Thompson High School
Thompson High School | |
Established | 1921 |
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School type | Public |
District | Alabaster City Schools |
Grades | 9-12 |
Principal | Daniel Steele |
Enrollment | 1800 (2012) |
Colors | red, black & white |
Mascot | Warriors |
Location | 100 Warrior Drive Alabaster |
Website | shelbyed.k12.al.us/schools/ths |
Thompson High School is a high school in the Alabaster City Schools system.
Thomas Carlyle Thompson, chairman of Buck Creek Mill, donated the land for a new high school in the Siluria vicinity, to be operated as part of the Shelby County Schools system. Local citizens joined the mill owner in funding construction, and the new school opened on October 3, 1921.
A second 8-room brick schoolhouse was constructed in 1949-50. The original building was destroyed in a January 25, 1951 fire and soon replaced by a brick structure added onto the newly-constructed classroom annex. The new school was completed in 1952.
The Thompson Warriors football team, coached by Larry Simmons, won the state 3A championship in 1982.
That building was replaced with a new campus, which opened for the 1987-88 school year. The Larry Simmons Stadium was dedicated on October 30, 1992. The 1952 building was remodeled in 2009 as the Linda Nolen Learning Center (now the Thompson Sixth Grade Center).
The Alabaster City Council voted on October 17, 2011 to form a separate school district, and appointed five citizens to the new Alabaster Board of Education on March 5, 2012.
Principals
- Jesse Richardson, 1921
- J. R. Slaughter, 1922
- Wright Slaughter, 1923-1930
- James Harmon, 1930-1936
- James Castleberry, 1936-1938
- William Poe, 1938-1941
- Leon Hicks, 1941-1942
- Curtis Matthews, 1942-1944
- O.T. Weeks, Sr, 1944-1948
- Robert Johnson, Jr, 1948-1954
Notable alumni
- Jim Davenport, 1952, Major League Baseball player
- Buddy Glasgow, Shelby County Sheriff
- Rex Hollis, 1952, restaurateur
- Rebecca Luker, 1979, actress
- Dian McCray, 1967, artist, educator & author
- Sonny Penhale, Mayor of Helena
- James Redfield, 1968, author
External links
- Thompson High School website
- Thompson High School history by Bobby Joe Seales