Harrisonburg High School (Virginia)

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Harrisonburg High School
Address
Harrisonburg High School (Virginia)
1001 Garbers Church Road

Harrisonburg
,
Virginia
22801

United States
Coordinates 38°26′32″N78°54′33″W / 38.442176°N 78.909297°W / 38.442176; -78.909297
Information
TypePublic
MottoUnity in Diversity
Established1879
School district Harrisonburg City Public Schools
PrincipalMelissa Hensley
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,758 (2016–17) [1]
Color(s)Navy Blue, red, and white
   
Athletics conference Virginia High School League
5A Region D West
Valley District League
Team nameBlue Streaks
NewspaperNewsstreak
YearbookThe Taj
Website harrisonburg.k12.va.us/hhs

Harrisonburg High School (HHS), part of the Harrisonburg City School System, is a public high school located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States. HHS serves grades nine through twelve, and its athletic teams are known as the Blue Streaks. In October 2017, 1782 students were enrolled. [2] It was rated "Fully Accredited" by the Virginia Department of Education for the 2017–2018 school year. [3]

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History

Harrisonburg High School was founded in 1879 and was initially located on South Main Street. In 1928, it was moved to South High Street; in 1967, the high school was moved to Grace Street. During this time it housed students from grades seven upward, but when Thomas Harrison Middle School was built in 1989, grades seven and eight were shifted from the high school department, and the high school expanded to include both South High Street and Grace Street complexes. The complex was used to hold wrestling shows for Jim Cornette and his Smokey Mountain Wrestling promotion until its closure in 1995. The entire complex renovated in 1994, on its hundredth anniversary, but was subsequently leased and later sold to James Madison University, [4] after the construction and opening of a new building on Garbers Church Road on August 24, 2005. The HHS school board has agreed to move to One Court Square in Harrisonburg; its plans were endorsed by the Harrisonburg City Council on February 8, 2011. [5] In August 2019, the Harrisonburg City Council announced the plan to build a second high school in Harrisonburg in order to alleviate overcrowding in HHS. [6]

VHSL titles

[7] Harrisonburg is in the Group AA Valley District of the Virginia High School League. Prior to 2007, it had been in Region II, but is now in Region V.

Notable alumni

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