Jonesboro-Hodge High School is a high school located in 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 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.

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).

Jonesboro-Hodge High School

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.

Jonesboro-Hodge High School

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 football, baseball, softball, basketball, track, golf, and dance (Tiger Paw Dance Line).

State championships

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

(2) Basketball championships: 1965, 1981

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 Senate President

John Garlington, Class of 1964, NFL football player

Randy Moffett, Class of 1965, President of the University of Louisiana System

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Public high schools in Louisiana

Educational institutions established in 1913

Schools in Jackson Parish, Louisiana

1913 establishments in Louisiana