T. L. Hanna High School Explained

T.L. Hanna High School
Type:Public high school
Ceeb:410050
Grades:9 - 12
Principal:Walter Mayfield
Address:2600 Highway 81 North
City:Anderson, South Carolina
Zipcode:29621
Country:United States
District:Anderson School District Five
Coordinates:34.5671°N -82.6233°W
Students:1,910 (2022–23)[1]
Staff:104.00 (FTE)
Ratio:18.37
School Colors:Vegas gold and white
Nickname:Yellow Jackets

T. L. Hanna High School is located at 2600 Highway 81 North, outside the city limits of Anderson, South Carolina, United States. It is one of two high schools in Anderson School District Five and has a population of nearly 2,100 students. On July 1, 2015, Shawn Tobin was appointed as principal taking the place of long time principal Sheila Hilton, who retired. In 2019, Tobin retired to be replaced by T.L. Hanna graduate, Walter Mayfield. In 1999, the school was named "Palmetto's Finest" by the South Carolina Department of Education. In 2000, it was named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.

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

Notable alumni

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: T. L. Hanna High. National Center for Education Statistics. June 16, 2024.
  2. Web site: T. L. Hanna High School / Homepage. anderson5.net.
  3. Web site: T. L. Hanna High School. International Baccalaureate Organization. October 26, 2017.
  4. https://schsl.org/archives/1451 SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Basketball - Boys
  5. https://schsl.org/archives/1453 SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Basketball - Girls
  6. https://schsl.org/archives/1460 SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Cross Country - Boys
  7. https://schsl.org/archives/1460 SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Cross Country - Girls
  8. https://schsl.org/archives/1466 SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Golf - Boys
  9. https://schsl.org/archives/1474 SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Soccer - Boys
  10. https://schsl.org/archives/1476 SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Soccer - Girls
  11. https://schsl.org/archives/1484 SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Tennis - Boys
  12. https://schsl.org/archives/1486 SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Tennis - Girls
  13. https://schsl.org/archives/1488 SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Track - Boys
  14. https://schsl.org/archives/1490 SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Track - Girls
  15. Web site: Anderson Co. Native lands role of James Brown in new film . 2014-07-30 . dead . https://archive.today/20140805152110/http://raycomnbc.worldnow.com/story/26049828/upstate-natives-new-role-as-godfather-of-soul . 2014-08-05 .
  16. Web site: Cowboys signing recently reinstated WR Martavis Bryant to practice squad . 2023-11-08 . NFL.com . en-US.
  17. Web site: Former Hanna QB Preston Jones returns to alma mater as receivers coach . independentmail.com . July 19, 2012 . November 17, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141219033950/http://www.independentmail.com/sports/gofridaynight/former-hanna-qb-preston-jones-returns-to-alma-as . December 19, 2014 .
  18. News: Richard . Perez-Pena . The Sports Whisperer, Probing Psychic Wounds . September 15, 2008 . . September 23, 2008.
  19. Web site: 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_" . 2023-04-29 . Instagram . en.
  20. Web site: James Michael Tyler. IMDb.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "T. L. Hanna High School".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.