John T. Hoggard High School
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| Image:The Viking | |
| Type: | Public |
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| Founded: | 1963 |
| Location: | 4305 Shipyard Boulevard Wilmington, North Carolina, United States |
| Principal: | Dave Spencer |
| Vice Principal(s): | Dawn Baker Robert Newton Eric Pfirman |
| Programs: | Advanced Placement Program AVID |
| Class Hours: | 8:30am - 3:30pm |
| Schedule Type: | Block, 4-period |
| Students: | 1,858 |
| Phone: | 910.350.2072 |
| Website: | http://www.nhcs.k12.nc.us/hoggard |
John T. Hoggard High School is a public high school in the New Hanover County School System in Wilmington, North Carolina.
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[edit] Demographics
The enrollment at Hoggard High School generally ranges from 1980 to 2000, consisting of 84% White, 13 % Black, 2% Asian, and 2% Hispanic. The school has 94 full time teachers, establishing a 20 to 1 student to teacher ratio. It also comes in the great schools ranking.
[edit] Athletics
Hoggard High School fields 24 varsity and junior varsity teams across 13 sports. All teams compete in the Mideastern 3A/4A Conference as part of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. The athletic department enjoys great success within the conference, consistently winning the Wachovia Cup, awarded to the school with the most overall athletic success. The school also has the distinction of having the two time state girl's tennis champion (Kaitlin Burns) among its roster.
The school mascot is the Viking, and the primary colors are blue and white.
[edit] Football
The Hoggard Football team, the Vikings, won their sixth straight conference championship in 2007, led by Coach Scott Braswell. In the 2006 season, the Vikings went the furthest they had ever gone in the NCHSAA playoffs, getting to the Eastern finals in the fourth round, where they played against Greenville Rose High School. The Vikings lost by two points, 31-29.
In 2007, the team surpassed its achievement from the year before and won the state championships with an undefeated record. Hoggard played the championship game against Mount Tabor and defeated them with a score of 28-0, a total shutout.
[edit] Academics
John T. Hoggard High School is known in its immediate area for its strong academic programs. It offers fourteen Advanced Placement courses and a substantial number of honors classes. In its class of 2007, 67% of graduating students went on to four-year colleges, and another 29% went on to two-year colleges. 90% of the class took the SAT, and the average math score was 545, while the average critical reading score was 524.
[edit] Theatre
John T. Hoggard High School is known throughout the state for its theatre program, directed by Alley Collins. The theatre class participates in the North Carolina Theatre Conference every year. In 2007 Hoggard won the distinguished play award at regional competition, and advanced to states from there. The theatre class also took home many awards such as Best Actress to Cathereine Ruden, a senior in the theatre program, and Honorable Mention Acting to Karen Girard and Adam Wepler.
[edit] Quiz Bowl
John T. Hoggard High School is known among the top Quiz Bowl teams in the state for its sudden entrance in the Quiz Bowl circuit in 2007. After winning the State Championship of the Public Library Quiz Bowl the previous year, Hoggard made strong showings in its first few tournaments, placing in several, and eventually acheiving a First Place victory at a 2008 tournament in Salisbury, NC that qualified the team for the NAQT National Tournament in Chicago. Due to lack of funding, the team was unable to attend, and instead participated in the PACE national Scholastice Championship, where it placed 33rd in the nation.
