Hammond High School (Louisiana)
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Hammond High School, founded in 1866, is a public high school located in unincorporated Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States, east of Hammond. The school belongs to the Tangipahoa Parish Public School System.
The mascot is the Tornado, and the school colors are purple and white. As of the 2007-2008 school year, Hammond High's principal is Carmon Moore. It enrolls students from Hammond and various cities within Tangipahoa Parish.
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. In 1928, the junior college, under Sims's leadership, became the future Southeastern Louisiana University (then College).
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All students are required to wear school uniforms.[1]
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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.
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