Hanford Joint Union High School District

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Hanford High School
Location
120 E. Grangeville Blvd.
Hanford, Ca. 93230

Information
Principal Steve France
Enrollment

1,800 (As of 2006)

Type Public
Information (559) 583-5902
Mascot
Colors
Bullpup
Red & White
Homepage
Hanford West High School
Location
1150 W Lacey Blvd., Hanford, CA, 93230
Information
Principal John Davis
Enrollment

1,800 (As of 2006)

Type Public
Established 1998
Information (559) 583-0157
Mascot
Colors
Husky
Blue & Gray
Homepage

Hanford Joint Union High School District consists of two comprehensive high schools, Hanford High School and Hanford West High School, in addition to Earl F. Johnson Continuation School and an Adult School. The district serves much of Kings County, CA located in Hanford, the county seat. Hanford High School consists of approximately 1,800 students.

Hanford High School is located in the San Joaquin Valley town of Hanford, California. The school's mascot is the Bullpup, and its school colors are red and white. Hanford West High School is also located in Hanford, California. Hanford West High School's mascot is the Huskies, and its school colors are blue and gray.

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[edit] History

Hanford Union High School, was started in 1892 with one teacher, W. S. Cranmer, and an average enrollment of fourteen.[1]

Originally, the high school was a single building on the northeast edge of town. Later construction added buildings at that location, and, in the 1960s, a separate campus on the southwest edge of town. In 1975 the original school building was demolished as the east campus complex of new buildings expanded. The two campuses functioned as separate locations within a single school, with most ninth and tenth grade classes on the west campus, and eleventh and twelfth grade classes on the east campus. Buses ferried students between campuses. Beginning in the late 1980s, both campuses had freshmen through seniors. Finally, the two campuses were split into separate schools.

Hanford West High School graduated its first class in 2002. Hanford West services students from the community of Armona, as well as Hanford.

[edit] Academics

Hanford High emphasizes academic preparedness for advanced education, vocational skills training, and agricultural science. Hanford West's Naval Junior ROTC program is a distinguishing feature.

[edit] Notable staff

Among the distinguished staff in the history of Hanford High have been the following:

  • Lt. Col. Harold V. Mackey, U.S. Army; taught chemistry after retiring from an active duty military career. A Hanford High alumnus, Mr. Mackey was an ROTC student at the University of California at Berkeley. The Mackey family mansion is a significant feature of Hanford's architectural history, and was contemporary of, and proximate to, the original Hanford High School building.
  • Rainier Dorna; taught German and French. He was also active in local theater.
  • William Swassing; taught physical science, and physics. He was a polio survivor, an early practitioner of outdoor education, and was the founding advisor to the Science Club.
  • Carl Eberly; taught math and science.
  • Vernan Penn; taught English after active duty in World War II.
  • Leon Jawarski; taught science fiction as English literature.
  • Al Moore; taught anatomy and physiology after serving in the Peace Corps.

[edit] Notable alumni

Among the distinguished alumni of Hanford High are the following:

[edit] Class of 1935

[edit] Class of 1975

[edit] Class of 1979

[edit] Class of 1980

  • Steve Banister; a civic leader in Hanford.
  • Paul Knutsen; a physician in Hanford.
  • Cliff Morgan; a founding partner of a graphic arts firm in Calistoga, Ca; (deceased).
  • Michael Swassing; a certified arborist in Washington.[5]
  • John Dyer; a Defense Attorney for Fresno County

[edit] Class of 1987

  • Brad Morgan; an organic farmer in Napa, Ca..

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Gibson, Harold, History of Kings County Public Schools, Hanford, CA, 2004
  2. ^ James Rainwater - Autobiography
  3. ^ http://www.realchangenews.org/contact.html
  4. ^ Verify A Certified Arborist
  5. ^ Verify A Certified Arborist

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