Hanson Memorial High School

Hanson Memorial High School
Hanson Memorial High School
Address
	903 Anderson Street; South Louisiana; Franklin, (St. Mary Parish), Louisiana 70538; United States
Coordinates	29°47′41″N 91°30′28″W
Information
Type	Private, Coeducational
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1925
Founder	Minnie Hanson Conolly
School district	St.Mary Parish
Authority	Diocese of Lafayette
Dean	Ryan Stoute
Principal	Kim Adams
Grades	6–12
Enrollment	200
Color(s)	Royal Blue and Gold
Fight song	HMS Fight Song
Athletics	Ryan stoute
Mascot	Tiger
Team name	Fighting Tigers
Accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools [1]
Website	www.hansonmemorial.com

Hanson Memorial High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Franklin, Louisiana. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette.

History

Hanson Memorial High School began opening its doors to the youth of Franklin since 1925. Mrs. Minnie Hanson Conolly presented the main school as well as the acreage in memory of her father, Albert Hanson, and her brother, Eddie Hanson. In 1931, Mrs. Conolly established an endowment fund dedicated to facility upkeep. The addition of a library and cafeteria building in the early fifties and the construction of a gym/science structure in 1962 completed the facilities for the school. The late Mrs. J. C. Blevins continued the work begun by her aunt. In the spring of 1967, the Christian Brothers, after forty years of work in the education of boys in Franklin, withdrew from the faculty at Hanson because of a greater need in other areas of the Province. In August 1967, St. John Academy and Hanson Memorial High School were consolidated and Hanson opened as a junior and senior coeducational high school. The Marianites of Holy Cross, who had been at St. John since 1871, agreed to become a part of Hanson's staff. Currently, Hanson Memorial High School educates students in grades six through twelve. In 1999 a Capital Campaign raised nearly one million dollars. That money was used to build a modern eight room "junior high wing" to the school. In the fall of 2011 a new library was completed, dedicated to Fr. Oniell Landry. Today, Hanson Memorial is run by laymen and women of Franklin and surrounding areas.

Athletic

The sport of football thrived during the Richard McCloskey era, which spanned 40+ years, and is highlighted with the 1976 CLASS 1A State Championship. Girls Basketball has enjoyed long time success, especially under the direction of alumnus, Billie Jean Talbot.A girls CLASS 1A State Championship was won in 1978.

HMS Athletics has tallied a total 12 team state championships in the sports of Football, Softball, Girls Basketball and Golf. Numerous runner-up trophies have been obtained by our teams as well. Several HMS athletes have been crowned individual state champions in the sports of Golf, Track and Field, and Power-lifting. Currently, HMS offers 9 sports for our student-athletes to participate in.

Notes and references

SACS-CASI. "SACS-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2009-06-23.

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[SACS-Council_on_Accreditation_and_School_Improvement-1] SACS-CASI. "SACS-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2009-06-23.