Stonewall Jackson High School (Kanawha County, West Virginia)

Stonewall Jackson High School
Location
812 Park Avenue
Charleston, West Virginia 25302
United States
Information
Type Public
Established 1940
Closed 1989
School district Kanawha County School District
Grades 10-12
Colour(s) Red and Grey         
Slogan "The Wall"
Mascot Generals

Stonewall Jackson High School is a former high school in Kanawha County, West Virginia. It opened in 1940 and closed in 1989. It was located on the West Side in Charleston, West Virginia. In 1989, Stonewall Jackson High School and Charleston High School consolidated to become Capital High School. It is now a middle school.

It is named after the Civil War general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson who was from Clarksburg, in what is now West Virginia.

History

In the late 1930s, Charleston High School became over-crowded so Stonewall Jackson High School was built in 1940 to accommodate the students on the West Side of Charleston. During the 1980s, the student populations at CHS and SJHS dropped. In 1989, Capital High School opened, combining the students of these two former rival schools. This ended a 49 year rivalry.

Charleston High School was torn down in mid 1989. Stonewall Jackson High School became Stonewall Jackson Junior High School that same year. A decade later, in 1999, Stonewall Jackson Junior High School became Stonewall Jackson Middle School, which it remains today. Stonewall Jackson Middle School is a feeder school, along with Horace Mann Middle School, for Capital High School.

During Stonewall Jackson High's time, the school participated in the Daily Mail Kanawha County Majorette and Band Festival. Although the school never won the festival grand championship, it had six majorettes named Miss Kanawha Majorette. The majorettes were:

References

Pictorial History