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.
 
GOALS 2009-2010
 
DSP Goal 1: FBISD will implement strategies that result in students meeting high standards of achievement.
 
CHS will increase commended performance in Science and Math by 5%.
Increase Percentage of sub-population students scoring Proficient and higher in mathematics and science by 5%
 
DSP Goal 3: FBISD will attract, develop, and retain quality staff for all district jobs.
 
100% Percent of instructional staff will be “highly qualified”
 
Goal 7: FBISD will foster character development of DSP students and create a safe and healthy environment for all students.
 
Decrease Percentage of students referred for tardies.
 

 

To instill self-respect, to foster real scholarship and achievement; strengthen the weak and sustain the strong; build habits of honesty and morality to last a lifetime; inspire mutual fellowship and respect; confer prestige upon those who abide by the Code; and promote personal development through enforcement of self-reliance.

Clements High School is a diverse community of lifelong learners which seeks to enhance each student's potential for academic excellence and social responsibility.

Clements High School is one of ten 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.

Enrollment: 2809
Seniors 588, Juniors 698, Sophomores 743, Freshmen 780
Faculty: 162 - 48% have master’s degrees and beyond
Schedule: Classes meet 50 minutes per day, maximum 7 periods per day, 5 days each week, 18 weeks per semester School Year: From August 14, 2009 through June 3, 2010.
Accreditation: Southern Association of Secondary Schools, and the Texas Education Agency

Academic Excellence
National Merit Scholarship Program: 21 National Merit Finalists, 23 National Merit Semi-Finalists 30 National Merit Commended students and three National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar.
Clements has the largest chapter of the National Honor Society per student population of any public high school in the nation.
The Class of 2007 received over $3,500,000.00 in scholarships.
Advanced Placement Testing: Over five hundred students took a total of 1200 AP exams in the 2006-07 school year. Eighty-five percent of students taking exams scored 3 or higher.
Business Department: Business Professionals of America had seven state qualifiers at competition and one national qualifier who placed first at the state level.
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.
Extracurricular Awards
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.
More than 1500 Clements students participated in one or more of our over 30 active clubs and organizations.
Mu Alpha Theta won First Place Sweepstakes at the Texas A&M High School Math Contest.
Academic Decathlon came in top 20 in the state.
DECA (National Association for Marketing and Management Students): The DECA Chapter was the largest in state for the sixth year in a row. Forty members qualified for state competition in Corpus Christi. We had seven students qualify for National Competition. Once again, we had officer representation on the state level.
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.
Athletics
Baseball: Advanced to State playoffs for fifth consecutive year and tenth time in the last 14 years. Five All-District Awards given.
Cheerleading: Placed first in Camp Cheer, Second in Extreme Routine and Third in Home Dance at UCA Camp Competition. All five 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. Girls: District Champions. Seven players advanced to State Competition.
Tennis: Advanced to Regionals in team tennis. Boys and girls advanced to Regional Tournament at individual level.
Track & Field Girls: Advanced to Regional Meets.
Volleyball: Finished second in district. Advanced to playoffs.

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• Clements is the home of the Global Languages 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.
• 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 football, basketball, tennis, track, soccer, golf, swimming, volleyball, baseball, 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.

Class of 2009
Four Year College 85%
Two Year College 11%
Military Service 0.5%
Employment, etc 3.5%

White 42.6%
Asian 42.5%
Hispanic 7.8%
Black 7.1%

1st Period - 7:30-8:20
2nd Period - 8:25-9:15
3rd Period - 9:20-10:10
4th Period - 10:15-11:05
5th Period - 11:10-12:40
 
Lunch Schedule:
1st lunch 11:10 - 11:40
Class 11:40 - 12:40
 
Class 11:10 - 11:40
2nd Lunch 11:40 - 12:10
Class 12:10 - 12:40
 
Class 11:10 - 12:10
3rd Lunch 12:10 - 12:40
 
6th Period - 12:45-1:35
7th Period - 1:40-2:30