Hermitage High School (Virginia)

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Hermitage High School
Type Public
Principal Mr. Robert Tyson
Students 2,200
Grades 9–12
Location Richmond, Virginia United States
Campus Indoor
Colors Red and Blue
Mascot Panthers

Hermitage High School is located in Henrico County, Virginia. Hermitage is a Blue Ribbon School for excellence in Music and Art Education (only 300 out of 133,000 schools are selected as Blue Ribbon each year). Hermitage also offers a driver education course, 20th century history class, and a MCJROTC unit. In addition, Hermitage shares the building with a separate tech school that offers a number of field specific classes.

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[edit] Athletics

Hermitage is home to many athletic teams/sports including baseball,cross country, wrestling, indoor and outdoor track teams, field hockey, volleyball, soft ball, competition cheerleading squad, basketball, football, dance team, a step team, and a women's tennis team

[edit] Centers

Hermitage High School has one center, Humanities.

[edit] Humanities Center

The Humanities Center is one of the Specialty Centers of Henrico County. The program provides students with an opportunity to pursue a rigorous interdisciplinary academic experience in the humanities while fulfilling graduation requirements for an advanced diploma with a Specialty Center seal. It is claimed that the students in this center thrive in the discussion based classes with academically focused peers, and because the center is located at Hermitage High School, students can also take advantage of all the sports, clubs, and resources of a large high school.

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