long jump
Volleyball: 2012-2013: Finished 5th in district.
2011-2012: Undefeated district champions, regional semi-finalist.
2010-2011: Undefeated district champions, bi-district finalist.

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