Jonesboro-Hodge High School is a high school located in Jonesboro, Louisiana, Jonesboro in Jackson Parish, Louisiana. The school mascot is the Tiger, named after LSU. The colors are scarlet and royal blue. The school, a part of the Jackson Parish School Board, serves the Town of Jonesboro and the Hodge, Louisiana, Village of Hodge.

History

The first school house in Jonesboro, comprising 11 grades, was located at the corner of 3rd and Cooper. The brick building completed in 1913 was destroyed by fire in 1925. The new J-HHS building was constructed during the most economically depressed era of American History. The architectural beauty of the structure soon came to symbolize Jonesboro-Hodge High School. The school named its football stadium "Caldwell Peacock" in honor of Neil Caldwell (a former athletic director and head football coach at the school who died in the U.S. Army Air Corps) and Gordon Peacock (a member of the football team who died of pneumonia).

Faculty

The school faculty is made up of approximately 38 teachers who instruct in a wide array of disciplines. Courses include: Agricultural Science, Auto Mechanics, Nursing, Mathematics, Science, English, Spanish, Computer Science, Publications, Health & Physical Education, Social Studies, Gifted Music, and Choir.

School uniforms

The students are required to wear school uniforms with the choice of jeans and spirit shirts or jeans and regular uniform shirts.

Athletics

Jonesboro-Hodge High is a Class 2A member of the LHSAA and competes in District 2. Jonesboro-Hodge High School has a wide array of sports, including American football, football, baseball, softball, basketball, Track and field, track, golf, and Competitive dance, dance (Tiger Paw Dance Line).

State Championships

*(5) Football championships: 1930, 1945, 1987, 1988, 1989

Notable alumni

* Rodney Alexander, Class of 1964, former U.S. Representative * Marty Booker, Class of 1994, NFL football player * Randy Ewing, Class of 1962, former Louisiana State Legislature, Louisiana State Senate President * John Garlington, Class of 1964, NFL football player * Randy Moffett, Class of 1965, President of the University of Louisiana System

References

External links

* {{authority control Public high schools in Louisiana Educational institutions established in 1913 Schools in Jackson Parish, Louisiana 1913 establishments in Louisiana