T. L. Hanna High School
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| T.L. Hanna High School | |
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| Established | 1961 |
| School district | Anderson School District Five |
| CEEB code | 410050 |
| Principal | Walter Mayfield |
| Staff | 99.50 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Number of students | 1,852 (2019–20)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 18.61[1] |
| Color(s) | Vegas gold and white |
| Nickname | Yellow Jackets |
| Website | hanna |
T. L. Hanna High School is located at 2600 Highway 81 North, outside the city limits of
History
Before T.L. Hanna High School, there was a Boys High School (located at what is now the Hanna-Westside Extension Campus) and a Girls High School. In 1951, Girl's High School changed its name to T.L. Hanna High School after its first principal Thomas Lucas Hanna.[2] In 1961, the school moved to a new site on Marchbanks Avenue, the current site of McCants Middle School, and became co-ed in 1962.
Prior to 1971, T.L. Hanna was Anderson School District 5's all-white high school (Westside was the African-American school); in 1971, the district finally integrated after the Supreme Court's 1954 ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. During the first year of integration, each grade's student government had two co-presidents, two co-vice presidents, etc., one white and one black.
In 1992, the school moved to its current location on Highway 81. In 1996, McDuffie High School closed as an independent vocational/non-college preparatory high school and became the Hanna-Westside Extension Campus, a change which increased and substantially diversified T.L. Hanna's student population (prior to 1996, many African-American students who were zoned for Hanna attended McDuffie, and the school's population made it state 3A instead of 4A). It has been an International Baccalaureate school since 2010.[3]
T.L. Hanna recently expanded by adding a freshman academy, math hall, new auxiliary gym, and new sports area.
Athletics
State championships
- Basketball - Boys: 1960, 1966, 1967[4]
- Basketball - Girls: 1981[5]
- Cross Country - Boys: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984[6]
- Cross Country - Girls: 1993, 1994[7]
- Golf - Boys: 1974, 1983, 1993, 1994[8]
- Soccer - Boys: 1980, 1996[9]
- Soccer - Girls: 2012[10]
- Tennis - Boys: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2021[11]
- Tennis - Girls: 1987, 2013, [12]
- Track - Boys: 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1992, 1993[13]
- Track - Girls: 1993, 1994[14]
Notable alumni
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- Chadwick Boseman (1976–2020) (Class of 1995), actor, writer, and director, Marshall, 42, Get On Up, Draft Day, Captain America: Civil War, Black Panther [15]
- Ben Boulware (born 1994), former linebacker for Clemson University
- Martavis Bryant (born 1991), wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL[16]
- Michael Clowers, Broadway veteran and former Director and choreographer for the world famous Radio City Rockettes.
- Cameran Eubanks(born 1983), MTV Real World, BravoTV's Southern Charm
- Preston Jones (born 1970), football player[17]
- James "Radio" Kennedy (1946–2019) inspired the feature film, Radio. Cuba Gooding Jr. portrayed Kennedy in the film. A large statue of "Radio" is located on the school grounds today.[18]
- Rafael Little (born 1986), former running back for Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League
- Zacch Pickens (born 2000), defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears[19][20]
- Baseball Hall of Fame player for Boston Red Sox; attended his final year of high school here in 1971
- Stephen D. Thorne (1953–1986), NASAastronaut
- James Michael Tyler (1962–2021), actor who played Gunther on the sitcom Friends[21]
- Nate Woody (born 1960), former defensive coordinator at Georgia Tech
MTV's Made
MTV came to T.L. Hanna High School in September 2007 to cast for Made, a reality show featuring makeovers of high school students.
References
- ^ a b c "T. L. Hanna High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
- ^ "T. L. Hanna High School / Homepage". anderson5.net.
- ^ "T. L. Hanna High School". International Baccalaureate Organization. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
- ^ SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Basketball - Boys
- ^ SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Basketball - Girls
- ^ SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Cross Country - Boys
- ^ SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Cross Country - Girls
- ^ SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Golf - Boys
- ^ SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Soccer - Boys
- ^ SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Soccer - Girls
- ^ SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Tennis - Boys
- ^ SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Tennis - Girls
- ^ SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Track - Boys
- ^ SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Track - Girls
- ^ "Anderson Co. Native lands role of James Brown in new film". Archived from the original on 2014-08-05. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
- ^ "Cowboys signing recently reinstated WR Martavis Bryant to practice squad". NFL.com. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
- ^ "Former Hanna QB Preston Jones returns to alma mater as receivers coach". independentmail.com. July 19, 2012. Archived from the original on December 19, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
- ^ Perez-Pena, Richard (September 15, 2008). "The Sports Whisperer, Probing Psychic Wounds". The New York Times. Retrieved September 23, 2008.
- ^ "TL Hanna Athletics on Instagram: "Congrats to #TLHannaalum Zacch Pickens on being drafted to the Chicago Bears. Pickens was the Mr. Football award winner for South Carolina his senior year after leading Hanna to a state runner up finish in 5A @_pick_6_"". Instagram. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
- ^ "Zacch Pickens", Wikipedia, 2023-04-29, retrieved 2023-04-29
- ^ "James Michael Tyler". IMDb.
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