Hamilton High School (Chandler, Arizona)

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Hamilton High School
Established	1998
Type	Public High School
Principal	Fred De Prez
Students	2,900 (2005-2006)^[1]
Grades	9-12
Location	3700 S. Arizona Ave. Chandler, Arizona
District	Chandler Unified School District
Colors	Black, Maroon and Silver
Mascot	Husky
Website	Hamilton High School

Hamilton High School (HHS) is a public high school in southern Chandler, Arizona. Established in 1998, it was the second public high school built in the city. It is a quarter of a mile long from end to end, containing more than 450 classrooms. The Hamilton Branch of the Chandler Public Library is integrated with the school itself.^[2]

Extracurricular activities include 27 Interscholastic Athletic Teams, a chapter of the National Honor Society, Academic Decathlon, Speech and Debate, Student Government, and forty clubs and organizations.

Hamilton High received the Chandler Education Foundation 100% Awareness status from 1998-2001^{[citation needed]}, and was the only Arizona A+ school in 2005.^[1]

Hamilton students are involved in many different athletic activities, such as football, soccer, basketball, golf, softball, tennis, and volleyball. Its traditional rival in the Chandler School District is Chandler High School, but competition is increasing with the city's newest high school, Basha High School^{[citation needed]}. Hamilton High School's football teams are perennially dominant: they won Arizona Division 5A State Championships for the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 school years, and also played in the title games in 2001 (vs Red Mountain) and 2005 (vs Brophy).^{[citation needed]}

Hamilton's fine arts programs include choir, orchestra, band (including marching band), ceramics, and drama. Hamilton's chapter of ITS won the 2005 State competition with a performance of Up the Down Staircase.^{[citation needed]} Hamilton's We the People team placed first in their Congressional District VI competition on December 3rd, 2005,^{[citation needed]} and also placed second in the State competition on January 11th, 2006.^{[citation needed]} The Marching Huskies have achieved ratings of Superior and/or Superior With Distinction at the A.B.O.D.A State Marching Festival for the past two years in a row.^{[citation needed]}

Each year, Hamilton hosts the Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF), in which high-school students from all schools in the Chandler School District compete in many different categories, including biology, physics, mathematics and computers, behavioral science, botany, and zoology. Elementary and middle-schoolers also compete in their own divisions. In addition, the SECME mouse-trap car competitions are held the day of the fair.