Hillsboro High School is a comprehensive high school in Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

. Established in 1939, the school is one of fifteen high schools in Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools

Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools

Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, or MNPS, is a school district that serves the city of Nashville, Tennessee. Over 74,000 students are currently enrolled in the district's 71 elementary schools, 36 middle schools and 15 high schools.- Demographics :...

. The school offers the IB Diploma Programme

IB Diploma Programme

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History

Hillsboro High School officially opened October 22, 1939, with an enrollment of 164 students and seven faculty members. Initially, the school served a rural area. Later population increases, re-zoning, the Vocational Educational Act, and 20th century influences have resulted in changes from a two-story red brick building in a pastoral setting to a set of massive white buildings which were designed by nationally recognized architects. On October 31, 1952, the first school was destroyed by fire. Several renovations have occurred since the replacement of that building in the 50's, most recently in 1995.

Curriculum

Hillsboro High School offers a comprehensive curriculum. In 2004, we became an IBO World School. We offer both AP and IB courses for students who desire college level curriculum. We are the only high school to offer a vision program for visually impaired students and we also offer the deaf program as well. We have a behavior program and a wide variety of special education programs from multiple disabilities to students who have mild learning disabilities. We also offer Language!, a research based reading program that builds reading skills in students who fall beneath the 35th percentile in reading scores. In addition, we serve a large ELL population, serving students from over 40 countries who speak more than 30 different languages.

Extracurricular activities

Student groups and activities include anime club, badminton club, Burro Bookworms, Burro Unplugged, chorus, Close Up

Close Up Foundation

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, concert band, creative writing club, eating disorder awareness, forensics, Future Business Leaders of America

FBLA-PBL

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, gamer club, Hillsboro Reaction (newspaper), the Hillsboro Players drama troupe, Interact, International Teen Outreach Program, jazz band, Knit Wits, Latino club, learning center, marching band, mock trial, Model United Nations, National Honor Society

National Honor Society

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, National Conference for Community and Justice, Quiz Bowl, Saigon Children's Charity

Saigon Children's Charity

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, student council, Team Hillsboro-Walk for the Cure, Women in Science, youth legislature and HHS Habitat for Humanity.

Athletics

The Hillsboro athletic teams, known as the Burros, compete in baseball, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, and wrestling.

State championship titles held by the school:

• Basketball, girls: 2009
• Cross country: 1962 (individual)
• Football: 2003, 2008
  • American General Mr. Football Lineman of the Year: 2000, 2001, 2003
• Golf, boys': 1945 (team), 1972 (individual)
• Tennis, girls': 1968 (team, singles and doubles)
• Track, boys: 1962 (mile run), 1969 (mile run), 1979 (220-yard dash), 1980 (100-yard dash, 120-yard high hurdles, 220-yard dash, 440-yard relay, team champions), 1981 (100-meter dash, 200-meter dash), 1982 (1600-meter relay, 3200-meter relay, high jump, team champions), 1988 (220-yard dash),(440-meter relay),(880-meter relay) (800-meter run), 1989 (800-meter run), 1995 (200-meter dash), 1996 (300-meter low hurdles, 400-meter dash)
• Track, girls: 1974 (long jump), 1999 (200-meter dash and long jump), 2001 (3200-meter relay), 2008 (100-meter dash)
• Wrestling: 1995 (112 lb weight class)

Notable alumni

• Thomas B. Allen
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  , illustrator and painter
• Steve Benneyworth, sculptor
• Chris Bright
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  , co-founder of travel agency RioChoice
• Red Grooms
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   (Charles Rogers Grooms), an American multimedia artist; painter, sculptor, printmaker, filmmaker, and theatrical showman
• Kerry G. Johnson
  Kerry G. Johnson
  Kerry G. Johnson is an African-American graphic designer, caricaturist and humorous illustrator.He was born in Nashville, Tennessee on September 30, 1966...
  
  , graphic designer, caricaturist and humorous illustrator. His illustrations and cartoons have appeared in several newspapers, magazines, web sites and blogs. Creator of several fictional characters including the teen girl superhero, SPECTRA.
• Harmony Korine
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  , film director and screenwriter
• Kasey Guzak, actor in Gummo
• John "Bucky" Wilkin, songwriter and musician of Ronny & the Daytonas
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   fame
• Mike Willis
  Mike Willis
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  , former Major League Baseball player for the Toronto Blue Jays from 1977-1981

Former principals

• Medford Bowman (1939-1941)
• John Koen (1941-1964)
• Hale Harris
• Taylor Hagen
• Dr. William Hicks
• Dr. Jean Gray Litterer (1979-1999)
• James Overstreet (1999-2003)
• Robert (Bob) Lawson (2003-2007)
• Roderick Manuel (2007-2010)
• Dr. Terry Shrader (2010-present)