Hamilton High School (Chandler, Arizona)
Encyclopedia
Hamilton High School is the second public high school built in Chandler, Arizona
. It was the first high school in Chandler to have a branch of the Chandler Public Library integrated into the school.
around the turn of the century and farmed for generations the land where Hamilton High School now stands. John Augustus Hamilton, one of the Hamilton brothers who farmed the land the school is built on, was a World War I
combat veteran and sheriff of the southeast area of Phoenix, Arizona
. The school football stadium now stands on what was known for years as Hamilton's Corner, the corner of Arizona Ave and Ocotillo where the Hamiltons ran a general store. The front of the store often had horses hitched to the hitching post and buckboard wagons came into town for supplies.
, which is a higher percentage than any other public school in Arizona. Hamilton students score well in academics with ACT scores above state and national averages in all test subject areas. 85% of Hamilton students plan to attend a 2 or 4 year college after graduating.
, cheerleading
, soccer, basketball
, golf
, lacrosse
, hockey
, softball
, wrestling
, tennis
, badminton
, swimming
, rugby
, and volleyball
. Its traditional rival in the Chandler School District is Chandler High School
, but competition has increased with the city's second newest high school, Basha High School
. The city of Chandler and Chandler Unified School District's rapid growth has contributed to the construction of a fourth high school in the district, Perry High School
, which opened in 2007.
Hamilton High School's football teams have been consistently successful. They won Arizona Division 5A State Championship for the 2003–2004, 2004–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2009–2010 and 2010-2011 school years. Hamilton also played in the title games in 2001 against Red Mountain
as well as a 15–14 loss in 2005 to Brophy
. Hamilton defeated Mesa
in the state 5A-I championship game 35–0 to complete its first undefeated season in 2009. The Huskies had another undefeated season in 2010, they had a record of 15–0 and won the state 5A-I championship game 21–13 over Desert Ridge
. Hamilton's winning streak hit 50 games on October 28, 2011 with a 49-0 victory over Corona Del Sol
. Hamilton has enjoyed some national attention through its players such as Christian Westerman, Gerell Robinson, Kerry Taylor, and current NFL Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs
.
The baseball team has won three state championships including 2007–2008, and appeared in two others. The freshman team won the Babe Ruth League national championship in 2007–2008. Hamilton's coed cheer squad regularly competes and finishes in the top five at the national championships, and has won the state championship almost every year since Hamilton opened. Hamilton's men's soccer team made an appearance in the 2009–2010 State Championship match. The school's soccer academy has existed for over 3 years now.
In 2007, there were allegations that some local high school athletic programs, including Hamilton's, recruit athletes. This drew the attention of the Arizona Interscholastic Association
, which governs high school sports in the state of Arizona. After refusing to cooperate in an investigation, the private investigator was forced to report the allegations as false.
, Academic Decathlon, We the People
, Speech and Debate, student government, and forty clubs and organizations. Among these are the FFA
, Fellowship of Christian Athletes
, Step Dancing Club, Invisible Children Club, Key Club
, Young Republicans, Young Democrats, Muslim Students' Association
, Asian Club, JROTC, and Dance Dance Revolution
Club.
Each year, Hamilton hosts the Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF), in which high-school students from all schools in the Chandler School District compete in many different categories, including biology, physics, mathematics and computers, behavioral science, botany, and zoology. Elementary and middle-schoolers also compete in their own divisions. In addition, the SECME
mousetrap car
competitions are held the day of the fair.
Hamilton is, for the most part, a two story, completely enclosed campus. All main classrooms and main facilities are inside of the same building, with the exception of few mobile classrooms, in the back part of the school. This keeps students of out the hot Arizona weather during the summer, and it creates a safer environment. Each class is located in one of Hamilton's eight main hallways. Each hallway has its own staircase so students do not have to go traverse a crowded main hallway in order to get to a class upstairs. The main hallways are the only connection to the library, administrations office, cafeteria, gym, and auditorium located on the southern side of the school. Many electives such as P.E., theater, choir, band, and orchestra take place in these areas. The auditorium and cafeteria each seat about 600 students, the gym seats about 1,900, and the football stadium seats 10,000. Hamilton also has a track, a public swimming pool where the swim team practices, multiple tennis courts, two soccer fields, and six fields used for baseball and practice.
Chandler, Arizona
-Demographics:As of the Census of 2010, there were 236,123 people, 86,924 households, and 60,212 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 73.3% White, 4.8% Black or African American, 1.5% Native American, 8.2% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 21.9% Hispanic or Latino, and 8.3%...
. It was the first high school in Chandler to have a branch of the Chandler Public Library integrated into the school.
Name
The school was named after the Hamilton family, one of the pioneer families of Chandler Arizona. The Hamiltons moved to Chandler Arizona from TexasTexas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
around the turn of the century and farmed for generations the land where Hamilton High School now stands. John Augustus Hamilton, one of the Hamilton brothers who farmed the land the school is built on, was a World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
combat veteran and sheriff of the southeast area of Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
. The school football stadium now stands on what was known for years as Hamilton's Corner, the corner of Arizona Ave and Ocotillo where the Hamiltons ran a general store. The front of the store often had horses hitched to the hitching post and buckboard wagons came into town for supplies.
Academics
Hamilton High received the Chandler Education Foundation 100% Awareness status from 1998–2001, and was the only Arizona A+ school in 2005. 85% of Hamilton's faculty has a master's degreeMaster's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
, which is a higher percentage than any other public school in Arizona. Hamilton students score well in academics with ACT scores above state and national averages in all test subject areas. 85% of Hamilton students plan to attend a 2 or 4 year college after graduating.
Athletics
Students have numerous athletic activities available to them, including footballHigh school football
High school football, in North America, refers to the game of football as it is played in the United States and Canada. It ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both of these nations....
, cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
, soccer, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
, hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
, softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, wrestling
Scholastic wrestling
Scholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially Collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications. It is currently...
, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
, swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, rugby
Rugby football
Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
, and volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
. Its traditional rival in the Chandler School District is Chandler High School
Chandler High School (Chandler, Arizona)
Chandler High School is a high school located in Chandler, Arizona, United States. One of the oldest high schools in Arizona, it was founded in 1912, the year in which Chandler was founded and Arizona became a state....
, but competition has increased with the city's second newest high school, Basha High School
Basha High School
Basha High School is a public high school located in Chandler, Arizona. It was founded in 2002 as the third high school in Chandler, AZ. The other three are Chandler High School, Hamilton High School and Perry High School. Kristine Marchiando, the school's principal since its inception, retired...
. The city of Chandler and Chandler Unified School District's rapid growth has contributed to the construction of a fourth high school in the district, Perry High School
Perry High School (Gilbert, Arizona)
Perry High School is a public high school located in Gilbert, Arizona.Perry is a Wi-Fi enabled school removing the need for designated computer labs by allowing Wi-Fi enabled laptops to be brought into the classrooms. The school's design was based on the layout of Basha High School, another school...
, which opened in 2007.
Hamilton High School's football teams have been consistently successful. They won Arizona Division 5A State Championship for the 2003–2004, 2004–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2009–2010 and 2010-2011 school years. Hamilton also played in the title games in 2001 against Red Mountain
Red Mountain High School
Red Mountain High School is a secondary school in Mesa, Arizona. It opened in 1988, with Robert Free the founding principal.-Athletics:-Notable alumni:*Brian Jennings - NFL player*Vance Wilson - MLB player...
as well as a 15–14 loss in 2005 to Brophy
Brophy College Preparatory
Brophy College Preparatory is a Jesuit high school located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school is currently limited to all-male enrollment of approximately 1,200 students. It is operated independently of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix...
. Hamilton defeated Mesa
Mesa High School (Mesa, Arizona)
Mesa High School is a public high school in Mesa, Arizona, United States. Mesa High School currently accommodates grades 9-12 as part of Mesa Public Schools.- History :...
in the state 5A-I championship game 35–0 to complete its first undefeated season in 2009. The Huskies had another undefeated season in 2010, they had a record of 15–0 and won the state 5A-I championship game 21–13 over Desert Ridge
Desert Ridge High School
Desert Ridge High School was founded in 2002 in Mesa, Arizona and is part of Gilbert Public Schools.- Overview :For the 2004-05 school year Desert Ridge High School received an "Excelling" from the Arizona Department of Education and has met all No Child Left Behind requirements since the school...
. Hamilton's winning streak hit 50 games on October 28, 2011 with a 49-0 victory over Corona Del Sol
Corona Del Sol High School
Corona del Sol High School located in Tempe, Arizona, United States, was established in 1977 and is a part of the Tempe Union High School District. It was expanded in 1986. It was expanded again in 2001.-Campus:...
. Hamilton has enjoyed some national attention through its players such as Christian Westerman, Gerell Robinson, Kerry Taylor, and current NFL Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs
Terrell Suggs
Terrell Raymonn Suggs is an American football linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Ravens tenth overall in the 2003 NFL Draft after playing his college football at Arizona State....
.
The baseball team has won three state championships including 2007–2008, and appeared in two others. The freshman team won the Babe Ruth League national championship in 2007–2008. Hamilton's coed cheer squad regularly competes and finishes in the top five at the national championships, and has won the state championship almost every year since Hamilton opened. Hamilton's men's soccer team made an appearance in the 2009–2010 State Championship match. The school's soccer academy has existed for over 3 years now.
In 2007, there were allegations that some local high school athletic programs, including Hamilton's, recruit athletes. This drew the attention of the Arizona Interscholastic Association
Arizona Interscholastic Association
The Arizona Interscholastic Association is the major high school sports association in the state of Arizona. It comprises most of the state's public district high schools, various charter and private schools, plus one high school in California San Pasqual High School in Winterhaven, California,...
, which governs high school sports in the state of Arizona. After refusing to cooperate in an investigation, the private investigator was forced to report the allegations as false.
Activities
Extracurricular activities include 27 interscholastic athletic teams, a chapter of the National Honor SocietyNational Honor Society
The National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...
, Academic Decathlon, We the People
We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution
We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution, sponsored by the Center for Civic Education, is a yearly competition for American high school students held in Washington D.C. The competition is styled as a congressional hearing. Each team is divided up into six units, each composed of three or...
, Speech and Debate, student government, and forty clubs and organizations. Among these are the FFA
National FFA Organization
The National FFA Organization is an American youth organization known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, based on middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education...
, Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a non-profit interdenominational Christian organization founded in 1954 and that has been based in Kansas City, Missouri since 1956. It falls within the tradition of Muscular Christianity. Although established by evangelical Protestants, the concept has...
, Step Dancing Club, Invisible Children Club, Key Club
Key Club
Key Club International is the oldest and largest service program for high school students. It is a student-led organization whose goal is to teach leadership through serving others. Key Club International is a part of the Kiwanis International family of service-leadership programs...
, Young Republicans, Young Democrats, Muslim Students' Association
Muslim Students' Association
The Muslim Students Association, or Muslim Student Union, of the U.S. and Canada, also known as MSA National, is a religious organization dedicated to establishing and maintaining Islamic societies on college campuses in Canada and the United States. It serves to provide coordination and support...
, Asian Club, JROTC, and Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution, abbreviated DDR, and previously known as Dancing Stage in Europe and Australasia, is a music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, Dance Dance Revolution is the...
Club.
Each year, Hamilton hosts the Hamilton Invitational Science and Engineering Fair (HISEF), in which high-school students from all schools in the Chandler School District compete in many different categories, including biology, physics, mathematics and computers, behavioral science, botany, and zoology. Elementary and middle-schoolers also compete in their own divisions. In addition, the SECME
SECME
SECME is a nonprofit organization originally established in 1975. The organization is based in Atlanta, Georgia at the Georgia Institute of Technology...
mousetrap car
Mousetrap car
A mousetrap car is a small vehicle having only one form of motive power being from a mousetrap. Variations include the use of multiple traps, or very big rat traps, for added power....
competitions are held the day of the fair.
Design
Initially built to hold 2,600 students, as of 2010–2011 school year, the school holds 3,800+ students.Hamilton is, for the most part, a two story, completely enclosed campus. All main classrooms and main facilities are inside of the same building, with the exception of few mobile classrooms, in the back part of the school. This keeps students of out the hot Arizona weather during the summer, and it creates a safer environment. Each class is located in one of Hamilton's eight main hallways. Each hallway has its own staircase so students do not have to go traverse a crowded main hallway in order to get to a class upstairs. The main hallways are the only connection to the library, administrations office, cafeteria, gym, and auditorium located on the southern side of the school. Many electives such as P.E., theater, choir, band, and orchestra take place in these areas. The auditorium and cafeteria each seat about 600 students, the gym seats about 1,900, and the football stadium seats 10,000. Hamilton also has a track, a public swimming pool where the swim team practices, multiple tennis courts, two soccer fields, and six fields used for baseball and practice.
Notable alumni
- Dontay MochDontay MochDontay Moch is an American Football Linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. He played collegiate football for the University of Nevada.-Early years:...
, NevadaNevadaNevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
, Cincinnati BengalsCincinnati BengalsThe Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...
, outside linebacker - Kylee Saunders, JapaneseJapanese peopleThe are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
-AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
pop starJ-pop, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene... - Terrell SuggsTerrell SuggsTerrell Raymonn Suggs is an American football linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Ravens tenth overall in the 2003 NFL Draft after playing his college football at Arizona State....
, Baltimore RavensBaltimore RavensThe Baltimore Ravens are a professional football franchise based in Baltimore, Maryland.The Baltimore Ravens are officially a quasi-expansion franchise, having originated in 1995 with the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy after Art Modell, then owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced his...
defensive endDefensive endDefensive end is the name of a defensive position in the sport of American and Canadian football.This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations have substantially changed how the position is played over the years...
/ linebackerLinebackerA linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen... - Christian Westerman, AuburnAuburn-Geographical locations:Australia* Auburn, South Australia* Auburn, New South Wales** Auburn Council, the local governing body** Electoral district of AuburnBritish Isles...
offensive lineman
External links
- Hamilton High School official website
- School report card from the Arizona Department of Education
- Hamilton High School Instrumental Music Program
- Hamilton Soccer Website
- Aerial View via Google Maps
- 2008 Maxpreps football schedule/results
- 2009 Maxpreps football schedule/results
- 2010 Naxpreps football schedule/results
- 2011 Maxpreps football schedule/results
- Current High School Football Winning Streaks