Hendersonville High School (HHS) is one of two public high schools located in Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee. The principal is Joni Worsham, a former assistant principal at the school. Two middle schools fill into Hendersonville High: Ellis Middle School and Hawkins Middle School.
The school's colors have been Black and Gold ever since the first Commando football team in 1941, when the Vanderbilt Football program provided the first ever Commando football team with older, used jerseys. The black and gold colors have remained ever since. Hendersonville is known as the Commandos because 54 men were sent to fight in World War II. When they came back as veteran commandos the name stuck with the school and became the official mascot. This can be easily seen at Hendersonville Athletic events, with fans often wearing Commando Army gear, or camouflage, in tandem with school colors.
Hendersonville participates in 5A level sports as a part of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association, and maintains continued success in its athletic programs, including track, swimming, softball, bowling, football, wrestling, lacrosse, hockey, soccer, football, marching band, and basketball. The school has a storied rivalry with two schools, Gallatin High School and Beech Senior High School. It also has a relatively new rivalry with Station Camp High School.
According to a rumor passed down since the seventies, the original high school, located nearby on main street, was haunted, and was the most haunted building in the city. The current Hendersonville High School is not believed to be haunted, but the original supposedly haunted building is now the local Ellis Middle School.
Taylor Swift attended until she left the school to begin homeschooling on her tour bus. The school's auditorium was renamed in Swift's honor after she contributed funds to refurbish the lighting and sound equipment.
The city of Hendersonville has also been named among the top 10 cities for families to live in the United States by Family Circle Magazine. The magazine gave Hendersonville High School a gold star for 315 seniors who logged around 20,000 hours of community service. Academically, Hendersonville has the distinguished honor of receiving a 9/10 rating on greatschools.net.
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