R. L. Turner High School

R. L. Turner High School is a secondary school located in Carrollton, Texas, United States in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District. The school opened in 1993 as a replacement for Carrollton High School, which could no longer support the growing numbers of students and was re-opened as DeWitt Perry Middle School.

R. L. Turner High School is home to three profession-specific academies; programs for gifted students looking to specialize in a particular professional field.

The Academy of Biomedical Professions (BioMed) has some of the top health classes in the nation, and offers students internships at local hospitals and practices with professional facilities.

The Academy of Media Arts and Technology (AMAT) offers Turner's students professional-quality media, television, and computer equipment and features its own full-fledged TV studio, radio station, and video editing rooms. AMAT also offers course tracks for computer science and business applications. The academy previously offered a course track for computer networking but this has since been replaced with courses relating to digital graphic arts.

The Math, Engineering, Technology, and Science Academy (METSA) has just recently been put into place and serves students who want to go into the field of engineering. This program began in the 2007-08 school year.This is probably one of the best academys state wise.

Turner was named a 1990-91 National Blue Ribbon School. [ [http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF) ] ]

Notable alumni

* Robert Van Winkle (a.k.a. Vanilla Ice) - dropped out
* Kenny Marchant (current member of the United States House of Representatives)
* Bridget Hall American supermodel, Ralph Lauren girl. - (dropped out to pursue modeling career)
* Judy Trammell - Former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and head choreographer of DCC, appears on CMT's Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team
* Molly D'Ann Martin - Wife of Roger Clinton, U.S. President Bill Clinton's half brother
* Keith Moreland - former Major League Baseball player
* G.I. Sanders - former guitar player for SouthFM
* Tara Ellyn Smith (a.k.a. Taylor Hayes) - Adult Film Actress

References

http://rlt.cfbisd.edu/news.php

External links

* [http://cfbstaff.cfbisd.edu/rlt/ R. L. Turner High School website]