| Jack C. Hays High School | |
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| Address | |
| 4800 Jack C Hays Trail Buda, Texas, Hays, 78610 United States |
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| Information | |
| School type | High School |
| Motto | Rebel Pride Never Dies |
| Established | 1968 |
| School district | Hays Consolidated Independent School District |
| Superintendent | Jeremy Lyon[1] |
| Principal | David Pierce[2] |
| Assistant principals | Damon Adams Jana King Rob Hensarling /Richard Ramirez |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1992[3] (2010) |
| Color(s) | Red & Blue |
| Athletics conference | UIL Class AAAA |
| Mascot | Rebels |
| Rival | Lehman High School |
| Information | (512) 268-2911 |
| Website | Jack C. Hays High School |
Jack C. Hays High School is located in the Hays Consolidated Independent School District in Buda, Texas. Hays High School is the oldest existing high school in Hays CISD, but was thoroughly renovated in the 2000s. The school is named for John Coffee Hays, a frontier defender, Texas Ranger, and hero to those he fought to protect. He achieved fame after leaving Texas in 1849 for California, where he became the first elected sheriff of San Francisco and helped found the city of Oakland. Until the formation of nearby Lehman High School, the school was long known as Buda Hays. In 2011, the school was rated "Academically Acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.[4]
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The school mascot is a Yosemite Sam-like character dressed in in the standard gray uniform of the Army of the Confederate States of America known as "Colonel Jack". While "Colonel Jack" formerly wielded dual revolvers and a confederate flag belt buckle, he is currently shown with a Texas flag in his left hand and a white flag bearing an H in his right with a script H on his belt buckle. As with other institutions which draw upon confederate imagery, Hays High School encountered controversy on and off for years before ultimately discarding the confederate flag as an official symbol, but have retained Dixie as a fight song.
We're Singing Now For Jack C. Hays,
A man of honor all his days
To be a school of honor too and fight with pride for red and blue
We're proud to be apart of these, who joined as one in loyalty
All together now we stand a Rebel victory is at hand!
R-R-R-E-B B-B-E-L-S
As we chant our rebel name our binding tie will bring us fame
(Go Red! Go White! Go Rebels!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Rebels Fight! Rebels Fight!
Rebels! Rebels! Fight! Fight!)
Hays High School competes in the following sports -
Cross Country, Volleyball, Football, Basketball, Powerlifting, Soccer, Golf, Tennis, Track, Baseball & Softball.