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Sunset High School is a Public Secondary School located in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas , Texas ( USA ). Sunset High School enrolls students in Grades 9 - 12 and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District . It was opened in 1925 as the second high school in the Oak Cliff area; as such, its main rival is Adamson , which is the oldest high school in the Oak Cliff area.

The school serves a portion of Dallas. It does serve all of Cockrell Hill .

The origin of the school's name is uncertain; however, it may be due to its location, at the time it was the westernmost school in the DISD.

The mascot is the Bison (not the Bisons; Bison is both singular and plural); it was chosen since early students had to cross open fields to get to school.


FEEDER PATTERNS

As of 2005 {Link without Title} , the following elementary schools feed into Sunset High School:

PK-6
  • Leila P. Cowart

  • Louise Wolff Kahn

  • George Peabody

  • Winnetka

  • K-6

  • Lida Hooe

  • 3-6

  • Rosemont Elementary

  • PK-2

  • Rosemont Primary


Three middle schools, W.E. Greiner, Quintanilla, and Stockard, feed into Sunset.

Starting in the 2006-2007 school year {Link without Title} , Anson Jones (PK-6) and Arturo Salazar (PK-6, a new school opening in fall 2006) will also feed into Sunset High School.


NOTABLE ALUMNI

Current DISD Superintendent Dr. Michael Hinojosa is a Sunset High School alumnus. 40's film star Linda Darnell also attended Sunset and was a member of the class of June, 1941.

Wimberly Goodman (Class of '36)played Sargent Garcia in the Disney TV series "Zorro". Golf great Don January graduated in the mid or late-40s. Jerry Rhome quarterbacked the Bison football team '59-'61. He was a back-up quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys for almost a decade, and is currently one of the most highly respected quarterback coaches in the NFL .

Novelist and journalist Billy Lee Brammer was a member of the Class of '48.


FUNDRAISING


Sunset Foundation Inc. is a group of alumni who raise money and award college scholarships to Sunset High School students.

Sunset Alumni Association is a group who uses its membership dues to award yearly grants to classes and organizations of Sunset High School benefiting her students.


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