| Fossil Ridge High School |
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“Focus, Respect, Honor, Success”
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| Location |
4101 Thompson Road
Keller, TX, USA |
| Information |
| School district |
Keller ISD |
| Principal |
David Hadley |
| Enrollment |
1,929 (as of September 21, 2007)
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| Faculty |
151 |
| Type |
High School |
| Grades |
9 - 12 |
| Mascot |
Panther (black and gold) |
| Established |
1995 |
| Homepage |
http://campus.kellerisd.net/frhs |
Fossil Ridge High School is a high school located in north Fort Worth, Texas. It is the second high school of the Keller Independent School District. The original building was built in 1995 for 9th and 10th graders; an expansion was built in 1997-1998 to accommodate 11th and 12th graders.
The current principal of the school is David Hadley.
The school mascot is a panther and the school colors are black and gold. The school also contains a theater, two gymnasiums, a library, and a cafeteria.
Most Fossil Hill Middle School graduates and some Trinity Springs Middle School graduates feed into Fossil Ridge High School.
FRHS currently has a teacher-to-student ratio of 1:17.
Contents
- 1 Athletics
- 1.1 Basketball
- 1.2 Football
- 2 Extracurricular Activities
- 3 JROTC
- 4 Marching Band & Colorguard
- 5 External links
- 6 References
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Athletics
Basketball
The Fossil Ridge Panthers are the reigning 6-4A champions in Basketball having posted a 29-4 record and a 16-0 record in district play.
Football

The 05-06 Varsity Football Team
Fossil Ridge currently has two Freshmen teams (Black and Gold), two Junior Varsity teams (Black and Gold), and a Varsity team. The teams play at the Keller Sports Complex, which includes an artificial turf field and sits directly across the street from Keller High School.
The 2006 varsity game received online video coverage from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and KXAS NBC 5. In the past, the rivalry game had playoff implications. Since 2006, Fossil Ridge has been classified to Class 4-A (Keller High School is Class 5-A), and recent rivalry games are mostly for bragging rights. Fossil Ridge has won three consecutive match ups against rival Keller High School (2005-2007) and six of the all ten games (1996-2007).
The Panthers are currently the 5-5A District Champions.
Other sports played at Fossil Ridge include baseball, softball, track and field, wrestling, power lifting, volleyball, tennis, golf, basketball, soccer, swimming and diving, bowling, rodeo, cross country, and ice hockey (district-wide team).
Extracurricular Activities
The school’s extracurricular choices include:
- Academic Decathlon (”Knowledge is Power”)
- Forensics and Debate (”Team Page”)
- Band & Colorguard (”Panther Regiment”)
- Theatre (”Dramatic Paws”)
- Choir (”Panthers -N- Harmony”)
- Cheerleading
- Drill Team (”Sun Dancers”)
- Keller ISD JROTC (”Keller ISD JROTC”)
- Art
- Photography
- Yearbook (”Impressions”)
- Literary Journalism (”The R”, formerly “The Panther Times”)
- Media Technology (formerly Broadcast Journalism) (”Ridge TV”, formerly “Fossil Ridge Live”)
- Ready, Set, Teach (a course directed towards recruiting future educators)
- Spirit Team (”Stray Cats”)
- Student Council
- An array of subject-specific clubs (e.g. Spanish Club).
JROTC
Fossil Ridge currently has an AFJROTC program. However, the program takes place at Central High School, a neighboring school in the KISD. The program consists of participants from all 3 KISD high schools.
Marching Band & Colorguard


The Fossil Ridge Panther Regiment, 2005
The Fossil Ridge Panther Regiment is a marching band and colorguard.
- The 2006 Senior Class received over $4.4 million in scholarship offers.
External links
- Official School Website
- Panther Pride Athletics Booster Club
- Fossil Ridge Panther Regiment
- Keller ISD JROTC Official Website
- Keller ISD JROTC Booster Club
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