Hayesville High School
Hayesville High in Clay County, N.C.
Address
205 Yellow Jacket Drive

Hayesville, North Carolina
28904

United States
Coordinates35°02′27″N 83°48′58″W / 35.04083°N 83.81611°W / 35.04083; -83.81611
Information
School typePublic
School districtClay County School District
CEEB code341745
PrincipalStacey Overlin
Staff44
Teaching staff28[1]
Grades9–12
GenderCo-education
Enrollment358 (2021-22)[1]
Student to teacher ratio12.64[1]
Color(s)Black and gold
  
SloganChasing Excellence
Athletics1A
Athletics conferenceSmoky Mountain Conference
MascotYellow Jacket
NewspaperThe Buzz
Websitehayesvillehs.org

Hayesville High School is a school located in Hayesville, North Carolina and is part of the Clay County School District. It is the only public high school in Clay County. According to its website, the school has a current enrollment of 380 students[2] and 37 teaching staff members. That is an average of 10.27 students per teacher.[3]

The high school moved into its current two-story brick facility in 1991. A new gymnasium was added in 1999. The cafeteria was built in 1966. [4]

Athletics

Hayesville's teams are known as the Yellow Jackets. The school's main rival is Murphy High School. Hayesville competes in the Smoky Mountain Conference (SMC) and its varsity sports are:

History

After local school teacher John Hicks was elected as the first representative from Clay County to the North Carolina General Assembly, he purchased land near Hayesville on Aug. 12, 1870, to establish a school, Hicksville Academy. Hicksville Academy boarded students and charged tuition in a framed, two-story building. In the 1880s, its name was changed to Hayesville Academy.

In 1891, Hayesville Academy was renamed to Hayesville Male and Female College and courses were offered from the first grade through college. By the late 1890s, the school enrolled more than 200 students.

Hayesville High School in Hayesville, N.C. in the early 1900s.

The school continued to board students through the 1909-10 school year and sometime prior to 1909 the name of the school was changed to Hayesville High School.

Hayesville High School received accreditation in 1924, the same year its two-story wooden frame building was demolished. On August 6, 1928, the school stopped charging tuition and became free for all county students.[8] The school fielded a football team in 1929.

After Ogden and Elf schools shifted focus to elementary students, Hayesville was the only high school in the county from 1937 on.[4]

A Hayesville High School classroom in 2004

A new school was constructed in 1950.[6] A gymnasium was built in 1957. Hayesville High School served students in grades 7-12 until the creation of Hayesville Middle School in 1989. At that point HHS began serving grades 9-12.

Principals

  • John O. Hicks (1870-)
  • N.A. Fessenden (1879–)
  • Dr. Neal T. Kitchens (c. 1886)
  • H.P. Bailey (c. 1889-1890)
  • Rev. W.H. Bailey (c. 1891)
  • L.F. Shuford
  • D.M. Stallings (c. 1909-1912)
  • Walter F. McCandless (1912–1913)
  • E.L. Adams (1913-1922)
  • H. Victor Bailey (1922–1923)
  • Allen J. Bell (1923)
  • Baxter C. Jones (1923–1926)
  • Andrew Harvey Shuler (1926-1928)
  • T.C. Lingerfeldt (1928-1930)
  • L.L. Shealey (1930–1931)
  • William Arthur Young (1931–1934)
  • Carl Dan Killian (1934-1935)
  • Samuel B. Churchwell (1935–1939)
  • Ralph Lynn Smith (1939–1948)
  • J. Walter Moore (1943–1946)
  • Hugh Scott Beal (1946–1956)
  • Guy H. Wheeler (1956–1970)
  • Jack R. Rogers (1970–c. 1976)
  • Charles F. Carroll, who later became N.C. state superintendent of education
  • David Danes (c. 1988)
  • Dr. Gail Criss (c. 1997-2005)
  • Matt Rogers (c. 2008)
  • Mickey Noe (2014-2018)
  • Dr. Catherine Andrews (c. 2019)
  • Jim Saltz (c. 2020-2021)
  • Stacey Overlin (2021-present)[6]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hayesville High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Home". clayschools.org.
  3. ↑ "Faculty & Staff: Hayesville High School". Archived from the original on 2010-04-30. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
  4. 1 2 Leek, Mark (2003). History of Clay County Schools From 1850 until Present. Doctoral project in the Issues of Rural Education class at Western Carolina University.
  5. ↑ "North Carolina High School Cross-Country Champions". NCPrepTrack.com. NCPrepTrack.
  6. 1 2 3 Padgett, J. G.; Penland, A.L.; Moore, J.W. (1961). 1861-1961 centennial history Clay County North Carolina. Hayesville, NC.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ↑ "North Carolina High School Track and Field 2-A and 1-A Boys State Champions". NCPrepTrack.com. NCPrepTrack.
  8. ↑ "Students may attend school without pay". The Clay County News. Hayesville, NC. 1928-08-10. p. A1.


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