Fort Hunt High School

Infobox Education in the United States
name= Fort Hunt High School


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streetaddress= 8428 Fort Hunt Road
city= Alexandria
state= Virginia
zipcode= 22308
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district= Fairfax County Public Schools
type= Public
schooltype= high school
grades= 9–12
language= English
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feeders= Stephen Foster Intermediate School
campus= Suburban
mascot= Federals
colors= Green and gold██ originally green and white
founded= 1963
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free_label_1= Closed
free_1= 1985 (now Carl Sandburg Middle School)
free_label_2= Rival Schools
free_2= Groveton High School Mount Vernon High School
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Fort Hunt High School was a public secondary school in Alexandria, Virginia located at 8428 Fort Hunt Road and was part of Fairfax County Public Schools. It opened its doors in 1963. [ [http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?archive=true&article=59542&paper=69&cat=139 Keeping the Past Alive] , Michael K. Bohn, Mount Vernon Gazette, October 17, 2005, ] In 1985, due to declining enrollment, Fort Hunt and nearby Groveton High School were combined to form West Potomac High School (located on Groveton's campus) with Fort Hunt's campus being converted into Carl Sandburg Middle School (which replaced Stephen Foster and Bryant Intermediate Schools).

chool newspaper

The school paper was called "The Frontline".

Planetarium

Completed in January 1970, the planetarium suffered considerable smoke damage in the 1978 school fire. Following its renovation, it returned to service and is still in use today (at Sandburg Middle School). [ [http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/planet/contacts/sandburg.htm FCPS Planetarium Site] ] Lee Ann Henning was Fort Hunt's planetarium teacher until the school closed in 1985 and she transferred to West Potomac (classes periodically commuted to Sandburg to use the planetarium). [ [http://www.astro.umd.edu/openhouse/news/2003-10-02.html Grounded in Stargazing] , C. Woodrow Irvin, Washington Post, October 2, 2003, VA26] In the fall of 1988, Henning transferred to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, where she teaches to this day. [ [http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/planet/contacts/tjhsst.htm FCPS Planetarium Site] ]

Notable alumni

*J. Edward Coleman, '69 — Chief Operating Officer, Gateway, Inc. [Mike Allen, "San Diego Business Journal", 8750-6890, v27 i38 p13(1), September 18, 2006.]

*Wendy B. Lawrence, '77 — NASA astronaut. Participated in Space Shuttle missions on the Endeavour (March 1995), Atlantis (September 1997), and Discovery (June 1998 and July 2005). [ [http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lawrence.html NASA biographical information] ]

*Robert C. Michelson, '69 — Principal Research Engineer Emeritus, Georgia Institute of Technology, founder of the International Aerial Robotics Competition.Fact|date=October 2008

*Carl C. Perkins, '72 — Member of the United States House of Representatives from the 7th district of Kentucky, 1983–1993. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000229 Biographical Directory of the US Congress] ]

*Steve Woehrle, '78 — Drummer for indie power pop band The Neighbors. [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/music/brace25.htm Nightwatch] , Eric Brace, Washington Post, October 18, 1996, N10]

References

ee also

*Carl Sandburg Middle School
*West Potomac High School