Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies

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Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies was established in 1909 by the Jefferson Parish School Board and named Metairie Ridge School. By 1912, the wood-framed, one-room schoolhouse had grown to an enrollment of 54. By 1929, grades 1 through 12 had been established and the school was renamed Metairie High School. After East Jefferson High opened in 1955, it was converted to a junior high school and Vernon C. Haynes became the principal.

During the 1968–69 school year, the two-story school building, which had been used for 44 years, was torn down and replaced with the present single-story building. In 1969, it became Metairie Middle School. {{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}

On November 22, 1974, the school's name was once again changed to the Vernon C. Haynes Middle School in honor of the former principal. {{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}

Haynes Middle School became Haynes Middle School for Advanced People in October 2004, and then became Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies in May 2006 after adding one high school grade each year. The class of 2010 was the first class to graduate from Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies.

In the 2023-2024 school year, the Jefferson Parish School system saw major changes such as the relocation of Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies students to the Grace King High School campus.{{cite web |title=Jefferson Parish Schools could consolidate several schools under proposed plan |date=March 28, 2023 |url=https://www.wdsu.com/article/major-changes-coming-to-jefferson-parish-school-system/43433408#}} The current campus is on Grace King Place.{{cite web |last=Kuhn |first=Kenneth |url=https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/haynes-academy-could-be-renamed-to-include-grace-king-here-is-how-to-voice-your-opinion/289-a7195367-4e0f-4d80-974f-495ebfccc0c9 |title=Haynes Academy could be renamed to include 'Grace King', here is how to voice your opinion |publisher=WWL-TV |date=2023-10-09 |access-date=2024-02-19}} There is a proposal to rename Haynes after Grace King as "Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies at Grace King Place.{{cite web |last=Fazio |first=Marie |url=https://www.nola.com/news/jefferson_parish/haynes-academy-could-get-new-name-with-nod-to-grace-king/article_dfc460fe-6443-11ee-8b8f-b7e1865abad6.html |title=Metairie's Haynes Academy may be renamed to include Grace King. Here's how to vote. |newspaper=The Times Picayune |date=2023-10-09 |access-date=2024-02-19}}

Though the school's name has changed many times throughout the years, the mascot has stayed the same. The Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies’ mascot is the Yellow Jacket (named Felix and Felicity).[https://sites.google.com/site/haynesacademypto/alumni Yellow Jacket Mascot]

Haynes Academy athletics competes in the LHSAA.

Haynes Academy offers boys football, basketball, baseball, wrestling, soccer, track, and cross country along with girls soccer, golf, swimming, track, softball, cheerleading, and basketball.[http://haynes.jppss.k12.la.us/haynes-athletics/ Haynes Athletics] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027051341/http://haynes.jppss.k12.la.us/haynes-athletics/ |date=October 27, 2012 }}

Volleyball State Champions- 2024/25

In January 2011, January 2012, January 2013, January 2014, January 2015, January 2016, January 2017, and January 2018 Haynes Academy won the state “We the People” championship.[http://www.jppss.k12.la.us/district/news/Blog.aspx?id=2147500885&blogid=2147485652 “We the People” Competition | Jefferson Parish Public School System] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130505173424/http://www.jppss.k12.la.us/district/news/Blog.aspx?id=2147500885&blogid=2147485652 |date=2013-05-05 }} The “We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution” competition takes the form of simulated congressional hearings where groups of students testify as constitutional experts before panels of judges. The program began in 1987 and, since then, more than 30 million students and 90,000 teachers have participated.[http://new.civiced.org/programs/wtp “We the People” Program]

In 2021, Haynes won the quiz bowl state championship.[https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=11855 2021 LQBA Louisiana State Championship]

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