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|district      =[[Jefferson County Schools]]
|district      =[[Jefferson County Schools]]
|grades        =9-12
|grades        =9-12
|principal      =Judson Jones
|principal      =Joseph Garner
|enrollment    =1,032
|enrollment    =1,032
|enroll-year    =2007
|enroll-year    =2007
|colors        =purple & gold
|colors        =purple & gold
|mascot        =Golden Gophers
|mascot        =Golden Gophers
|address        =131 [[Dabbs Avenue]]
|address        =4881 [[15th Street Road]]
|city          =Hueytown
|city          =Hueytown
|website        =[http://www.hueytownhighschool.com/ hueytownhighschool.com]
|website        =[http://hueytownhigh.jefcoed.com hueytownhigh.jefcoed.com]
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'''Hueytown High School''' is a four year public high school in the [[Jefferson County School System]] which primarily serves the city of [[Hueytown]]. It is located at 131 [[Dabbs Avenue]]. The school was founded in [[1921]] and currently has an enrollment of 1,032 students.
'''Hueytown High School''' is a four year public high school in the [[Jefferson County School System]] which primarily serves the city of [[Hueytown]]. It is located at 4881 [[15th Street Road]]. The school was founded in [[1921]] and currently has an enrollment of 1,032 students.


The school's colors are purple and gold, and the teams are nicknamed the "Golden Gophers".
The school's colors are purple and gold, and the teams are nicknamed the "Golden Gophers".


==History==
==History==
Hueytown High School held its first classes beginning February 25, [[1921]] in a white-stuccoed building at the corner of present-day [[Allison-Bonnett Memorial Drive]] and [[High School Road]]. Previously, 66 students in Hueytown, [[Concord]], [[Pleasant Grove]] and several other [[List of Jefferson County communities|communities]] had to make the long trip to [[Bessemer High School]] every day. 25 seniors made up the school's first graduating class of [[1922]].
Hueytown High School held its first classes beginning [[February 25]], [[1921]] in a white-stuccoed building at the corner of present-day [[Allison-Bonnett Memorial Drive]] and [[High School Road]]. Previously, 66 students in Hueytown, [[Concord]], [[Pleasant Grove]] and several other [[List of Jefferson County communities|communities]] had to make the long trip to [[Bessemer High School]] every day. 25 seniors made up the school's first graduating class of [[1922]].


The first principal was [[Harley F. Gilmore]], who held the job, as well as the role of athletics director, until he retired in [[1956]]. Hueytown High played its first football game against [[Tarrant High School|Jefferson County High School]] on September 30, 1921, losing 41-0. The next week they defeated [[Alliance High School]] 9-0. Hueytown's [[1933]] football stadium, built with [[Works Progress Administration|WPA]] labor, now bears his name.
The first principal was [[Harley Gilmore]], who held the job, as well as the role of athletics director, until he retired in [[1956]]. Hueytown High played its first football game against [[Tarrant High School|Jefferson County High School]] on [[September 30]], [[1921]], losing 41-0. The next week they defeated [[Alliance High School]] 9-0. Hueytown's [[1933]] [[Gilmore-Vines Stadium|football stadium]], built with [[Works Progress Administration|WPA]] labor, is named for him and [[Melvin Vines]].  


In the first years, Gilmore and a staff of five teachers instructed students in French, Latin, chemistry, mathematics, history, home economics and woodworking. Students also participated in debating societies and in theater productions. Clapboard wings and a second story were added to the school in the 1930s. A gymnasium was constructed about [[1940]].
In the first years, Gilmore and a staff of five teachers instructed students in French, Latin, chemistry, mathematics, history, home economics and woodworking. Students also participated in debating societies and in theater productions. Clapboard wings and a second story were added to the school in the 1930s. A gymnasium was constructed about [[1940]].


After Gilmore's retirement, the principal's office was occupied by [[Charles Vines]]. The present campus was completed in fall [[1958]] while the old building was converted into [[W. I. Pittman Junior High School]], until it was finally closed in the late 1960s and the building demolished in [[1972]].
[[File:Hueytown HS integration.jpg|right|thumb|375px|A group of African American students enter the newly-integrated Hueytown High School on September 1, 1965. Photo by Ed Jones for ''The Birmingham News''.]]
After Gilmore's retirement, the principal's office was occupied by [[Charles Vines]]. The new campus at 131 [[Dabbs Avenue]] was completed in fall [[1958]] while the old building was converted into [[W. I. Pittman Junior High School]], until it was finally closed in the late 1960s and the main building demolished in [[1972]].
 
In [[2009]] the Jefferson County Board of Education solicited bids for the construction of a new Hueytown High School on a 108 acres campus off [[15th Street Road]]. The $37 million building accommodates 1,200 students with a 100-seat lecture hall, 650-seat auditorium, 1,600-seat competition gym,  and a performing arts center and dance studio. The new school opened for classes in the fall of [[2011]] and its completion was celebrated with a ribbon-cutting on [[January 18]], [[2012]].
 
The 1958 Dabbs Avenue campus was demolished in [[2019]] for construction of [[Hueytown Primary School]].
 
==Principals==
* [[Harley Gilmore]], [[1921]]-[[1956]]
* [[Charles Vines]], [[1956]]-[[1962]]
* [[Louis Marty]], [[1962]]–[[1975]]
* [[Pat Salamone]], [[1975]]–[[1979]]
* [[Haywood Atkinson]], [[1979]]-[[1992]]
* [[Kaye Reach]], [[1992]]-[[1995]]
* [[John Hudson]], [[1995]]-[[1998]]
* [[Kay Lindsay]], [[1998]]-[[2001]]
* [[Judson Jones]], [[2001]]-[[2006]]
* [[Randy McCarty]], [[2006]]-[[2009]]
* [[Gayle Gober]], [[2009]]-[[2015]]
* [[Joseph Garner]], [[2015]]-present


==Notable alumni==
==Notable alumni==
* [[Jeremy Brown]], class of 1998 - professional baseball player
* [[Davey Allison]], NASCAR driver
* [[Adam Bonner]], class of 1999 - professional baseball player
* [[R. G. Armstrong]], actor
* [[Russ Davis]], class of 1987 - professional baseball player
* [[Jared Bradford]] (2004), baseball player
* [[Robert Higginbotham]], long-time head football coach at [[Mountain Brook High School|Mountain Brook]], [[Shades Valley High School|Shades Valley]] and [[Tuscaloosa County High School]]s
* [[Jeremy Brown]] (1998), baseball player
* [[Adam Bonner]] (1999), baseball player
* [[Red Cochran]], football player and coach
* [[Johnny Curry]], Alabama legislator and historian
* [[Russ Davis]] (1987), baseball player
* [[Tom Egan]] (1969), engineer and BBS sysop
* [[Robert Higginbotham]], football coach
* [[Melissa Kendrick]] (1982), owner of [[Sojourns]]
* [[Emmit King]] (1978), sprinter
* [[Greta Lambert]] (1973), actress
* [[Kyle Mabrey]] (1992), respiratory therapist and professional bass fisherman
* [[Primus Mack]] (1973), Baptist minister and [[Fairfield City Council]] member
* [[Joseph Morton]] (1964), Alabama Superintendent of Education
* [[Mac Parsons]], state senator & circuit court judge
* [[Michael Pickens]] (1993), [[Hueytown City Council]]
* [[William Roper]], public health official
* [[Patrick Sellers]], pastor of [[Cathedral of Faith Baptist Church]]
* [[Patrick Sellers]], pastor of [[Cathedral of Faith Baptist Church]]
* [[Brett Taft]], class of 1992 - professional baseball player
* [[Richard Shelby]] (1953), U. S. Senator
* [[Ben Short]], baseball player
* [[Brett Taft]] (1992), baseball player
* [[Sally Beth Vick]], Ms Senior Alabama
* [[Tommie Watkins]], social worker
* [[Jameis Winston]] (2012), Heisman Trophy winning quarterback


==References==
==References==
* Curry, Johnny (n. d.) "[http://www.hueytown.org/historical/original_hueytown_high_school.htm The Original Hueytown High School]". Hueytown Historical Society - accessed February 20, 2007
* Curry, Johnny (n. d.) "[http://www.hueytown.org/historical/original_hueytown_high_school.htm The Original Hueytown High School]". Hueytown Historical Society - accessed February 20, 2007
* Hueytown Historical Society (n. d.) "[http://www.hueytown.org/hhshist.htm Through the Years]" - accessed February 20, 2007
* Hueytown Historical Society (n. d.) "[http://www.hueytown.org/hhshist.htm Through the Years]" - accessed February 20, 2007
* Leech, Marie (June 27, 2008) "Jeffco school board buys site for new Hueytown High." {{BN}}
* Faulk, Kent (July 8, 2009) "Jefferson County school board names Gayle Gober Hueytown High principal; bids on new Hueytown High school to be opened next week." {{BN}}
* Norris, Toraine (January 11, 2012) "Ribbon-cutting planned for new Hueytown High School." {{BN}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.hueytownhighschool.com/ Hueytown High School] website
* [http://hueytownhigh.jefcoed.com Hueytown High School] website
* [http://hueytown.alumniclass.com/ Hueytown High School] alumni website
* [http://hueytown.alumniclass.com/ Hueytown High School] alumni website
* [http://www.ahsfhs.org/Teams2/teampage.asp?Team=Hueytown Hueytown High School football history] from ahsfhs.org website


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Latest revision as of 12:49, 9 October 2023

Hueytown High School
Hueytown HS seal.jpg
Established 1921
School type Public
District Jefferson County Schools
Grades 9-12
Principal Joseph Garner
Enrollment 1,032 (2007)
Colors purple & gold
Mascot Golden Gophers
Location 4881 15th Street Road
Hueytown
Website hueytownhigh.jefcoed.com

Hueytown High School is a four year public high school in the Jefferson County School System which primarily serves the city of Hueytown. It is located at 4881 15th Street Road. The school was founded in 1921 and currently has an enrollment of 1,032 students.

The school's colors are purple and gold, and the teams are nicknamed the "Golden Gophers".

History

Hueytown High School held its first classes beginning February 25, 1921 in a white-stuccoed building at the corner of present-day Allison-Bonnett Memorial Drive and High School Road. Previously, 66 students in Hueytown, Concord, Pleasant Grove and several other communities had to make the long trip to Bessemer High School every day. 25 seniors made up the school's first graduating class of 1922.

The first principal was Harley Gilmore, who held the job, as well as the role of athletics director, until he retired in 1956. Hueytown High played its first football game against Jefferson County High School on September 30, 1921, losing 41-0. The next week they defeated Alliance High School 9-0. Hueytown's 1933 football stadium, built with WPA labor, is named for him and Melvin Vines.

In the first years, Gilmore and a staff of five teachers instructed students in French, Latin, chemistry, mathematics, history, home economics and woodworking. Students also participated in debating societies and in theater productions. Clapboard wings and a second story were added to the school in the 1930s. A gymnasium was constructed about 1940.

A group of African American students enter the newly-integrated Hueytown High School on September 1, 1965. Photo by Ed Jones for The Birmingham News.

After Gilmore's retirement, the principal's office was occupied by Charles Vines. The new campus at 131 Dabbs Avenue was completed in fall 1958 while the old building was converted into W. I. Pittman Junior High School, until it was finally closed in the late 1960s and the main building demolished in 1972.

In 2009 the Jefferson County Board of Education solicited bids for the construction of a new Hueytown High School on a 108 acres campus off 15th Street Road. The $37 million building accommodates 1,200 students with a 100-seat lecture hall, 650-seat auditorium, 1,600-seat competition gym, and a performing arts center and dance studio. The new school opened for classes in the fall of 2011 and its completion was celebrated with a ribbon-cutting on January 18, 2012.

The 1958 Dabbs Avenue campus was demolished in 2019 for construction of Hueytown Primary School.

Principals

Notable alumni

References

  • Curry, Johnny (n. d.) "The Original Hueytown High School". Hueytown Historical Society - accessed February 20, 2007
  • Hueytown Historical Society (n. d.) "Through the Years" - accessed February 20, 2007
  • Leech, Marie (June 27, 2008) "Jeffco school board buys site for new Hueytown High." The Birmingham News
  • Faulk, Kent (July 8, 2009) "Jefferson County school board names Gayle Gober Hueytown High principal; bids on new Hueytown High school to be opened next week." The Birmingham News
  • Norris, Toraine (January 11, 2012) "Ribbon-cutting planned for new Hueytown High School." The Birmingham News

External links

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