School Information --> History of HMS History of Herndon Middle School The history of Herndon Middle begins with the naming of the Town of Herndon. Captain Herndon and his nineteenth century vessel, called the S.S. Central America, were searching for gold in California. He loaded his ship with gold nuggets, dust, bars, and bullion and set sail from California. On September 12, 1857, they ran into a storm off the coast of South Carolina and the Captain and 425 of his passengers sank to the bottom. One hundred and fifty-three passengers survived and told of the heroics of the brave captain to save more people. The townspeople decided to call this area Herndon in honor of the heroic Captain. Herndon High School began in 1911 at 901 Locust Street. In 1930, enrollment was seventy-one students and they offered classes such as home economics, agriculture, and business education. In 1942, they opened the first school cafeteria in Fairfax County at Herndon High School and they began offering classes in industrial arts. In the early 1950’s, they expanded the building to hold more students. In 1961, Herndon Intermediate School began within the Herndon High School building. In 1962 the school expanded even more. In 1967 the High School moved to its current Bennett Street location, leaving Herndon Intermediate School at Locust Street with 650 students and 39 teachers. In 1968 faculty members played other schools in basketball and Herndon Intermediate’s faculty dominated the games; and in 1972 they were the county champions and had an undefeated season. In 1968, the school had a boys and girls gymnastics team, a dance team, cheerleaders, a drill team, a club called "Happy Chatter" and the students were divided by alphabet into the Gunston Hall Team, the Mt. Vernon Team, and the Woodlawn Hall Team. In the early 1970’s, the school held over 1700 students before Langston Hughes and Franklin Intermediate opened. In 1980, the old math building (which was one of the first buildings the high school began in) was demolished. In 1986 the school was the first intermediate school in the county to be involved in the foreign exchange program. In 1987 the school had 950 students. In 1990 Fairfax County added an eighth class to the student’s schedule. In the summer of 1991, a major renovation project began at the intermediate school and at the high school. In 1992, the cannery building was demolished. During the school year 1992 – 1993, the team names we have today began. In the fall of 1993, the school changed names from Herndon Intermediate to Herndon Middle School. During the week of January 7, 1994 the students had seven fire drills in a four-period time span due to the ongoing construction and dust. To top it off, the weather was very cold!! The students who returned in fall 1994, were the first to occupy the newly remodeled intermediate school and have air conditioning. In the fall of 1994, Herndon Middle School Center opened as the first co-facility at the middle school level. They were developed to handle students who had emotional disabilities and were supposed to handle 60 students. The school has been filled and overflowing since. To date, Herndon Middle School houses over 1200 students and offers a wide range of elective classes and prides itself on its academic achievement.
Principals of Herndon Middle School
1967 – 1976 Joseph A. Michael 1976 – 1977 L. W. Sawyer 1977 – 1981 E. J. Ryan 1981 – 1983 Mr. Beardmore (until Nov. 1983) and Stephen P. Wareham (after Nov. 83) (Mr. Beardmore died of brain cancer in Nov. 1983) 1983 - 1988 Stephen P. Wareham 1988 – 1991 Dale Sander (until Mar. 1991) and Henry Ticknor (2nd half of 1991) (Mr. Sander left to go to Herndon High School, as principal) 1991 – 1996 Henry Ticknor 1996 – present Dr. Frank Jenkins
Principals of Herndon Middle School Center
1994 – 1998 Teresa Zutter 1998 – 2004 Jill Jakulski
Photographs
Herndon High School (also called the old math building in later years) Held 1st through 12th grades. (1928) Herndon High School Principal Mr. Douglas Evans (1945 – 1965) One of Herndon’s 8th Grade Classes (1965)
Custodial staff at Herndon High School (1966) Herndon Intermediate Cheerleaders (1968)
Herndon Intermediate Flag Football 8th Grade Champs (1974) Herndon Intermediate Girls Gymnastics Team (1976) Herndon Intermediate PE Uniforms (1977) Herndon Intermediate PE uniforms (1981) Herndon Intermediate students at the dance (1981) Herndon Intermediate students at the dance (1987) Herndon Intermediate before renovation Original high school is shown in bottom left corner (late 1970’s) Cannery building (1991)
Herndon Intermediate School during renovation (1992) Herndon Intermediate after demolition of math building (early 1990’s) Herndon Intermediate student receives birthday balloons (1991)
Herndon Intermediate PE uniforms (1991) Herndon Intermediate PE uniforms & Flag Football Champs (1995) Recognize any of these faces from 1989 – 1990???
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