Trivia
- Samuell High's International Exchange Program was in effect in 1963, with Arcelina Publio Dias from São Paulo, Brazil, this was the first such program in the Dallas area.
- Samuell High has two cheerleading groups, the Varsity Cheerleaders and Deaf Cheer Pride. The latter are a group of deaf students who attend the school.
- The Award winning Samuell Starlets are the school's Drill Team.
- The made-for-TV movie Right to Kill? was filmed at Samuell High in 1985 and aired nationally on May 21, 1985, on ABC. The film's leading actors were Frederic Forrest (Oscar-nominated for The Rose in 1979) and Justine Bateman, who was nominated for an Emmy for playing the role of a physically abused daughter in this movie.
- W.W. Samuell has won 2 Dr Pepper Basketball Tournaments in Dallas. The tournament consists of over 32 high school teams from the DFW area.
- In 2007, the W.W. Samuell High School Marching "Sound System" Band, under the direction of Mr. Carlton Cooper won Grambling State University's Dallas High School "Battle of the Bands" at D.I.S.D.'s Kincaide Stadium over Townview Magnet High School "Big D" Band in the large band category. This was the Samuell band's first "Battle of the Bands" victory in the school's history.
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