Hazard High School
| Hazard High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| 157 Bulldog Lane Hazard, Kentucky 41701 United States |
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| Coordinates | 37°15′09″N 83°11′37″W / 37.252416°N 83.193669°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| School district | Hazard Independent Schools |
| Superintendent | Sandra Johnson[1] |
| Principal | Donald "Happy" Mobelini[1] |
| Faculty | 18.5 (on FTE basis)[2] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 293[3] (2009–10) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 17.1[2] |
| School Colour(s) | Navy and Old Gold [4] |
| Athletics conference | KHSAA[4] |
| Mascot | Bulldog[1] |
| Team name | Bulldogs/Lady Bulldogs[1] |
| Feeder schools | Roy G. Eversole Middle School |
| Website | www.hazard.kyschools.us/home |
Hazard High School is a public high school located in Hazard, Kentucky. The school serves about 300 students in grades 9-12 in the Hazard Independent Schools.
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.[5][6] Alumni Johnny Cox and Sam Smith played in the NBA and ABA, respectively.[7][8]
The "Band of Gold" was one of ten selected to play at George H. W. Bush's presidential inauguration in 1988.[9] First entering the competitive marching scene in 1987, the Band of Gold has made it to State semifinals every year except 2006, when they did not compete, made 15 State Final appearances, and earned state championships in 1989, 1994, and 1998.[10]
The school received national[11][12] attention in 1995 when it elected senior Valerie Cornett as its first African American homecoming queen. Cornett told reporters, "The young generation is trying to move forward. Here it's like everyone's equal." [11] It had only been in 1956 and only then because of national legal rulings that Hazard High ceased to be an all-white school.[13]
For a time in the 1980s and 1990s, principals Hargas Rogers, and later Sherri Cornett, then Donald Pratt defied US Supreme Court rulings by leading the school in the Lord's Prayer each morning over the intercom.[14] In December 1995, however, school officials replaced the prayer with a moment of silence, fearing legal repercussions after the morning prayer received attention in newspaper articles. However, in the early 2000s the new principal (and Hazard High alumnus) Donald "Happy" Mobelini resumed the custom of having a student (voluntarily) recite the Lord's Prayer during morning announcements, only to abandon the custom a few short years later—most likely due to pressures from an increasingly diverse and politically correct social climate.[15]
[edit] Notable alumni
- Johnny Cox, NBA basketball player[7]
- Daniel Mongiardo, Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky[16]
- Sam Smith, ABA basketball player[8]
- Vito Contento, equipment manager for New York Jets.[17]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Hazard High School website". Hazard High School. http://www.hazard.kyschools.us/hhs/. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
- ^ a b "Hazard High School". National Center for Education Statistics. http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=210267000568&ID=210267000568. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
- ^ "2009–2010 Audited School Enrollments (in alphabetical order)" (PDF). Kentucky High School Athletic Association. 2010-01-14. http://www.khsaa.org/reports/enrollments/20092010schoolenrollmenttotalsbyalpha.pdf. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
- ^ a b "Hazard High School Directory Entry - (# 119)". Kentucky High School Athletic Association. http://www.khsaa.org/directory/index.php?school_id=119. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
- ^ Mike Fields. "Hazard regaining its winning ways". Lexington Herald Leader. February 22, 1985. C4.
- ^ Jody Demling. "With help from its 'ghosts,' Hazard wins crown". Lexington Herald Leader. February 9, 2004. 4E.
- ^ a b Johnny Cox. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved on January 10, 2008.
- ^ a b Sam Smith. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved on January 10, 2008.
- ^ Dick Burdette. Lexington Herald Leader. December 27, 1988. B1.
- ^ http://marching.kyband.com/history/hazard.html
- ^ a b "Race isn't an issue in small Kentucky town". Associated Press. Deseret News. November 2, 1995. A10.
- ^ "Town with racist past has its first black homecoming queen". Greensboro News & Record. October 30, 1995. A2.
- ^ Liberty High school history accessed 11 January 2008
- ^ "In defiance of rulings, prayer thrives in some Ky. schools". Associated Press. Lexington Herald-Leader. November 24, 1995. B4.
- ^ "Moment of silence replaces school prayer". Lexington Herald-Leader. December 9, 1995. C3.
- ^ "Daniel Mongiardo Inaugural Address Frankfort, KY December 11, 2007 2 p.m." (PDF). State of Kentucky.
- ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/teams/transactions?team=nyj&year=2003
