Jim Hill High School
Believe, Achieve, Succeed!
2185 Fortune Street
Jackson, Mississippi 39204
1912
Public secondary
Coeducational
9 to 12
Mississippi State Department of Education
Jackson Public School District
Tigers
Green and Gold
Tigers!
The Echo
Bank Plus
Jim Hill High School is a public high school located in Jackson, Mississippi (USA), hosting the state's first and only International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB) program. It also hosts Advanced Placement courses, a JROTC and a SOAR program. During the 2007-2008 school year. Bobby Brown is the current principal of Jim Hill, replacing Lydia Haynes in Fall 2010.
Jim Hill is said to have one of the best high school bands, The Band of Distinction. It competes frequently throughout the school year. The school is also known for the Jim Hill G.Y.T (Grave Yard Thunder), which is the school's drumline. It is named such because the school is located adjacent to a graveyard. GYT has consecutively won The Drumline Challenge in Jackson, MS. Other auxiliaries of the band include the "Tigerettes" (dance team) and the Flag Corps. The school was also known for the award winning Jim Hill Choir. The choir travelled out of the country to places such as Austria, Canada, the Bahamas, and Jamaica. Jim Hill choir ranked among the top choral music programs in the world. Finally, Jim Hill is known for its cheerleading squad, known to be the first JPS cheerleading squad to compete in state competitions and successfully place. In 2011, the cheerleading squad competed at Pearl High School and was awarded 1st place and Overall Grand Champions.
Jim Hill was founded in 1912 by James Hill, hence the name "Jim Hill" High School, for the establishment of a secondary institution for African Americans in the Jackson, Mississippi area. The former building was established on Lynch Street as an elementary school in order to educate the youth of West Jackson. The current building was constructed in the 1960s in the Washington Addition neighborhood. The school also was formerly housed in the former building formerly operated as Blackburn Middle School in which had a new school established in 2010. The International Baccalaureate Program hosted there was established in 1992. The new wing was annexed in 2001.
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