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Newport News High School was a high school located in Newport News, Virginia, United States. It was located at 3100 Huntington Avenue and operated by Newport News Public Schools.

History

In 1896, the first segregated white high school in Newport News was in the First National Bank building at Washington Ave. & 28th Street. Its first principal was Horace H. Epes.[1] It later held classes at Central School from 1899 until Central School burned down in 1913. Classes then met at John W. Daniel School which was constructed in 1908. Both Central and Daniel Schools were in the 3100 block of Lafayette (later Huntington) Ave. Walter Reed School at 2410 Wickham Ave. served as a high school until Newport News High School was built in 1924. Daniel served as a public school until 1960, when it became the first home of Christopher Newport University.

Newport News boasted one of the finest athletic fields in Virginia with the opening in 1935 of a concrete stadium, Saunders Stadium, with classrooms below at Newport News High School. A new gymnasium, named for the long-time athletic director and coach Julius "Julie" Conn, was opened in 1964.

In 1971, Newport News High School was converted, along with George Washington Carver and Collis P. Huntington High Schools, to an intermediate school after the city's school district freedom-of-choice plan was struck down in the federal court and school districting went into effect.

In 1980, Newport News Intermediate School was closed.

The school building is now used by the U.S. Navy as an enlisted barracks for ships undergoing maintenance at Newport News Shipbuilding and is named Huntington Hall.

Notable alumni and faculty

Athletics

Virginia high school athletic records are kept by the Virginia High School League[7]

Baseball

Basketball

Football

Virginia State Track and Field Championships

Newport News High School won 21 State Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

References

  1. ^ "Epes Elementary School, Newport News, Virginia: About Our School". Epes.nn.k12.va.us. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
  2. ^ "Maryland State Government". Maryland state Government. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  3. ^ KEITH RUSHING (2004-05-09). "'I was not going to take it' - dailypress.com". Xml.dailypress.com. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  4. ^ "Notable Alumni: David Ellenson '69 - W&M Alumni Association". Wmalumni.com. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  5. ^ "RootsWeb: POYTHRESS-L Newport News". Archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  6. ^ "City of Hampton, The Athletic Hall Of Fame Of The Lower Virginia Peninsula". Hampton.gov. 1965-08-19. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  7. ^ Virginia High School League Book of Records Ninth Edition - 2005–06 (Information Current July 12, 2006) [1]
  8. ^ "National High School Sports Record Book". Nfhs.org. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
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