T. L. Hanna High School

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T. L. Hanna High School is currently located at 2600 Highway 81 North, outside the city limits of Anderson, SC. It is one of two high schools in Anderson School District 5. With a population of nearly 1,800 students, Hanna has a reputation of strong athletics and academics. In 1999, the school was named "Palmetto's Finest" by the South Carolina Department of Education. In 2000, Hanna was named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. The school mascot is the yellow jacket.

History

Before T.L. Hanna High School there were Boys High School(located at what is now the Hanna-Westside Extension Campus formerly McDuffie High School) and Girls High School (located on the site of the Anderson County Museum). In 1951, Girl's High School changed its name to T.L. Hanna High School, named after its first principal^[1], Thomas Lucas Hanna. In 1961, T.L. Hanna High School moved to a new site on Marchbanks Avenue, the current site of McCants Middle School, and became co-ed in 1962. In 1992, the school moved to its current location on Highway 81. A recent addition to the campus completed in 2007 is the Freshmen Academy, an extension to the building that has classrooms specifically for Hanna's freshmen students.

Notable alumni

Cameran Eubanks (class of 2002) was in the cast of The Real World: San Diego

Rafael Little (class of 2004) is a running back for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League.

Jim Rice (class of 1971) is a former left fielder for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.

Trivia

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T.L. Hanna High School is the home of James Robert Kennedy, Jr. or "Radio", made famous by the film of the same name. The events of the movie take place when the school was at the Marchbanks campus, though the movie was filmed for the most part in Walterboro, South Carolina

MTV came to T.L. Hanna High School in September 2007 to cast for "Made", a reality-show featuring the makeovers of high school students.

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