Stonewall Jackson High School is a former high school in Kanawha County, West Virginia

Kanawha County, West Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 200,073 people, 86,226 households, and 55,960 families residing in the county. The population density was 222 people per square mile . There were 93,788 housing units at an average density of 104 per square mile...

. It opened in 1940 and closed in 1989. It was located on the West Side in Charleston, West Virginia

Charleston, West Virginia

Charleston is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha County. As of the 2010 census, it has a population of 51,400, and its metropolitan area 304,214. It is the county seat of Kanawha County.Early...

. In 1989, Stonewall Jackson High School and Charleston High School consolidated to become Capital High School

Capital High School (Charleston, West Virginia)

Capital High School is a public high school located in Charleston, West Virginia.-History:The original high school in the city was Charleston High School, locally known as "The High" serving the entire city. In 1940 the school had become overcrowded and the district was divided at the Elk River,...

. It is now a middle school.

It is named after the famous Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

 general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

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 80's, 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, the school in which Stonewall Jackson High and Charleston High consolidated into.

During Stonewall Jackson High's time, the school participated in the Daily Mail Kanawha County Majorette and Band Festival

Daily Mail Kanawha County Majorette and Band Festival

The Daily Mail Kanawha County Majorette and Band Festival is an annual festival dedicated to high school bands and majorette corps in Kanawha County, West Virginia. The event is held at the University of Charleston Stadium at Laidley Field in Charleston, West Virginia at the end of September of...

. Although the school never won the festival grand championship, it had six majorettes named Miss Kanawha Majorette. The majorettes were:

• 1988-Katie Hodges
• 1985-Kim Randolph
• 1966-Donna Tickle
• 1961-Phyllis Zabel
• 1958-Nina Hatfield
• 1950-Patty Hendrickson