• Source: J. M. Hanks High School

      • J. M. Hanks High School, commonly referred to as Hanks High School, is one of seven public secondary schools in Ysleta Independent School District, which encompasses much of east El Paso, Texas. Hanks' primary feeder school is J.M. Hanks Middle School. Additionally, many students from nearby Eastwood Middle School go on to attend Hanks High School.


      History


      J.M. Hanks High School is named in honor of former Ysleta superintendent Jesse Mack Hanks, who retained the position for a full fifty years from approximately 1939 until his death in 1989. For his extended service to the district, Hanks was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from New Mexico State University in nearby Las Cruces, New Mexico in 1965 and was named superintendent emeritus by Ysleta.
      The school was opened in 1978 to accommodate El Paso's eastward expansion and to ease overcrowding at nearby Eastwood High School, which lies 2.5 miles to the west of Hanks. The school initially enrolled seventh, eighth and ninth graders comprising the classes that would graduate in 1982, 1983 and 1984. The class of 1985 was added for the 1979–80 school year as those students became seventh-graders. As those four classes "moved up" each year, the student body thus remained virtually intact until Hanks reached standard high school set of grades 9-12 for the 1981–82 school year. Hanks' enrollment had reached 1,800 by 1980, with the inaugural class graduating 372 students in May 1982.


      Student publications


      Hanks High School has four student-run publications, each produced in a different media. The Exeter is an annual magazine that is filled with student-submitted content including poems, short stories, and drawings, all based around the year's chosen theme. Scriptoria is the monthly news and features magazine (formerly a newspaper) that consists of current events ranging in scope from the small-scale school news to world news, as well as movie reviews, restaurant reviews, and editorials. It also manages [www.hanksmedia.com]. Hanks' yearbook is entitled The Shield and the theme of the book is chosen by the student staff at the beginning of each year. The Shield has won national awards in the past for its originality. Starting in 2003 the Shield Yearbook also started producing a DVD that highlights the year's events. KnightVision News is the student-run daily 10-minute closed-circuit television broadcast, and consists of school announcements, news, weather, sports and special features. It is produced by students in the Advanced Broadcast Journalism class.


      Athletics and athletic coaches


      Baseball
      Boys Basketball
      Boys Soccer
      Boys Track
      Boys Wrestling
      Cheerleading
      Football
      Girls Basketball
      Girls Soccer
      Girls Track
      Golf
      Softball
      Swimming
      Volleyball
      Tennis


      Clubs and organizations


      AVID
      Academic Decathlon
      Art Club
      Band & Flags- Silver Knights Marching Band
      Business Professionals of America
      Chess
      Choir
      Citizen Bee
      Close Up
      Crime Stoppers
      DECA
      Destination Imagination
      Drama
      Eco Club
      Exeter
      Future Business Leaders of America
      Future Career Consumer Leaders of America
      Future Homemakers of America
      Guitar Club
      Home Economics Related Occupations
      High Q
      Interact
      Intramurals
      Knight Force
      Knight Players
      KnightVision News
      Knights for Christ
      Mariachi
      Math Club
      Mock Trial
      Momentum
      National Honor Society
      Orchestra
      Pure Movement
      FRC Robotics
      Lego Robotics
      ROTC
      Scriptoria
      Secular Student Alliance
      Shield Yearbook
      Silhouettes Dance Team
      Social Studies Club
      Speech & Debate
      Student Council
      Teen Volunteer Corps
      Winter Color Guard
      Young Scholars' Bowl


      UIL Championships


      Band, 1986 UIL Wind Ensemble State Champion
      Girls Wrestling, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 (6 straight State Championships)

      Boys Golf, 1995


      Notable alumni


      Ara Celi, Actress
      Mark Grudzielanek, Professional Baseball Player
      Ginger Kerrick, American physicist and first Hispanic female NASA Flight Director at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
      Bruce Ruffin, Major League Baseball Pitcher
      Ryan Stout, Comedian
      Ryan Piers Williams, Filmmaker
      Alan Zinter, Professional Baseball Player
      Gigi Causey, Production manager, Oscar nominee for best short film
      Danny Perez, Professional Baseball Player
      Leon Schydlower, U.S. Federal Judge, Western District of Texas


      References




      External links


      Official website
      YISD
      Shield Yearbook

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