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| Hendersonville High School | |
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123 Cherokee Road , Tennessee 37075 | |
| Coordinates | 36°18′11″N86°36′23″W / 36.30294°N 86.60636°W /36.30294; -86.60636 |
| Information | |
| Type | Public School |
| Motto | "A quality education for quality living" |
| School district | Sumner County Schools |
| Principal | Mel Sawyers |
| Teaching staff | 94.68 (FTE)[1] |
| Enrollment | 1,447 (2023–24)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.28[1] |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color | |
| Mascot | Commando |
| Website | http://hhs.sumnerschools.org/ |
Hendersonville High School is one of three public high schools located inHendersonville,Sumner County,Tennessee. Since July 1, 2023, the principal has been Mel Sawyers, who formerly served as principal at Millersville and Guild Elementary Schools. HHS is part ofSumner County Schools. Two middle schools feed into Hendersonville High: Ellis Middle School and Hawkins Middle School.
The school's colors have been black and gold ever since the first Commando football team in 1941, when theVanderbilt University football program provided the first Commando football team with older, used jerseys. The black and gold colors have remained ever since. Hendersonville is known as theCommandos because 54 men were sent to fight inWorld War II.
Hendersonville participates in 6A level sports as a part of theTennessee Secondary School Athletic Association, and maintains athletic programs including track, swimming, softball, bowling, baseball, wrestling, golf, hockey, soccer, football, cross country, marching band, and basketball. The school has rivalries withGallatin High School,Beech High School andStation Camp High School.[citation needed]
Taylor Swift attended the school until she left to beginhomeschooling on her tour bus. The school's auditorium was renamed "Taylor Swift Auditorium" in her honor after she contributed funds to refurbish the lighting and sound equipment.[2]
Family Circle magazine gave Hendersonville High School a gold star for 315 seniors who logged around 20,000 hours of community service.[3] Academically, Hendersonville has a 9/10 rating on greatschools.net.[4]
Sports and state titles:[5]
Hendersonville's homefootball games are held at Paul Decker Field. The on-campus stadium is named after retired principal Paul Decker, and has a capacity of 5,500 spectators. Before home games, players walk around the field in what is known as the "Commando Walk". In inclement weather, the Commandos practice in the Steven Chaussey field house, a 60 by 40 yard (55 m by 37 m) practice facility. They also work out in their workout facility called the "Iron Bunker".
For the first time ever, Hendersonville High School won the National cheerleading champions in2021.[7]
The Hendersonville High School boys' soccer team has won five Tennessee State Championships: 1983,[8] 1986,[9] 1989, 1998, and 2010. Hendersonville Soccer also has a soccer-specific facility, called "The Field of Dreams", located in Drakes Creek Park.
Hendersonville High School swimming has had over 37 swimming All-American performances over the past decade. Swimming has produced more All-Americans than all other sports combined at Hendersonville High School.[10]
The HHS Ice Hockey team has been in existence since the year of 2000. The first coach was Chris Morris, who was followed by the current coach Tim Rathert. The team finished 23-15-0 last season.
The HHS Commandos have qualified for the state tournament, the Predator's Cup, for the past five years. They play in the Greater Nashville Area Scholastic Hockey league. In 2011, they represented GNASH and state of Tennessee at the USA Hockey High School national tournament, held in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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