Jack C. Hays High School
Jack C. Hays High School is a public high school located in Buda, Texas, USA and classified as a 5A high school by the University Interscholastic League. Hays High School is the oldest existing high school in Hays CISD, but was thoroughly renovated in the 2000s. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.[2]
| Jack C. Hays High School | |
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| Address | |
4800 Jack C Hays Trail , 78610 United States | |
| Coordinates | 30.030790°N 97.888710°W |
| Information | |
| School type | High School |
| Motto | Have a great, great Hays High School day!
Re. 2021 'Have a great, great Hays High School day!!' |
| Established | 1968 |
| School district | Hays Consolidated Independent School District |
| Superintendent | Eric Wright |
| NCES School ID | 480001005244[1] |
| Dean | Rob Hensarling |
| Principal | Tina Salazar |
| Teaching staff | 129.47 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1940(2021–22) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.98 |
| Color(s) | |
| Athletics conference | UIL Class 5A |
| Mascot | Hawk |
| Rival | Lehman High School |
| Website | www |
History
The school is named for John Coffee Hays, a frontier defender, Texas Ranger and hero to those he fought to protect. He achieved fame after leaving Texas in 1849 for California, where he became the first elected sheriff of San Francisco and helped found the city of Oakland. Hays High School was formed by the consolidation of Buda, Kyle and Wimberley high schools in 1968. In 1986, the Wimberley community was released from the Hays Consolidated School District and reformed Wimberley High School. A further split occurred with the opening of Lehman High School in neighboring Kyle in the fall of 2004.
Mascot
The school mascot is a Yosemite Sam-like character dressed in the standard gray uniform of the Army of the Confederate States of America known as "Colonel Jack". While "Colonel Jack" formerly wielded dual revolvers and a confederate flag belt buckle, he is currently shown with a Texas flag in his left hand and a white flag bearing an H in his right with a script R on his belt buckle. As with other institutions which draw upon confederate imagery, Hays High School encountered controversy on and off for years before ultimately discarding the confederate flag as an official symbol in 2000 and banning it from official functions entirely in 2012,[3] followed by retiring Dixie as a fight song in 2015 and replacing it with the school's original fight song, On, Wisconsin!.[4]
The Rebel mascot was retired following the 2020-21 school year, with the Hawk being chosen as the new mascot beginning with the 2021-22 school year. The colors remain unchanged.
Athletics
Hays High School competes in these sports -[5]
Cross Country, Volleyball, Football, Basketball, Powerlifting, Swimming, Soccer, Golf, Tennis, Track, Baseball & Softball.
Notable alumni
- Donnie Joseph, Major League Baseball pitcher[8]
- Dillon Passage, Tiger King Star Joe Exotic’s recent Husband
- James Rossi, Navy Football Team Captain 2006
References
- "Search for Public Schools - JACK C HAYS H S (480001005244)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
- "2015 Accountability Rating System" (PDF). Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-10.
- O'Rourke, Ciara. "Hays school board votes to ban Confederate flag". Austin American-Statesman. Cox. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- "Rebels say bye-bye 'Dixie' at Hays Hays | Hays Free Press". Archived from the original on 2015-07-30. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
- The Athletics Department
- UIL Volleyball Archives Archived March 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- UIL Softball Archives
- Pleskoff, Bernie (March 1, 2013). "Joseph has enough stuff to close in the future". MLB.com. Retrieved June 25, 2014.