Hammond High Magnet School

Public high school in Hammond, , Louisiana, United States

Hammond High Magnet School

Address

45168 River Road

Hammond

(Tangipahoa Parish)

Louisiana

70401

United States

Coordinates| 30°31′02″N 90°22′50″W﻿ / ﻿30.517276°N 90.380535°W﻿ / 30.517276; -90.380535
Information
Type| Public high school
Established| 1866
School district| Tangipahoa Parish School Board
Principal| Michael Kyles, Jr.
Staff| 88.16 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment| 1,592[1] (2021-22)
Student to teacher ratio| 18.06[1]
Color(s)| Purple and white
Athletics conference| District 6-5A
Mascot| Tornado
Nickname| Tors
Newspaper| Tornado Times News
Yearbook| Tornado Trail
Website| [1]
Hammond High's Class of 2009 graduation ceremony.

Hammond High Magnet School,[2] founded in 1866, is a public high school located in an unincorporated part of the 7th Ward of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States, east of Hammond. It is the second-largest high school in the Tangipahoa Parish Public School System. Until the end of academic year 2010-11 it was known as Hammond High School but became Hammond Magnet High School on being so reconstituted and designated by the Tangipahoa Parish School System. The mascot is the Tornado, and the school colors are purple and white. As of the 2022-2023 school year, Hammond High's principal is Micheal Kyle. The school enrolls students from Hammond and the surrounding area within Tangipahoa Parish because of the presence of the Magnet program and International Baccalaureate program.

## History[edit]

Originally located between East Thomas Street (US 190, then a two-way road) and Morris Street (the building became Eastside Elementary School and later the Eastside Apartments), the school moved to a location on the south side of West Morris Street (US 190, now eastbound only) shortly after World War I; the West Morris Street site is now the world headquarters of Neill Corporation. In the Morris Street location, although the vernacular name was Hammond High School, officially it was "Annie Eastman High School" in commemoration of a former teacher. In the late 1960s the school relocated to a site north of University Avenue (LA 3234)—now the North Campus of Southeastern Louisiana University. From there Hammond High moved to its current location on LA 1064 (River Road).

Linus A. Sims (1882-1949) was appointed the principal of Hammond High School in 1923. Two years later, he started Hammond Junior College in a wing of the high school, then on the south side of West Morris Street. In 1928, the junior college, under Sims's leadership, became the future Southeastern Louisiana University (then College).

## School uniforms[edit]

All students are required to wear khaki pants or shorts paired with a white, purple, or navy polo shirt. school uniforms.[3]

## Extra-curricular activities[edit]

Hammond High Magnet School (HHMS) offers extracurricular activities including Robotics, Key Club, Beta Club, and Math Club.

## Athletics[edit]

Hammond High athletics competes in the LHSAA.

The school sponsors football, volleyball, soccer, softball, swim, tennis, and track and field. Hammond's chief rival is the Ponchatoula Green Wave.

### Championships[edit]

Football championships

* (1) State Championship: 1970

## Notable alumni[edit]

Hammond High alumni and Southeastern Louisiana University professors Barbara Forrest, Ph.D. (Tulane University), and David Ramsey, Ph.D. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute).

* Warren Bankston, Class of 1965, football player
* Jacob Brumfield, Former MLB player (Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Dodgers)
* Raymond Michael Clausen Jr. (1947-2004), HHS Class of 1965, USMC, Medal of Honor recipient for heroism in Vietnam.
* John Desmond, who opened the first architectural firm in Hammond in 1953, graduated from Hammond High School in 1937. He designed many of the public buildings in Baton Rouge.
* Barbara Forrest, philosophy professor in Southeastern Louisiana University and opponent of Intelligent Design.
* Kim Mulkey, Class of 1980, current head coach of LSU women's basketball team; won national championship as a player at Louisiana Tech and gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
* Robert Alford, Class of 2008, Southeastern Louisiana Lions football player; 2nd round draft pick (2013) and six year starter at CB for the Atlanta Falcons; currently with the Arizona Cardinals.
* Brad Davis, Class of 1971, played football at Louisiana State University from 1971 to 1974, and with the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL in 1975-76.

## Extra-curricular activities[edit]

Hammond High Magnet School (HHMS) offers extracurricular activities including Robotics, Key Club, Beta Club, and Math Club.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "Hammond High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
2. ^ School web site (accessed 2012-03-12).
3. ^ "Dress Code and Uniform Regulations Archived 2008-04-30 at the Wayback Machine." Tangipahoa Parish School Board.

## External links[edit]

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Education in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

Tangipahoa Parish School Board

High schools|

* Amite High Magnet School
* Hammond High Magnet School
* Independence High Magnet School
* Loranger High School
* Ponchatoula High School

7-12 schools|

* Kentwood High Magnet School
* Jewel M. Sumner High School

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* Saint Thomas Aquinas Regional Catholic High School

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* Southeastern Louisiana University
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Hammond, Louisiana

Education|

* Tangipahoa Parish School Board
* Hammond High Magnet School
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Landmarks|

* Gnarly Barley Brewing Company
* Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum

Transportation|

* Hammond Amtrak Station
* Hammond Northshore Regional Airport

Shopping mall|

* Hammond Square

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* Daily Star
* KSLU

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Italics: Both high schools are outside of the Hammond city limits.
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