On the Fields & Courts
For our Namesake
Clubs & Activities
Facts of this Year
Who is this teacher?
100

This Football player recently broke the rushing record, now currently playing for the Bobcats in Athens.

Brandon Jenkins

100

Our school was founded by, and named after its inaugural principal in this year

1967

100

This year long co-curricular club has the most participating members of any club at Hersey...

DECA

100

At this years Gingerbuild, this club won the award for Best Military Tribute...

Hersey Dispatch

100

This teacher is known for his contribution to military retirees, also for clashing with administration to support his favorite class...

Mr. Hatfield
200

Out of its 11 state titles, which sport holds the most TEAM state titles at Hersey?

Wrestling

200
John Hersey wrote many books in his lifetime, his most well known book in these halls is...

A Bell for Adano

200

With synonymous name to a cleaning material, this club sponsors the Blood Drives in September and February...

Scrubs Club

200

One of the greatest traditions at Hersey is the Big Game, each year they have a super fan section, these super fans all wore shirts of this color...

Green

200

This staff member can be seen sporting a hardhat on Fridays in the fall...

Dan the Security Guard

300

This CURRENT Hersey teacher was once the Head Football Coach and a former player for the 1987 State Championship

Mr. Gunther

300

John Hersey served in the military during World War 2, which country did he spend majority of his service time in?

Italy
300

The only club at Hersey that is shared with multiple other participating schools...

BGHW Hockey

300

This years Homecoming Court had many great nominees, the 3 young men that were crowned consisted of...

Will Corley, Charlie McDonnell, and Marland Johnson

300

This teacher & coach is best known for delivering corny jokes at the beginning of classes...

Mrs. Ludois

400

This former Hersey Assistant Principal and Head Athletic Director is known for spearheading the funding expansion for Hersey Athletics in the 1990s and 2000s.

Robert J. Hannon

400

John Hersey one a famous award for one of his books, what was this award?

Pulitzer Prize for fiction

400

This club is the longest active co-curricular club in Hersey history?

OneHersey 

400

The University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign has the largest percentage of Hersey '26 graduates, which college has the second largest?

University of Illinois @ Chicago

400

This teacher can be typically be heard with his loud voice when upstairs, also manages to talk about Football every single day...

Mr. Kuehn
500

2 years after its founding, Hersey won its first ever state championship in which sport

Archery

500

Our founder was actually not born in the United States...what was his country of Birth? 

China

500

This club of Hersey students work in trivia based competitions in various topics of education...

Scholastic Bowl

500

This teacher & coach has been one of the longest tenured staff members in Hersey History, coaching 5 different sports, and will be retiring after serving for 26 years...

Mr. Wormsley
500

This bald teacher is known for his heavy Wisconsinite accent and always working in the shop...

Mr. Miller
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