Hayfield Secondary School
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| Hayfield Secondary School | |
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Birds Fly, Hawks Soar
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| 7630 Telegraph Road Alexandria, Virginia 22315 |
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| School district | Fairfax County Public Schools |
| Principal | Bill Oehrlein |
| Staff | approximately 260 |
| Enrollment |
2,553 (2007) |
| Middle school | 963 |
| High school | 1,590 |
| School type | Public secondary school |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Mascot | Hawks |
| Color(s) | Orange and white ██ |
| Founded | 1968 |
| Feeder schools | Gunston Elementary School Hayfield Elementary School Island Creek Elementary School Lane Elementary School Lorton Station Elementary School |
| Rival schools | South County Secondary School T.C. Williams High School |
| Athletic conferences | Patriot District Northern Region |
| Homepage | http://www.fcps.edu/HayfieldSS |
Hayfield Secondary School is the oldest secondary school in the Fairfax County Public Schools system of Virginia. It opened its doors in 1968 and graduated its first seniors in 1971.
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[edit] History
The land that Hayfield Secondary sits on was at one time part of George Washington's Mount Vernon estate. Because of a small natural spring underneath the school, the land literally served as a hay field. The land itself changed hands numerous times, until 1956 when developers constructed the nearby Hayfield Farm subdivision, the first of many housing developments in the region. Hayfield Secondary opened its doors to middle school (7th and 8th grade) students as well as 9-10th grades during the 1968-1969 school year, while still under construction. The school is erroneously mentioned in Remember the Titans as being "all white." While at the time the majority of students were white, the school has always been integrated.[1] As the region which it serves grew, overcrowding became a major issue at Hayfield, and by the late 1990s it routinely exceeded its intended capacity. A renovation of the school began in 2002 and was completed in 2005. Further helping to relieve the pressure on Hayfield was the opening of South County Secondary School, also in 2005. However, due to overcrowding at South County in its second year of operation and under-utilized capacity at Hayfield, Hayfield will be accommodating more students again from a boundary change with South County approved for the 2007-2008 school year.[2] The school is expected to continually grow substantially until the 2010-2011 school year as all grades from the rezoning settle in.
[edit] Demographics
As of the 2005-2006 school year, the school population was 45% white, 21% black, 15% Asian, 14% Hispanic, and 5% other. Hayfield is noted for its diversity[3]
[edit] Academics
Hayfield is a secondary school, meaning it serves grades 7 through 12, but the high school and middle school students are generally kept segregated. The middle school has an honors (formally GT) program and the high school offers both honors and Advanced Placement courses. As of Spring 2007, the number of exams on which a score of 3 or higher was achieved (on a scale of 1-5) rose to 57% from 46% the previous year, the best results found on record for Hayfield.
Hayfield's "It's Academic" Team has held the Patriot District title for the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 school years. In 2006, the Hayfield team placed third in the Northern region behind Langley High School and Thomas Jefferson School for Science and Technology while in 2007, the team placed second in the Northern Region. At the state championship Hayfield Secondary tied for 5th place.
Hayfield has a notable Robotics Team that has been in the Top 8 in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) and been invited three times in the past three years to the FRC National Competition, including the most recent competition in 2007.
Hayfield's Varsity Science Olympiad team took first place in several categories at the McLean High School Competition 2007. Hayfield's Varsity Science Olympiad team took first place in several categories, including Forensics and Write It Do It at the West Potomac High School Competition 2007.
Hayfield's current principal, Dr. Bill Oehrlein, was named an oustanding principal of the year in 2007 by the Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals.[4]
[edit] Athletics
Hayfield's high school teams compete in the AAA Patriot District of the AAA Northern Region of the Virginia High School League.
The boy's varsity lacrosse team, led by coaches Jack Kendall, Jon Trullender and Matt Petrangelo, is a strong Northern Region contender, and achieved a perfect season in the 2007 regular season.[5] The boy's wrestling team has won districts 9 years in a row, placed 3rd in the Northern Region tournament and placed 7th in the state. The school's mascot is the hawk and the school colors are orange and white (and unofficially blue). Prior to the 1990-91 school year the school colors where orange and brown. The student body voted to make the change feeling that the original colors were out of date.
[edit] Facility
Hayfield's Dorris Torris Field House is the largest high school gymnasium in Northern Virginia.[citation needed]
Hayfield's Rebecca S. Wilburn Auditorium is one of the largest auditoriums in Northern Virginia, and includes an orchestra pit elevator lift built into the front of the stage that allows that portion of the stage to act as either an orchestra pit or stage extension.
Technical support for the Wilburn Auditorium is supported by a student organization, the Hayfield Audio and Lighting Technicians ("HALT"). Because of the size of the Wilburn Auditorium and the non-school clientele that it serves, this group is unique within the county.
[edit] Planetarium
Hayfield Secondary's Planetarium opened its doors in 1969. The main instrument of the planetarium is the Spitz A-4 projector. Many special effect projectors are also used to demonstrate certain astronomical, and atmospheric phenomena, such as lunar and solar eclipses, different types of lightning, auroras, and the phasing of the moon. The planetarium is also equipped with three Kodak Ektograph projectors, and a slide dissolve system which is used to show previously produced slide programs and to create special slide programs on current astronomical topics. The most recent additions to the equipment list is a video projector and a special effects projector.
The planetarium at Hayfield does not just serve the surrounding elementary schools, but also serves the Secondary school itself. Most science classes find their way into the planetarium at some point during the school year. Other subjects visit the plantarium as well. In the past years, Latin, English and World Studies classes have visited the planetarium to discuss subjects of astronomy that deal directly with classroom topics (mythology, map coordinates, etc). Students may also arrange with the director to give class presentations in the planetarium when they deal directly with astronomy subject matter such as astrobiology and cosmology.
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