Homer Hanna High School

Coordinates: 25°56′12″N 97°28′50″W / 25.9367°N 97.4805°W / 25.9367; -97.4805

Homer Hanna High School is a 5A public high school in Brownsville, Texas and is the successor of "Brownsville High School". It is one of six high schools operated by the Brownsville Independent School District. In 2013, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.^[2]

History

When the demand for education at Brownsville High School reached its highest point in 1967, it overwhelmed the original building of the Brownsville High School (now the headquarters of the BISD). The Brownsville Independent School District, decided to build a new school building, which would be much bigger and would host many more new students at the year in which it was opened. Brownsville High School students were in for a change when they returned to classes from a four-day Easter holiday in 1967. Waiting for the 2,500 students was a new campus. The building, with its unusual multiple pods, enclosed five acres of land. The new high school campus quickly filled up, at one time accommodating over 5,000 students who attended school in split sessions.

Athletics

The Hanna Golden Eagles compete in the following sports -

Cross Country, Volleyball, Football, Basketball, Swimming, Soccer, Golf, Tennis, Baseball & Softball.

In popular culture

In his article "The Effects of A Nuclear Attack on the Rio Grande Valley", William Robert Johnston, a graduate student in physics at the University of Texas at Brownsville,^[3] uses Hanna as ground zero when he posits the effects of a Russian nuclear attack which destroys Brownsville and the surrounding area.

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