Harriman High School
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Harriman High School is a small, public high school located in Harriman, Tennessee
, operated by the Roane County School System. As of 2006, the school had an enrollment of 353.
Until 2003, Harriman High School was part of the separate Harriman City School System, which was a legacy of the city's founding in the late nineteenth century as a planned community
and "utopia" by temperance movement
leaders from the northeastern U.S. and the East Tennessee Land Company. Harriman High came under the authority of the Roane County School System when taxpayers voted to stop paying for a separate system in the 1990s. Three previous votes on the topic had failed to surrender the system. Proponents of Harriman's separate system claimed the city long had better schools than its county neighbors; those in favor of surrender argued that the town's vanishing industrial base made paying for separate schools impractical.
Harriman's campus
is located at the intersection of Georgia and Roane Streets and its athletic teams compete in Richard Pickell Gymnasium, on Wallace-Black Field, and Sharieffa Barksdale Track.
Harriman's mascot is the Blue Devil. Reportedly, an early member of the school board was an alumnus of Duke University
, and used his alma mater's nickname for Harriman. The Blue Devils' historical rivals are the Yellow Jackets from Roane County High School
in Kingston
and the two share one of East Tennessee's oldest football rivalries—with the game traditionally played the first week of the season. The games are often closely fought, although the much larger Kingston school has won every meeting since 1992.
Harriman also has a long standing rivalry with Rockwood High School. The two schools have played each other in football every year since 1921, reportedly the longest continuous series in Tennessee.
Harriman, Tennessee
Harriman is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, primarily in Roane County, with a small extension into Morgan County. It is the principal city of and is included in the Harriman Micropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of Roane County and is a component of the Knoxville-Sevierville-La...
, operated by the Roane County School System. As of 2006, the school had an enrollment of 353.
Until 2003, Harriman High School was part of the separate Harriman City School System, which was a legacy of the city's founding in the late nineteenth century as a planned community
Planned community
A planned community, or planned city, is any community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed in a previously undeveloped area. This contrasts with settlements that evolve in a more ad hoc fashion. Land use conflicts are less frequent in planned communities since...
and "utopia" by temperance movement
Temperance movement
A temperance movement is a social movement urging reduced use of alcoholic beverages. Temperance movements may criticize excessive alcohol use, promote complete abstinence , or pressure the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation or complete prohibition of alcohol.-Temperance movement by...
leaders from the northeastern U.S. and the East Tennessee Land Company. Harriman High came under the authority of the Roane County School System when taxpayers voted to stop paying for a separate system in the 1990s. Three previous votes on the topic had failed to surrender the system. Proponents of Harriman's separate system claimed the city long had better schools than its county neighbors; those in favor of surrender argued that the town's vanishing industrial base made paying for separate schools impractical.
Harriman's campus
Campus
A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings...
is located at the intersection of Georgia and Roane Streets and its athletic teams compete in Richard Pickell Gymnasium, on Wallace-Black Field, and Sharieffa Barksdale Track.
Harriman's mascot is the Blue Devil. Reportedly, an early member of the school board was an alumnus of Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
, and used his alma mater's nickname for Harriman. The Blue Devils' historical rivals are the Yellow Jackets from Roane County High School
Roane County High School
Located in Kingston, Tennessee, Roane County High School is the largest of five schools in Roane County. The school mascot is the Yellow Jacket. The school colors include orange and blue. Member of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Member of Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic...
in Kingston
Kingston, Tennessee
Kingston is a city in and the county seat of Roane County, Tennessee, United States, and is adjacent to Watts Bar Lake. Kingston, with a population of 5,264 at the 2000 United States census, is included in the Harriman, Tennessee Micropolitan Statistical Area....
and the two share one of East Tennessee's oldest football rivalries—with the game traditionally played the first week of the season. The games are often closely fought, although the much larger Kingston school has won every meeting since 1992.
Harriman also has a long standing rivalry with Rockwood High School. The two schools have played each other in football every year since 1921, reportedly the longest continuous series in Tennessee.
Notable alumni
Harriman High School is the alma mater of:- U.S. Olympic hurdler Sharieffa Barksdale (1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games1984 Summer OlympicsThe 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
)
- Former University of Tennessee footballTennessee Volunteers footballThe Tennessee Volunteers football team are an American college football team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville . The NCAA Division I team is also a member of the Southeastern Conference ....
player Jeremaine CopelandJeremaine CopelandJeremaine Copeland is a Canadian Football League wide receiver playing for the Toronto Argonauts. He has also played with the Montreal Alouettes and the Calgary Stampeders, as well as in the XFL and NFL Europe football player.-College career:Copeland attended the University of Tennessee...
, who starred on UT's 1998 National Championship team. Copeland led Harriman to a Class AA state basketball championship and an appearance in the Class AA state football title game during a time when Harriman was one of the state's smallest Class AA schools. It has since been dropped to Tennessee Secondary School Athletic AssociationTennessee Secondary School Athletic AssociationThe Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association is an organization which administers junior and senior high school sporting events in Tennessee.-Description:...
Class A, the group of Tennessee's smallest public high schools but still tha Best.!
- Notable Physician and Medical Journal Editor (Journal of Experimental & Clinical Assisted Reproduction) E.Scott Sills