Hillcrest High School (Springfield, Missouri)

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Hillcrest High School (Springfield, Missouri)
3319 N Grant Avenue

Springfield
,
Missouri

United States
Coordinates 37°15′27″N93°17′56″W / 37.25750°N 93.29892°W / 37.25750; -93.29892
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Type Public
Established1958
School district Springfield Public Schools
PrincipalRobert Kroll
Teaching staff59.92 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,088 (2018–19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio18.16 [1]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)    Blue, Orange (alternative Silver)
Athletics conference Ozark Conference
Nickname Hornets
Website www.sps.org/hillcrest

Hillcrest High School is a high school located at 3319 N. Grant Avenue in Springfield, Missouri. Hillcrest High School is one of five public high schools in Springfield Public Schools. It is located in the north part of Springfield. It was opened in 1958. As of 2015, there was an enrollment of 1,054 students, making it the smallest of the five public high schools in Springfield.

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Notable programs

FFA (Future Farmers of America)

Hillcrest is the first, and only school in the Springfield R–12 district to have a Future Farmers of America chapter. The chapter was chartered in 2019.

JROTC

Hillcrest is the only high school in Springfield, Missouri to have a JROTC program, associated with the Army. The JROTC program teaches students citizenship and patriotism. They are recognized throughout the community for their volunteerism and community service. The cadets visit the Veterans' Home several times yearly to support the veterans. The JROTC Program at Hillcrest has several activities the different teams participate in. They have a saber team, color guard, shooting team, and exhibition team. The color guard has performed at several events in the community from the Missouri State bears basketball games to the 9/11 ceremony the JROTC holds at Hillcrest High School every year on September 11.

Hillcrest basketball

Hillcrest boys have won state championships in 1984 and 2010, with a runner-up in Class 5 in 2012. The Lady Hornets also advanced to the final four in 2012.

Hillcrest baseball

Hillcrest High School is known for its baseball program. Dick Birmingham is its most well known coach. Under Birmingham's reign, 120 players received college baseball scholarships or signed professional contracts, with six players drafted professionally from the 1966 Hillcrest team (a national high school record) and four others taken during the 1972 major league draft. In 1990 he was inducted into the halls of fame of both the American Baseball Coaches Association and the Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association. [2] The most recent player drafted was pitcher Jon Barratt by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2003. Twenty-three players have been drafted from Hillcrest since 1960, more than any other school in Springfield. Some of its better known players are: Bob Detherage (LAD), George Frazier (NYY), Doug Bennett (LAD) and Keith Drumright (OAK), just to name a few. Hillcrest has won eight state championships, six in American Legion baseball (1970, 1971, 1976, 1979, 1987, and 2002), and two in high school (1979, 1988). On January 26, 2014, the Hillcrest baseball program (Legion and high school) was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, the highest honor the state bestows on scholastic programs. This was the first baseball program to be inducted. Coaches that followed Birmingham included Dave Davis, Byron Hagler, and Ryan Schaffitzel, who is the current head coach.

Renovations

On April 4, 2006, Springfield Public Schools' voters approved an 18-cent increase in the district's debt service levy. Among the approved projects was an upgrade to the science and technology labs at Hillcrest and two other Springfield high schools.

The project added new science–technology classroom labs, renovated old lab space into additional classrooms; remodeled and provided new areas for student services. The final cost was $5.75 million. Construction began in September 2007 and finished in 2008. [3]

Notable alumni

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References

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  2. ↑ "Har Bell Heritage Hero Coach – Dick Birmingham". Big Sports. November 1998. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  3. ↑ "SPS – Hillcrest High School Profile". Springfield Public Schools. Archived from the original on April 20, 2010. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  4. ↑ Matt Schoch (January 6, 2014). "Schoch: Gold hopes to join Scott in Sochi". Springfield News-Leader. Gannett. Archived from the original on January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
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