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'''T.C. Jasper High School''' (commonly '''Jasper''' or '''JHS''') is a free [[co-educational]] [[secondary school]] serving [[ninth grade|ninth]] and [[tenth grade]]rs located in [[Plano, Texas|Plano]], [[Texas]].  Founded in [[1996]], the school is part of the [[Plano Independent School District]], and admission is based on where a student lives in the district. Students at Jasper attended one of three middle schools: Rice, Robinson, or Schimelpfenig. Two-thirds of Jasper feeds into [[Plano Senior High School]], and one-third feeds into [[Plano West Senior High School]]. Jasper is accredited by the [[Texas Education Agency]], which designates the school as "Recognized". The school colors are green, black, and white, and the school mascot is the [[Jaguar]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://pisd.edu/schools/secondary/jasper/index.shtml | title = Jasper High School Campus Profile | accessdate = 2006-07-10}}</ref> 

==Area demographics==
Jasper in located in the 75024 [[zip code]] of Plano. It covers approximately 19,743 people, whose average age is 32 years old. Although the average [[household]] size is smaller than the state average (2.5 [[persons]] versus 3.0 persons), the average household size is 0.5 rooms bigger than the state average of 5.1 rooms. The [[median]] household income in the zip code is $88,195, correlating to a median house value of $210,300. The state averages are $41,996 and $85,235 respectively. <ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/81097 | title = Jasper High School - Plano, TX - Public School Profile | accessdate = 2006-09-17}}</ref>

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==History==
Jasper High School is named in honor of Plano, Texas banker and businessman [[Thomas Chilton Jasper|Thomas Chilton 'TC' Jasper]]. Jasper first opened its doors for the 1996-1997 school year. It is the newest of the five high schools in the Plano Independent School District.  The [[PTSA]] of the school was chartered in [[April]] [[1999]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://k-12.pisd.edu/centen/jasper.htm | title = Thomas Chilton Jasper | accessdate = 2006-07-05}}</ref> 

The first [[principal (school)|principal]] of Jasper was Phil Saviano, who served for two years. He left to become the principal of [[Plano West Senior High School]]. In 1998, Bob Seei took over as the principal. Follwing his retirement after the 2003-2004 school year, Michael Novotny took over as Jasper's principal. The 2006-2007 year is his third.
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   <th>Principal</th>
   <th>Year Began</th>
   <th>Year Left</th>
   <th>School Years</th>
   <th>Reason for Leaving</th>
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   <td>Phil Saviano</td>
   <td>1996</td>
   <td>1998</td>
   <td>2</td>
   <td>Became principal of Plano West Senior High</td>
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   <td>Bob Seei</td>
   <td>1998</td>
   <td>2004</td>
   <td>6</td>
   <td>Retired</td>
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   <td>Michael Novotny</td>
   <td>2004</td>
   <td>present</td>
   <td>Currently in 3<sup>rd</sup></td>
   <td>N/A</td>
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==Campus==
Construction allowing for the functioning of Jasper by Lee Lewis Construction, Inc. was completed in time for the 1996-1997 school year; however, full construction was not finished until July 1999. Lee Lewis estimates that the construction value was $17,000,000.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.leelewis.com/tcjasperhighschoolcompleted.htm | title = New Page 1| accessdate = 2006-09-21}}</ref>

The 240,000 square foot (main building), two-story building is built on a 104-acre parcel, which it shares with Gulledge Elementary School and Robinson Middle School. In the fall of 1996, Plano I.S.D. opened a Professional Development Center at Jasper to facilitate the training of all district teachers and administrators. It includes four fully-equipped computer labs as well as a large group presentation area.

Jasper's [[cafeteria]] serves the student body at lunch in four meal periods, each lasting about 25 minutes in length. There are four lines to buy food from. As of 2006, the cafeteria currently has a sitting capacity of 680 students.

In [[2002]], the Professional Development center was vacated. The area was then renovated along with the enclosure of the outdoor dining area. The project, with a contract price of $700,157, was designed by Corgan Associates, Inc. and built by Tywell Construction Corporation.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.pisd.edu/schools/construction/2000_03_FPC_Final_Report/Projects/Jasper.pdf#search=%22corgan%20jasper%20high%20school%22 | title = PISD Construction Final Report 2000-2003| accessdate = 2006-09-21}}</ref>

During the 2003 Bond Election held on [[August 23]], [[2003]], a $3,500,000 addition of eight temporary classrooms was approved by a vote of 3,643 for to 1,499 against. This was part of a $33,550,000 bond proposal of PISD.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.pisd.edu/news/2004bond/2003bond.shtml | title = 2003 Bond Election - PISD| accessdate = 2006-08-31}}</ref>

In [[2004]], Big Sky Construction completed a [[band]]/[[choir]] hall addition to Jasper with a contract price of $2,000,000.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.bigskyconstruction.com/projectlist.htm | title = Big Sky Construction| accessdate = 2006-08-10}}</ref>

On [[November 28]], [[2005]], the Plano Independent School District announced the beginning of an addition of a science wing, which was approved in a [[2004]] Facility Program Bond vote by the citizens of Plano. It was a project given to the Cadence McShane Companies, and was built along with new additions to [[Williams High School]]. The addition to Jasper was completed in [[July]] of [[2006]], costing the school district approximately $7,501,893.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.pisd.edu/schools/construction/2006_FPC_1st_Qtr/Cover.pdf | title = 2004 Bond Program Construction Status Report | accessdate = 2006-06-30}}</ref>Also added under the contract was a third cafeteria line and a multipurpose room. The wooden gym floors were redone during this same time.

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==Students==
The current enrollment at Jasper is 2,005, which is the largest of the five high schools and third overall out of the 67 schools in PISD. The current functional [[capacity]] of the school is approximately 1,758 students, thus Jasper is at about 114% capacity.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.pisd.edu/news/2004bond/2003bond.shtml | title = 2003 Bond Election - PISD| accessdate = 2006-09-12}}</ref>

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The ethnic makeup of Jasper High School is very diverse. Approximately 65% of the student body is [[white (people)|white/non-Hispanic]], 25% is [[Asian|Asian/Pacific Islander]], 6% is [[African American]], 4% is [[Hispanic]], and less than 1% is [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]]/[[Alaskan Native]].

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Jasper has an attendance rate of 97%, one percent better than the [[Texas]] state average. The student-teacher ratio is 21.8, which is exactly on par with the state average. The foreign language classes have the highest ratio, with 23 students per teacher.

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Approximately 12% of Jasper students are in the [[Gifted and Talented]] program. The [[Special Education]] student subgroup consists of 7% of the student body. Only 4% of Jasper is economically disadvantaged, compared to a state average of 55%.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/tx/other/5528 | title = Jasper High School - School Information | accessdate = 2006-07-06}}</ref>

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==Faculty==
Jasper High School has a current [[full-time]] faculty of 167 staff, which includes 28 administration and support staff. Jasper's teachers average 10 years of teaching experience, one below the state average of 11. Four percent of the faculty is in their first year, one-half of the state average of 8%.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/tx/other/5528 | title = Jasper High School - School Information | accessdate = 2006-07-06}}</ref>

Jasper's current average teacher salary is $42,621, and the average administration staff salary is $65,826.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.schools-data.com/schools/JASPER-H-S-PLANO.html | title = Jasper H S (Plano, TX) Detailed School Profile | accessdate = 2006-09-12}}</ref> Both are higher than the state averages of $41,011 and $61,612, respectively, but lower than the PISD district averages of $43,006 and $68,089.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.tea.state.tx.us/cgi/sas/broker | title = 2005 Campus AEIS Report | accessdate = 2006-10-01}}</ref>

Jasper currently employs a full-time CTA (Campus Technology Assistant).

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==Curriculum==
There are seven periods during the school day available to Jasper students for classes. The school day lasts from 9:00 [[A.M.]] to 4:15 [[P.M.]]

Many students in the PACE (Plano Academic and Creative Education) program enroll in the [[Humanities]] class. There are currently 230 students in the class.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.tea.state.tx.us/cgi/sas/broker | title = 2005 Campus AEIS Report | accessdate = 2006-10-01}}</ref>

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[[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], [[Latin|Latin]], [[Chinese language|Chinese]], and [[American Sign Language]] are available to all students at Jasper.

JTV (Jasper Television) is a class that is available to both freshmen and sophomores. It is an introduction to broadcast journalism, and 25-minute shows are televised to the student body every other [[Friday]] afternoon on Jasper's school channel.

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Approximately 78% of Jasper students are taking a career/technology education course.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.tea.state.tx.us/cgi/sas/broker | title = 2005 Campus AEIS Report | accessdate = 2006-10-01}}</ref>

Jasper's regulars classes are graded on a 4.0 [[Grade point average|GPA]] (Grade Point Average) scale, the honors classes are on a 4.5 GPA scale, and the [[Advanced Placement Program|Advanced Placement]] (AP) classes are on a 5.0 scale.

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Students have the opportunity to leave Jasper with 14.0 [[credit (education)|credit]]s toward the Texas State [[Board of Education]]'s requirement of 24.0. However, extra credits maybe earned through the completion of [[summer school]] courses and correspondence courses on the [[Internet]].

Jasper currently has an operating [[budget]] of $8,274,564, which amounts to $4,495 per student.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.schools-data.com/schools/JASPER-H-S-PLANO.html | title = Jasper H S (Plano, TX) Detailed School Profile | accessdate = 2006-09-12}}</ref>  That is below the PISD average of $4,785 per student.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.pisd.edu/about.us/budget/index.shtml | title = Budget - Plano ISD | accessdate = 2006-09-12}}</ref>

===Advanced Placement===
Jasper offers two Advanced Placement (AP) classes: [[Human geography|Human Geography]] and [[World History]].

In 2005, Jasper had the highest percentage of passing students in the world on the Advanced Placement [[Human geography|Human Geography]] exam for large schools.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[Dallas Morning News]]|title=More students take, pass AP exams, report finds |date=[[2006-02-07]]|first=Holly K.|last=Hacker}}</ref> Out of the students taking the AP World History, 89% received college credit for passing the test. The majority of scores on both tests was a '5', the highest score possible.

In 2006, Jasper once again had the highest percentage of passing students in the world of the Advanced Placement Human Geography exam for large schools, with a 100% passing rate of the 95 students taking the test. The passing rate for the World History test was 74%. The most frequent score was a '5'.

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==Extracurricular activities==
===Athletics===
Jasper fields 15 teams in six different sports: [[American football|football]], [[volleyball]], [[basketball]], [[tennis]], [[baseball]], and [[Athletics (track and field)|track]]. In football, volleyball, and basketball there are two teams for ninth graders and one team for tenth graders in each sport. In track, there is one ninth grade team and one tenth grade team. In tennis and baseball, there is one team representing the whole school.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://k-12.pisd.edu/schools/jasper/index.htm | title = Jasper High School | accessdate = 2006-07-10}}</ref>

===Music Program===
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Jasper's music program is one of the best in Texas. The Legacy Orchestra is consistently listed among the best in the state--in 2005-2006, the [[Texas Music Educators Association]] ranked the orchestra number four in the entire state, competing against 9-12 high schools.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.pisd.edu/news/archive/2005-06/performing.arts.winners.shtml | title = Performing Arts Achievements - PISD | accessdate = 2006-09-12}}</ref>

All of the music programs ([[band (music)|band]], [[choir]], and [[orchestra]]) all have many qualifiers for the All-State honor each year. Each of them also earned the [[University Interscholastic League]] (UIL) Sweepstakes Award in 2006, the highest award given to a music program in Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.pisd.edu/schools/secondary/jasper/index.shtml | title = Jasper High School - Campus Profile | accessdate = 2006-09-12}}</ref>

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===Academics===
In 2005, Jasper won the [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]]/[[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] [[World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth|World Affairs Council]] [[Worldquest|Academic WorldQuest]] contest, winning an all-expenses paid trip to the national tournament in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.dallasworld.org/archives/media/050215.pdf#search='jasper%20high%20school%20worldquest' | title = Dallas Academic WorldQuest Competition | accessdate = 2006-09-12}}</ref> The MathCounts team was a first place winner in state and third place in nationals at the TrigStar Math Competition. In 2005, Jasper won the state [[HOSA]] competition, advanced to nationals and received third place in newsletter and sixth in HOSA Bowl. Also in that year, the Texas Computer Education Association awarded two first place medals to Jasper students for their work in [[desktop publishing]].

Jasper has a very active [[FBLA]] and [[debate]] club.

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==Awards==
Jasper is known throughout the state for having exemplary scores on the [[Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills]] (TAKS) test. Below are Jasper's 2006 scores.
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   <th>Subject</th>
   <th>Grade</th>
   <th>Passing Rate</th>
   <th>Rank in PISD<sup>(a)</sup></th>
   <th>Rank in [[Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex|DFW]]<sup>(b)</sup></th>
   <th>Percentage Commended</th>
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   <td>Mathematics</td>
   <td>9<sup>th</sup></td>
   <td>95%</td>
   <td>1<sup>st</sup></td>
   <td>2<sup>nd</sup></td>
   <td>55% (1<sup>st</sup> PISD, T-2<sup>nd</sup> DFW)</td>
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   <td>Reading</td>
   <td>9<sup>th</sup></td>
   <td>99%</td>
   <td>1<sup>st</sup></td>
   <td>T-1<sup>st</sup></td>
   <td>52% (1<sup>st</sup> PISD, T-1<sup>st</sup> DFW)</td>
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   <td>English</td>
   <td>10<sup>th</sup></td>
   <td>99%</td>
   <td>1<sup>st</sup></td>
   <td>T-1<sup>st</sup></td>
   <td>42% (1<sup>st</sup> PISD, 1<sup>st</sup> DFW)</td>
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   <td>Math</td>
   <td>10<sup>th</sup></td>
   <td>92%</td>
   <td>1<sup>st</sup></td>
   <td>2<sup>nd</sup></td>
   <td>41% (1<sup>st</sup> PISD, 2<sup>nd</sup> DFW)</td>
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   <td>Science</td>
   <td>10<sup>th</sup></td>
   <td>94%</td>
   <td>1<sup>st</sup></td>
   <td>2<sup>nd</sup></td>
   <td>45% (1<sup>st</sup> PISD, 1<sup>st</sup> DFW)</td>
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   <td>Social Studies</td>
   <td>10<sup>th</sup></td>
   <td>98%</td>
   <td>T-1<sup>st</sup></td>
   <td>T-3<sup>rd</sup></td>
   <td>72% (1<sup>st</sup> PISD, 3<sup>rd</sup> DFW)</td>
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''<sup>(a)</sup>Total of 67 schools''<br>
''<sup>(b)</sup>Total of 151 schools''
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* In August of 2006, Jasper was one of nine PISD schools to receive part of $300,000 awarded by the Texas Education Agency Advanced Placement/[[International Baccalaureate]] Incentive Awards Program. Jasper was given a $16,000 Campus Award and a $4,736 Teacher Award, both being the highest amounts won by any high school in the district. The Texas Education Agency awards up to $100 for each student scoring a three or higher on an AP exam and an additional award is provided to each school for the deposit of up to $50 in the teacher bonus pool for each student enrolled.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://http://pisd.edu/news/archive/2006-07/ap.ib.grants.shtml | title = PISD AP/IB Incentive Awards | accessdate = 2006-08-28}}</ref>

* Jasper has received the 'Commended Performance' designation in [[English studies|English]]/Reading/[[Language arts|Language Arts]], [[Math]] and [[Science]], [[Social Studies]], and Attendance Rate.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.pisd.edu/schools/secondary/jasper/index.shtml | title = Jasper High School - Campus Profile | accessdate = 2006-09-12}}</ref>

* Jasper was one of 100 schools nationwide to be recognized by Netday SpeakUp.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.netday.org/downloads/NetDaySpeakUp100_SchoolList.pdf | title = Netday SpeakUp 100| accessdate = 2006-09-12}}</ref>

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==In the news==
===Violence===
During the school distrct's 2006 investigation of the growing number of assaults on its campuses, an incident at Jasper was discovered:
{{cquote|''A Jasper High School student admitted bringing napalm – an incendiary gel – in a baggie to school in May. An anonymous parent called the school to report that two students brought a napalm bomb to school and showed other classmates. One student denied having the substance at school. District staff did not see it. Plano police were involved in the incident, Officer [Rick] McDonald said. Because it involved juveniles, no further information was available.''<ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[Dallas Morning News]]|title=Recorded assaults more than double in Plano schools |date=[[2006-09-19]]|first=Kim |last=Breen}}</ref>}}

===Clara Tilghman===
In [[August]] 2006, [[special education]] teacher Clara Tilghman resigned after an investigation by the school district discovered that she has put [[duct tape]] over a [[disabled]] student's mouth in order to control his behavior. The incident happened in [[March]] 2006 and was reportedly witnessed by two school employees.  An impending investigation has be launched<ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[Dallas Morning News]]|title=Teacher who taped boy's mouth resigns |date=[[2006-08-26]]|first=Kim |last=Breen}}</ref>

===Sarah Bickle===
In early March 2006, ESL teacher Sarah Bickle's six-month old son Thomas underwent brain surgery on a cancerous tumor. After the sugery, he was treated with radiation, which is dangerous for children his age. Mrs. Bickle was forced to quit her job at Jasper in order to stay home with Thomas. However, the Bickles were already in serious financial trouble, so they turned for help--which Jasper gave. The Bickles started [http://www.thomasbickle.com a blog], and students and staff donated thousands of dollars and hundreds of items to the Bickle Fund. <ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[Dallas Morning News]]|title=Teacher Support system helps couple deal with son's cancer |date=[[2006-03-20]]|first=Kim |last=Breen}}</ref>

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==See also==
*[[Plano Senior High School]]
*[[Plano West Senior High School]]
*[[Shepton High School]]

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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://k-12.pisd.edu/schools/jasper/ Jasper High School website]
*[http://www.jasperhighschoolband.com/ Jasper High School Band website]
*[http://www.jasperjazz.com/ Jasper High School Jasper Jazz Drill Team website]
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