In the area of academics, Friendswood High School was named one of the best high schools in the greater Houston area by the Houston Chronicle and one of the top high schools in Texas by the Texas Business and Education Coalition. The UIL Academic team repeated as the District 24 AAAA, Regional III AAAA Champions and won the overall State Championship for the fifth year in a row. For the first time, a freshman science fair student won the Ninth Grade Grand Award at the Science and Engineering Fair of Houston. Four students advanced to the Texas Science Fair with one winning a Grand Award. This young lady competed at the International Science and Engineering Fair winning second place in the Environmental Sciences category along with a special award. The freshman, sophomore, and junior classes set a high standard for TAKS; the preliminary rating for Friendswood High School is Exemplary. The English/Language Arts passing rates are 98% (10th) and 100% (11th). Freshmen passing rate for reading is 99%. The Math scores are 92% (9th), 92% (10th), and 100%(11th). Sophomores and juniors also take Science and Social Studies. Science scores are 95% (10th) and 99% (11th). Social Studies passing rates are 99% (10th) and 100%(11th).

The 2009–2010 school year will be remembered as another successful season in athletic achievements. At the time of this letter, FHS leads the state for the second consecutive year in the Lone Star Cup competition. FHS claimed 10 District Championships that include: Volleyball, Boys/Girls Cross Country, Boys/Girls Soccer, Boys/Girls Golf, Boys/Girls Swimming and Team Tennis. Every UIL sport in Friendswood advanced to the playoffs. In addition, every sport advanced at least one round with Football, Volleyball, Girls Soccer and Baseball all advancing to the Regional Finals. The Lacrosse program had another exciting year, traveling out-of-state to Florida over Spring Break, which included tournament games and several educational opportunities.

In the area of Fine Arts, all areas experienced success. The Marching Band received superior ratings at the UIL Region Marching Contest, was the UIL Area F Marching Band Champion, and was the State Runner-up at the UIL AAAA State Marching Band Contest. The marching band also was the outstanding AAAA band at the Lone Star Preview Marching Contest and was a finalist at the Bands of America Houston Regional. The Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band and Concert Band all earned top ratings at Concert & Sight-reading earning the UIL Sweepstakes Award. The Wind Ensemble performed at the Texas Music Educators Association convention as the AAAA State Honor Band of Texas. The Color Guard had a great year winning the Regional Winter Guard Internationals and the TCGC State Championship in San Marcos. The Campus Singers, Campus Women’s Choir, Varsity Women’s Choir, Treble Choir and Combined Men’s Choir all earned top ratings at Concert & Sight-reading Contest receiving the UIL Sweepstakes Award. Nine choir students and fifteen band students were selected for TMEA All-State Honors. The Campus Singers were invited to perform for the Houston Baptist University Choral Invitational in November, and the St. Paul's UMC Service Series in March. The Wranglerettes won the highest awards given in both the team and officer divisions at the three team contests they attended this year. The team and officers were named Crowd Pleasers State Champions and ADTS Large Team National Champions. In the process, they brought home more gold than they have shelves on which to display them. The Musical Cast received twelve nominations, in eleven categories, in the Tommy Tune Awards and received Best Musical Direction, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Supporting Actor. The UIL One Act Play made their fifth consecutive trip to the State Meet in five years, winning 2nd Runner-up in the State Championship and bringing home two All-Star Cast honors and one cast member was honored with a scholarship.

Career Tech programs had a terrific year! Our medical students sent 17 students to State HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) contest. They will be sending seven students on to National Competition this summer. Our engineering students also had a great competitive year with TSA (Technology Students of America). They had 23 State Qualifiers and will send nine students to Nationals this summer! Our marketing students had three State Qualifiers in the DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) competition. BPA (Business Professionals of America) had one student compete at State Contest and also at National BPA Competition as well. Additionally, in Technology Applications, four of our computer science students won first place at UIL! Friendswood FFA was quite busy this year competing in leadership contests and also many livestock shows throughout the state. They attended Ft. Worth Stock Show, Houston Livestock Show, Galveston County Fair and were quite successful at all of them. They are looking forward to another outstanding year next year.

The Class of 2010 had nine National Merit Finalists, thirteen National Merit Commended students; five students were named National Hispanic Recognition Scholar and one named National Achievement Scholar. To date, the seniors have been offered $11,602,028.00 in scholarships, and they have accepted $5,857,764.00. Your efforts have given the administration, faculty and staff reason to celebrate with you in the classroom and in the competitive arena. We are proud to say we work with some of the finest young people you will find anywhere. The class of 2010 will be remembered for their many accomplishments and the leadership they provided in every area at FHS. Now, we turn to the class of 2011 and ask them to step forward, assume the leadership role and guide the classes of 2012, 2013, and 2014 to an even greater year as we continue to raise the bar. We have much to look forward to as we strive for excellence and build on the previous year’s success. The future is in your hands. We know the class of 2010 leaves a legacy of champions, never being satisfied with anything less than their best. Next year, we look forward to all working together to continue the tradition of excellence.