Herndon High School (Virginia)

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Herndon High School

Established	1911
School type	public school
Principal	Frances Ivey
Address	700 Bennett Street Herndon, Virginia 20170
Enrollment	2,167
Athletic Conference	Concorde District Northern Region
Colors	Red and black ██
Nickname	Hornets
Rival School	South Lakes High School
Homepage	Official Site

Herndon High School is a public high school in Herndon, Virginia.

The school, which serves grades 9-12, is a part of the Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) system. Herndon High School serves the communities of Herndon and the northern part of Reston. The school has a student body representing over 80 countries. Its mascot is the Hornet and its rival is South Lakes High School in Reston. Herndon Boys Varsity Basketball just recently won the Concorde Distric, congrats boys! Herndon High School began in 1911 at 901 Locust Street. In 1930, enrollment was seventy-one students and they offered classes such as home economics, agriculture, and business education. In 1942, they opened the first school cafeteria in Fairfax County at Herndon High School and they began offering classes in industrial arts. In the early 1950’s, they expanded the building to hold more students.

In 1961, Herndon Intermediate School began within the Herndon High School building. In 1962 the school expanded even more. In 1967 the High School moved to its current Bennett Street location, leaving Herndon Intermediate School at Locust Street with 650 students and 39 teachers.

Under the direction of Mr. Richard Bergman, the Herndon band program has thrived. In 1991, the band won the prestigious Sousa award. The marching band is directed by Chuck Hawkins, a battalion chief at Fairfax county's Fire House #36.

The school newspaper is called the Stinger and has an award-winning literary magazine, Scribe.

It's website has won FCPS Site of the Year twice.

Herndon High School is also home to an award winning guitar program. It is under the direction of Christopher "C-ham" Cunningham. Mr Cunningham has won teacher of the year in 2006 and was awarded a small check from Sams Club at the end of the year guitar concert. Full applause from his students followed. The Guitar 2 & 3 classes also take part in the annual mid-atlantic guitar festival, which in 2007 was held in westfield. Both classes performed excellently, with guitar 3 quite possibly being the best performance of the festival.

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== Herndon High School in 2005-2006 was 12% White; 10% Black; 213% Hispanic, and 29% Asian.

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Herndon High School is a fully accredited high school based on the Standards of Learning tests in Virginia. The average SAT score in 2006 for Herndon was a 1,579 (525 in Critical Reading, 540 in Math, and 514 in Writing).

Further Reading

School Name - William Lewis Herndon

AAA Northern Region

Concorde District

Liberty District