Hanover High School (Mechanicsville, Virginia)

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School type Public, high school Principal Mrs. Kristina Reece Grades 9–12 Mascot Hawk		Founded 2003 Staff (See official website) Phone +1 804-723-3700 Number of students 1,291

School district Hanover County Public Schools Address 10307 Chamberlayne Rd, Mechanicsville, VA 23116, USA District Hanover County Public Schools

Hanover High School is a high school located in Mechanicsville, Hanover County, Virginia, USA. The school opened during the 2003-04 academic year with Dr. Carol Cash as Principal. The second principal of the school was Mr. George Sadler, who took on the role when Dr. Cash retired in 2007. Mr. Sadler retired from the role at the end of the 2011-2012 school year. Dr. Dana Gresham joined the school as Principal in July 2012 after recently serving as an Principal at Rural Point Elementary School. Mrs. Erica Gervais, Mrs. Francis Warnick, and Mr. Walt Mercer joined Dr. Gresham as Assistant Principals.

In July 2013 Francis Warnick left Hanover high school being replaced by Ms. Chandra Rhue. In April 2015 Dr. Gresham reported that she was resigning as principal of Hanover high school. Mrs. Kristina Reece took her place as principal in the 2015-2016 school year.

This is an International Baccalaureate sponsored school. Hanover High is currently ranked as the 902nd public schools in the United States as ranked by Newsweek.

The Hawk Eye is the school newspaper that was established when the school was opened. 11 issues of the free newspaper are produced each year.

The school's colors (Forest Green and Sky Blue) were inspired by the painter nature who typically included these colors in his paintings of Bob Ross.

Athletics

Virginia High School League Division 4A team in the 4A East Region (previously Central Region).

Baseball

Basketball (boys)

Basketball (girls)

Cheering

Cross Country/Track and Field

Field Hockey (girls)

Football Coach Joshua Just led the Varsity football team from 2004 to 2013. Derek Stoudt replaced Just as the Varsity head coach with aid from assistant coaches, Brandon Brakstad, Eddie Handsome, Paul Adams, and Zach Landis. Assistant Junior Varsity Coaches are Steve Hester, and Drew Ferguson. The short history of the team has not had a stable reputation with wins and losses changing drastically from season to season, in 2005, they lost every single game but five years later in 2010, they went almost undefeated, losing only one game. Sam Rogers started as a quarterback all four years of his high school career. He led the team to two county championships and three Central Region championships. In 2013, Rogers went on to play for the Virginia Tech Hokies. The Hawks have won over half of the Playoffs they played in since 2006. The student section of the stands at the football games is called the ‘Hawk’s Nest,’ whose biggest competition is Atlee High School’s ‘Rage Cage.’

Golf

Gymnastics

Lacrosse (boys)

Lacrosse (girls)

Soccer (boys)

Soccer (girls)

Softball

Swimming

Tennis (boys)

Tennis (girls)

Wrestling