Browse past news stories for Memorial High School in Port Arthur, TX.

• Titans duo finalize college choices (Port Arthur News)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 04:22:31 am
  Port Arthur Memorial teammates Darius Harris and Shaq White have been staples of the Titans basketball program since their sophomore seasons. Soon, they will become friendly foes as Harris, a 6-7 post, and White, a 5-9 point guard, will join opposing teams in the Southland Conference.
• Community Scoop: Spellers needed; Nederland poet is discombobulated (Port Arthur News)
  posted on November 16, 2009 at 02:24:30 am
  To know Torchy is to love her. She’s a one-woman wonder known by just the one name. She lends her support to countless causes and this past week, Triangle Aids Network gave back some love to Paula “Torchy” Salter.
• Men's Basketball: Fresh faces boost No. 3 Texas' talent (The Daily Texan)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 09:34:54 pm
  Avery Bradley is cool, collected and level....
• Mavs open playoffs Friday night at 7 (The Pasadena Citizen)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 06:59:05 am
  Memorial High School’s varsity football program will attempt to climb back to .500 in overall state playoff game appearances when the Mavericks kick off their fourth consecutive postseason appearance this Friday night.
• Less weight helps Titans Pitre shine (Port Arthur News)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 05:13:32 am
  Nothing against Rancho Grande, Carmela's and Casa Ole' but there are times when a guy needs to leave those enchiladas alone. Marcquis Pitre knows. By the time young Marcquis reached Memorial high school in summer 2006 as a freshman, his weight ballooned toward the big 3--0--0.
• PACC mulls EDC advertising on airwaves, football field (Port Arthur News)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 11:28:11 pm
  Deciding how best to spend advertising dollars promoting economic development brought divided opinions among Port Arthur City Council Tuesday.
• Saturday fundraiser game is about faith, cancer (Beaumont Enterprise)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 11:01:34 am
  Far from the pulpit, ministers from some of the area's largest churches will don shorts and sneakers tonight to raise money for breast cancer research.
• PAISD to host town hall next week (Beaumont Enterprise)
  posted on October 20, 2009 at 01:16:24 pm
  The general public will have an opportunity to hear from Port Arthur ISD officials about district issues during a town hall meeting scheduled for next week.
• Basketball: Veterans look to become leaders for new players (The Daily Texan)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 08:04:31 am
  Texas coach Rick Barnes can’t remember the last time he had a senior class. “I don’t know how long,” Barnes said. “It may even go back as far as 2002.”...
• After lengthy wait, Texas guard J’Covan Brown appears ready to contribute (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
  posted on October 13, 2009 at 04:01:01 am
  After a lengthy wait, highly touted J’Covan Brown appears ready to contribute to the Texas Longhorns.
• Port Arthur artist likens work to Japanese photog (Beaumont Enterprise)
  posted on October 12, 2009 at 08:12:46 pm
  Nguyen "Kim" Tran, a freshman academic studies major from Port Arthur, was selected as the $250 first-place winner in Lamar State College-Port Arthur's Centennial Art Show.
• Police blotter (The Journal News)
  posted on October 6, 2009 at 06:43:16 am
  Interstate 684: Hector Perez, 28, of Port Chester was charged Sept. 26 around 6 a.m. with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor. State police said his blood-alcohol level was 0.16 percent.
• 18 year old identical twins join the Army, both preparing to leave for bootcamp (KFDM Beaumont)
  posted on October 3, 2009 at 06:48:14 pm
  Identical twins from Port Arthur are taking the same career path, to serve their country. 18 year old Jerry and Kerry Dupree have joined the army and are packing their bags for separate boot camps. The boys say their mission is to help others.
• ADVENTURE: Local cyclist recalls race vs. Lance (Beaumont Enterprise)
  posted on September 24, 2009 at 12:55:48 am
  On good-weather days, Britt Gober trades in his blue Suburban for a 19-year-old steel frame bike and cycles the 40-mile roundtrip from Beaumont to Memorial High School in Port Arthur.
• PA man ‘pistol whipped’ outside home (Port Arthur News)
  posted on September 11, 2009 at 10:06:10 pm
  A resident in his mid-twenties stepped outside his home late Wednesday night when, according to eyewitnesses someone clocked him over the head repeatedly “pistol-whipping” him directly in front of his Rampart Apartment 1700 Village East Blvd.
• Traffic woes continue along Ninth Avenue (Port Arthur News)
  posted on August 31, 2009 at 04:29:39 pm
  The opening of a new high school and repair to two bridges are causing traffic woes in the area. Twice a day Port Arthur Police and constables monitor traffic to and from the newly opened Memorial High School, located 3501 S/Sgt. Lucian Adams Drive.
• New campus locations create extra stress (Beaumont Enterprise)
  posted on August 27, 2009 at 11:08:39 am
  The school carpool line seems a rite of passage for any parent. But the traffic congestion that comes with it, not so much.
• First day school start smooth at area campuses (Port Arthur News)
  posted on August 26, 2009 at 02:18:48 pm
  Inside Port Arthur’s spacious new state-of-the art Memorial High School a voice on the loud speaker reminded students classes had resumed and the lazy days of summer were over for another 10 months.
• New Memorial High ready for first day of school (KFDM Beaumont)
  posted on August 21, 2009 at 03:10:27 am
  Five years after it's approval in a $110 million dollar election, the new Memorial High School in Port Arthur is set to open its doors in just days. It's moving day for World History teacher Kenneth Coleman.
• News 160x600 (KBTV Beaumont)
  posted on August 20, 2009 at 05:12:26 pm
  Students in Port Arthur will soon see the results of a $189,000,000 bond. The new Memorial High School will officially open on August 24th. The district spent over $80,000,000 on the school.
• Local nurses, students honored at NBNA conference (Port Arthur News)
  posted on August 18, 2009 at 04:30:21 pm
  Southeast Texas Black Nurses Association has announced accomplishments of its members receiving awards at the NBNA's 37th Annual Institute and Conference in Toronto, Canada.
• PAISD Covocation message: Now is the time (Port Arthur News)
  posted on August 18, 2009 at 02:30:21 pm
  The difference between a good day and a bad day is attitude, teacher Elizabeth Cooks says. She said she already has a good attitude about seeing her Wheatley School students and meeting new ones, but acknowledged Monday’s Opening of School Convocation was an extra incentive.
• ANTHONY McDANIEL: New learning environment breeds promise for PAISD (Port Arthur News)
  posted on August 17, 2009 at 07:30:21 pm
  Port Arthur school superintendent Johnny Brown appeared exceptionally optimistic about the future of PAISD as a result of the completion of the long-awaited new Memorial High School that the students will be attending this fall semester for the 2009 -2010 school year.
• PAISD to start band program for fifth graders (Port Arthur News)
  posted on August 8, 2009 at 07:46:52 pm
  Facts:PAISD is bringing back elementary school band classesAll interested fifth graders who would like to learn how to play a band instrument can sign up from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, at the DeQueen Elementary gymnasium, 740 DeQueen Blvd.The sign-up at DeQueen is for all fifth graders regardless of the school they will be attending.
• Southeastern Louisiana AD Erdmann accepts position at South Alabama (San Marcos Daily Record)
  posted on July 25, 2009 at 09:29:25 pm
  HAMMOND, La. — Southeastern Louisiana University Director of Athletics Dr. Joel Erdmann announced that he will leave the university, effective Aug. 7, to accept a similar position at the University of South Alabama.
• Opera for Alfred: singer takes sounds to Wales (Port Arthur News)
  posted on July 24, 2009 at 08:52:13 pm
  Opera, delivered in Italian or French, is Gwendolyn Alfred’s pleasure. She took her award-winning voice to the Llangollen Eistedfodd international music festival in Wales. When the locals heard she was from Texas, she got requests.
• UPDATE: Jimmy Johnson's father, longtime Port Arthur resident dead (Beaumont Enterprise)
  posted on July 16, 2009 at 10:52:28 pm
  The father of one of Port Arthur's most famous natives died this week.
• Camp Seaport offers vision of maritime careers (Port Arthur News)
  posted on July 8, 2009 at 02:25:32 pm
  Aurielle Mosley may not decide to become a ship’s captain butshe can now envision a career in the maritime industry.
• First look at new Memorial High School (Port Arthur News)
  posted on June 25, 2009 at 04:14:08 pm
  There might not have been any school yard chatter but there was plenty of conversation when the doors to the newly constructed Memorial High School opened on Wednesday.
• Honea named Memorial girls head basketball coach (Beaumont Enterprise)
  posted on June 24, 2009 at 01:20:07 am
  Dr. Mark Honea was ready to return to his roots.