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Hammond High Magnet School is a public high school located in an unincorporated part of the 7th Ward of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States, east of Hammond. It is the second-largest high school in the Tangipahoa Parish Public School System. Until the end of academic year 2010–11, it was known as Hammond High School but became Hammond Magnet High School on being so reconstituted and designated by the Tangipahoa Parish School System.

The mascot is the Tornado, and the school colors are purple and white. The principal is Micheal Kyles, Jr. The school enrolls students from Hammond and the surrounding area within Tangipahoa Parish because of the presence of the Magnet program and International Baccalaureate program.

History

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Founded in 1866, and originally located between East Thomas Street (US 190, then a two-way road) and Morris Street (the building became Eastside Elementary School and later the Eastside Apartments), the school moved to a location on the south side of West Morris Street (US 190, now eastbound only) shortly after World War I; the West Morris Street site is now the world headquarters of Neill Corporation. In the Morris Street location, although the vernacular name was Hammond High School, officially, it was "Annie Eastman High School" in commemoration of a former teacher. In the late 1960s, the school relocated to a site north of University Avenue (LA 3234), now the North Campus of Southeastern Louisiana University. From there, Hammond High moved to its current location on LA 1064 (River Road).

Linus A. Sims was appointed the principal of Hammond High School in 1923. Two years later, he started Hammond Junior College in a wing of the high school, then on the south side of West Morris Street. In 1928, the junior college, under Sims's leadership, became the future Southeastern Louisiana University (then College).

School uniforms

All students are required to wear school uniforms consisting of khaki pants or shorts paired with a white, purple, or navy polo shirt.

Extra-curricular activities

Hammond High Magnet School (HHMS) offers extracurricular activities including Robotics, Key Club, Beta Club, and Math Club.

Athletics

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Hammond High athletics competes in the LHSAA.

The school sponsors football, volleyball, soccer, softball, swim, tennis, and track and field. Hammond's chief rival is the Ponchatoula Green Wave.

Championships

Football championships

• (1) State Championship: 1970

Notable alumni

• Robert Alford, Class of 2008, football player
• Warren Bankston, Class of 1965, football player
• Jacob Brumfield, MLB player
• Raymond M. Clausen, Jr., Class of 1965, USMC, Medal of Honor recipient
• Brad Davis, Class of 1971, football player
• John Desmond, architect, designed many of the public buildings in Baton Rouge
• Barbara Forrest, professor at Southeastern Louisiana University and opponent of Intelligent Design
• Kim Mulkey, Class of 1980, head coach of LSU women's basketball team, Gold Medal olympian

Extra-curricular activities

Hammond High Magnet School (HHMS) offers extracurricular activities including Robotics, Key Club, Beta Club, and Math Club.

References

1. ^ "Leadership > Principal". Hammond High Magnet School website. Accessed: October 10, 2024.
2. ^ "Hammond High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
3. "Dress Code and Uniform Regulations" Archived 2008-04-30 at the Wayback Machine. Tangipahoa Parish School Board.

External links

• Hammond High School

• Hammond High School (Louisiana) alumni
• Public high schools in Louisiana
• Schools in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
• Magnet schools in Louisiana
• Educational institutions established in 1866
• 1866 establishments in Louisiana