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"To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield"
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| 700 Bennett Street Herndon, Virginia 20170 |
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| School type | Public, high school |
| Founded | 1911, 1967 (relocated) |
| School district | Fairfax County Public Schools |
| Principal | William Bates |
| Staff | approximately 200 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,298 (2010-11) |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Red and black ██ |
| Mascot | Fighting Hornets |
| Feeder schools | Herndon Middle School |
| Rival schools | South Lakes High School Westfield High School |
| Athletic conferences | Concorde District Northern Region |
| Website | http://www.fcps.edu/HerndonHS |
Herndon High School is a fully accredited four year public high school in Herndon, Virginia, United States.[1] Herndon serves grades 9-12 and is a part of the Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) system. Herndon High School serves the town of Herndon and the northern part of the unincorporated community of Reston. The school has a student body representing over 69 countries. Herndon's mascot is the Fighting Hornet. The school plays a small role as a team in the film Remember the Titans. It is consistently ranked in the top 200 high schools in the country according to Newsweek's list of America's Top Public Highschools, and was ranked 161 out of 1300 (the top 5% of high schools in the U.S.)in 2008.
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Herndon High School opened in 1911 at 901 Locust Street. In 1930, seventy-one students enrolled, with classes such as economics (no longer available), agriculture, and business education offered, with classes in industrial arts later offered. In 1942, the school opened the first school cafeteria in Fairfax County. In the early 1950s, the building was expanded to support more students.
In 1961, Herndon Intermediate School began within the Herndon High School building. In 1967, the High School moved to its current Bennett Street location, leaving Herndon Intermediate School at Locust Street with 650 students and 39 teachers.
At the start of the 2008 school year Herndon boasted a student enrollment of 2,180 students and approximately 200 staff members.[2]
According to the school website:
The mission of Herndon High School is to fulfill the individual needs of our diverse student body, maintain high expectations and accountability, provide quality instruction, promote ethical values, and prepare students for the challenges of good citizenship and leadership.
In 2007-2008 Herndon High School's student body population was 55.48% Caucasian, 9.12% African-American, 19.31% Hispanic, and 12.23% Asian-American. The gender population was 46.72% Female and 53.28% Male[4]
Herndon High School is a fully accredited high school based on the Standards of Learning tests in Virginia.[5] The average SAT score in 2006 for Herndon was 1579 (525 in Critical Reading, 540 in Math, and 514 in Writing).[6]
Herndon High School has a variety of extracurricular activities that the students can take part in.
Herndon's mascot is a Fighting Hornet and their sports teams play in the Concord District of the Northern Region of the Virginia High School League. The Boys Varsity Basketball team most recently captured a district title during their 2010-2011 campaign with the help of the Concord District's MVP Austin Hamilton.
The Herndon Music Department consists of the Band, Orchestra, Guitar, and Choir. Performances range from seasonal performances, where all four musical groups can play together, to individual group performances and competitions. Richard Bergman was the director of the Band from 1978 to 2008. Under Bergman the Band received state and national recognition for its concert and marching bands, including the Sudler Flag of Honor in 1991. At his retirement in 2008, after 30 years at Herndon High School, Bergman was presented with a Resolution- Expression of Appreciation from the Town of Herndon. The current band director is Kathleen Schoelwer. The Herndon choral department is also very successful, under the leadership of Dana Van Slyke. The Herndon Guitar department has won numerous awards and trophies with Christopher Cunningham as its director.
Herndon High school has also been home to FIRST Team 116, a group of high schoolers who build robots to compete in the FIRST robotics competition, since 1999, when they moved from South Lakes High School. The team is known as "Epsilon Delta", meaning "with small changes come big differences". They are mentored by Dave Lavery.
Their animation team has won ten consecutive first places in a row, ranking top in the region.
Their website is here
Since 2008, the department has been under the direction of Zoë Dillard. This season (2010-2011) is the "Season of Family and Marriage" which consists of Fiddler on the Roof, Neil Simon's Fools, and William Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. Their upcoming play will be an adaption of Beauty and The Beast and will open in December 2011.
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