Hobbs High School
| Hobbs High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| 800 N. Jefferson Hobbs, New Mexico, 88240 United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1912 |
| Principal | Zeke Kaney |
| Grades | 10-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,500 |
| Campus | Rural (suburban) |
| Color(s) |
Black, Gold, and White |
| Athletics conference | NMAA, 6A Dist. 3 |
| Nickname | Eagles |
| Newspaper | The Eagle's Cry |
| Yearbook | Sandstorm |
| Website | [1] |
Hobbs High School (HHS) is located in Hobbs, New Mexico, and has a student population of about 1500 students as of 2009. Ralph Tasker coached basketball at HHS for 49 years, from 1949 to 1998.
The Campus is a fairly standard indoor campus with several classrooms that can be entered from the outside. The High School also has a new auditorium and athletic center. Up until May 2002, Hobbs freshmen went to one of three junior high schools: Highland, Houston, and Heizer. All three schools housed 7th through 9th grade. The decision was made to convert Heizer Junior High School into a freshman high school to help transition 9th grade students into high school curriculum and behavioral expectations. Heizer was chosen because of its ability to expand, being surrounded by an open field. Both Highland and Houston were surrounded by housing and other problems that would have prevented expansions.
Until the summer of 2011, the freshmen were either bussed or transported to the campus, which drew the ire of many parents because of its location in the extreme southern location of Hobbs. After a few years of discussion, the Hobbs Municipal Schools Board of Education decided that the best way to transition the freshmen to high school would be to build what would be known as the Hobbs Freshman High School (HFHS) next to the existing high school. The first freshman class at the new school entered in August 2011. Heizer, meanwhile, returned to being a junior high school.
In the west mid oil derricks
Friendly flares to view
Stands the best of noble high schools
Hobbs High heres to you
Watch the night flares send a radiance
And a grand Hello
Golden land of all that's worthwhile
Hobbs, New Mexico!!!!
The mascot of Hobbs High School is the Eagles and the colors are primarily black and gold, with white being a secondary color. One of the more prominent features of the campus is the eagle on a globe statue outside the front of the campus, facing Jefferson Street. Over the years, students from rival high schools have repeatedly painted this statue in their own colors as a prank.
HHS competes in the New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA), as a class 6A school in District 3. In 2015, the NMAA realigned the state's schools in to six classifications and adjusted district boundaries for the 2016-2017 & 2017-2018 school years. In addition to Hobbs High School, the schools in District 3-6A include Las Cruces High School, Mayfield High School, Oñate High School, Centennial High School, Gadsden High School, and Carlsbad High School.
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