A. C. Reynolds High School

At the beginning of the 2013-2014 school years, A.C. Reynolds High School (ACR) had a total enrollment of 1,369 students with 52% of the population being male and 48% female. The ethnic make-up of the school was predominately Caucasian (80% of the student population), followed by 10% African American, 4% Multiracial, 4% Hispanic and less than 1% Asian or Native American. Students who attend ACR live in the suburban area around the city of Asheville including Fairview, Arden, Fletcher, and Haw Creek. The housing situation ranges from wealthy neighborhoods to areas living in poverty. Nearly half of the students ride the bus; 40.28% of the students receive free and reduced lunch. About half of the students who attend ACR have their family origins…

Titans is a sports film based off of true events. The movie follows the 1971 football team from T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia. Bill Yoast is the head coach of a successful football team in Alexandria, Virginia. When two school districts are merged into one, Yoast is fired, and Herman Boone is hired as the new head football coach. He respectfully hires Yoast as the defensive assistant coach to make the transition of the football team smoother. Due to the racial tensions of…

The suburban schools of Virginia had been segregated for decades with schools for whites and schools for blacks. In 1971, integration was federally mandated, forcing two schools to close, and integrate African Americans and Caucasians into T.C. Williams High School. Football was a way of life in Alexandria, Virginia, moreover, the community celebrated every game and victory as if it were a holiday. Remember the Titans is a story about the T.C. Williams High School football team after the…

The following paper is an analysis and comparison of the group process. The paper will discuss similarities between the stages of the Garland, Jones, and Kolodny Model of group stages (Zastrow, 2015). The paper will also discuss and define recruitment, human behavior theories, family dynamics, group behavior, group dynamics, group process, problem solving, oppression, diversity, and values and ethics, as well as implications of generalist practice social work as they are used in the film,…

players have for their teammates on and off the field. Walt Disney Pictures created an amazing film called “Remember the Titans” in 2000 that shows people how football created a bond between blacks and whites in a community where they were forced to merge together. The setting of the movie is in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971. The movie begins by telling the viewers that, “High school football is a way of life. It’s bigger than Christmas day (Remember the Titans, 2000).” An adorable young girl…

Mequlito Q. Ragin Management in Film (MGMT215-150A-15 10/13/2015 Watched Remember The Titans Remember The Titans is a movie based back in the 1970’s, during the time of heavy racism in a small town of Virginia. The Jim Crow laws were still a very big part of their everyday life. There are many complex feelings during this movie. For this discussion board we want to focus our attention on the unity the coach wanted to provide during the training camp. 1. “Doc”, the new head coach took his…

remember the titans relationships relationship 1 Gerry and Julius -the two people in the relationship were gerry and julius who are team mates on the team called the titans. The power that gerry had was alot more as he was a white male and julius was a black male but after alot of arguments and racial slurs the two ended up becoming best friends. After this, the power in the relationship became very balanced. -At the beginning, when racial tensions between two were strong, Gerry and Julius both…

Set in the racially charged South, “Remember the Titans” is the story of 22 players, 16 games, two coaches, and one interracial team. One particularly important member of the team is 9-year-old Sheryl, the steadfast daughter of Coach Yoast. Her loyalty keeps Yoast in check, reminding him that football matters more than race ever will. Sheryl’s dedication is shown through her interactions with Herman Boone, the black coach who usurped her father’s position as head coach; her exchanges with her…

Based on a true story set during the years of integration between the black and white students at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria Virginia circa 1971. Remember the Titans tell of the famed Titans football team which was headed up that very same year by the team's first black coach, earnest family man Herman Boone. At first previous head Coach Bill Yoast Will Patton is upset to be put down as the assisting coach to Herman Boone’s. But just as Boone teaches his team how to get along and…

INTRODUCTION "Remember the Titans" The film takes place in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1971- a time of segregation. T.C. Williams High school football team has just become integrated and has received a new black head coach, Herman Boone. He took the job of head coach from Coach Bill Yoast. There are some racial tensions. Boone offers Bill Yoast a job as assistant coach and he accepts after the white players threaten to sit out the season. During football camp, the boys become better acquainted and…