John Horn High School
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Dr. John D. Horn High School is a secondary school in Mesquite, Texas, United States. The school serves the southern portion of Mesquite and the Mesquite ISD portion of Seagoville.
Horn, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Mesquite Independent School District. The school is under the UIL AAAAA division. The Jaguar is the school mascot, and the school colors are red and white.
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[edit] History
John Horn High School is the newest high school opened in the Mesquite Independent School District. It is named after the former superintendent Dr. John D. Horn.
The school opened in 2000 with only 9th and 10th grade classes. The enrollment in that first school year was approximately 550. In the 2006-2007 school year its enrollment was over 2400 students. Ronnie Pardun was the first principal of the school.
This year the Jaguar band made a 1 at the UIL marching contest, and advanced to area. The band placed 12th in the Area C contest.
The newspaper staff continues to win many awards from UIL events.
[edit] Standard dress
All students at Horn are required to dress according to a standardized dress code (similar to a school uniform) as of 2005; the code is at all Mesquite ISD middle and high schools.
[edit] Feeder patterns
The following elementary schools feed into Horn: Pirrung, B.J. Smith, Gentry, Thompson, and Rutherford.
Berry Middle School and Terry Middle School feed into Horn High School.
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