Hazard High School

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Hazard High School
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Hazard High School
157 Bulldog Lane
Hazard, Kentucky 41701

United States
Coordinates 37°14′27″N83°11′14″W / 37.24070187656844°N 83.1872310949907°W / 37.24070187656844; -83.1872310949907
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Type Public
School districtHazard Independent Schools
SuperintendentSondra Combs [1]
PrincipalDonald Mobelini [1]
Faculty21.50 (on FTE basis)
Grades9-12
Enrollment323 [2]  (2016–17)
Student to teacher ratio14.74
Colour(s) Navy and old gold
   [3]
Athletics conference KHSAA [3]
Team nameBulldogs [1]
Feeder schoolsHazard Middle School
Website http://www.hazard.kyschools.us

Hazard High School is a public high school in Hazard, Kentucky. The school serves about 300 students in grades 9-12 in the Hazard Independent Schools.

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History

Hazard High School's boys' basketball team, the Bulldogs, won state titles in 1932 and 1955, and won the Kentucky All A title in 2004. [4] [5] Alumni Johnny Cox and Sam Smith played in the NBA and ABA, respectively. [6] [7] Hazard High School's girls' basketball team, the Lady Bulldogs, also won both the All A and Sweet 16 Kentucky state championships in 1997.

The Hazard High School "Band of Gold" was one of ten marching bands chosen to play at George H. W. Bush's presidential inauguration in 1989. [8] It first entered the competitive marching scene in 1987. [9] From 1993 to 1997, the Hazard Band of Gold also competed in the prestigious Bands of America (BOA) national-level marching band contests, placing 3rd in the nation in their class on more than one occasion at the BOA Grand National Championships held in Indianapolis, Indiana, as well as placing 1st in the Class A division at the 1994 Eastern Regionals BOA competition in Morgantown, West Virginia.

The school received attention in 2021 after viral photos of students having a "Man Pageant" for the schools homecoming in which students of the school were shown dressing in women's undergarments and lap-dancing on staff members. [10] [11] Following the controversy, Hazard students rallied in support of principal and mayor of Hazard Happy Mobelini. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hazard High School website". Hazard High School. Archived from the original on December 24, 2007. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Hazard High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Hazard High School Directory Entry - (# 119)". Kentucky High School Athletic Association . Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  4. ↑ Mike Fields. "Hazard regaining its winning ways". Lexington Herald Leader . February 22, 1985. C4.
  5. ↑ Jody Demling. "With help from its 'ghosts,' Hazard wins crown". Lexington Herald Leader. February 9, 2004. 4E.
  6. 1 2 Johnny Cox. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved on January 10, 2008.
  7. 1 2 Sam Smith. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved on January 10, 2008.
  8. ↑ Dick Burdette. Lexington Herald Leader. December 27, 1988. B1.
  9. ↑ http://marching.kyband.com/history/hazard.html
  10. ↑ "Student-staff lap dances at Kentucky high school lead to disciplinary actions". NBC News. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  11. ↑ Kenning, Billy Kobin and Chris. "Lap dances and a 'Man Pageant': Kentucky school's homecoming leads to 'disciplinary action'". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  12. ↑ Kenning, Chris. "'An attack on tradition': Annoyed locals rally around Kentucky school after lap dance photos go viral". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  13. ↑ Mongiardo Inaugural Address, Frankfort, KY. December 11, 2007.
  14. ↑ Clay, John (November 8, 2019). "Ex-Kentucky high school star key to one of college football's biggest games Saturday". Lexington Herald-Leader . Lexington, KY . Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  15. ↑ Stephens, Brad (8 July 2016). "4 former Hilltoppers set to be inducted into KHSBHOF". Bowling Green Daily News.
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