Herriman High School (HHS) is a

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in Herriman,

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, United States. It is a part of the

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and serves

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s from the cities of Herriman,

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, and Riverton. The school is a two-level facility, situated on a 50-acre

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, with views of the

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and

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to the east and west. The school derived its

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from the wild mustang horses that used to roam the southwestern corner of the Salt Lake Valley until they were relocated shortly after the school opened.

History

Herriman High School was opened in 2010 at the cost of $75 million and saw the construction of a main building with a capacity of 3,000 students, an auditorium, cafeteria, football stadium with

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, tennis courts, baseball and soccer fields, parking lots, and driving range. The school also houses a

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studio complete with three kiln ovens and a class set of throwing wheels, a fully equipped automative garage, and a wood workshop. The

draws students from nearby Copper Mountain Middle School and newer Mountain Creek Middle School. They previously drew students from Fort Herriman Middle School and Elk Ridge Middle School. Shortly after opening, student growth had caused Herriman High School to add multiple

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. In 2017, out of concerns of overcrowding and transportation for the commuting students, another High School was built in Herriman: Mountain Ridge High School. In January 2018, Herriman High School came under scrutiny for censoring the school's

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, ''The Telegraph,'' after an investigation by its student journalists exposed how a teacher was fired for exchanging inappropriate text messages with a 17-year-old student. The school's choice to prevent the publishing of the article resulted in them being given the Jefferson Muzzle Award. The article was later republished on an

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student newspaper. The

that Herriman High operates within was queried by multiple U.S. news media organizations about the

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and free speech rights of students, including the

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. After an investigation by the

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, the teacher had their license revoked. In April 2019,

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published a report which described how the high school may have suffered a mental health crisis the previous year. At least seven students committed

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during the school's 2017-2018 calendar year, prompting mental health initiatives from the Jordan School District, such as providing more of their campuses with a full-time psychologist.

Athletics

Herriman High School has an athletics department that includes baseball, basketball, cross country, drill team, football, golf, hockey, marching band, rugby, soccer, softball, swim, tennis, track, volleyball, water-polo, and wrestling. Herriman competes yearly in sports competition at the state level, and have won the Utah 4A boys cross country championship once in 2012 and the Utah 4A girls cross country

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s twice in 2012 and 2013. They were 6A

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champions in 2018–2019. The Herriman boys

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team took home the state title in 2014 and 2015, as did both the boys and girls teams in 2016. Herriman was the winner of the 5A boys state

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championship in 2015. The boys

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team is consistently ranked within the top-five high school rugby teams in America, and have taken home the national title multiple times–most recently in 2021.In 2022 the boys soccer team won State in Utah with a last minute shot giving them the champion title for high school soccer in Utah

Notable alumni

* Francis Bernard, professional

player for the

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, professional

player for the

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, professional

player for the

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References

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Herriman High School
{{authority control Public high schools in Utah Schools in Salt Lake County, Utah Educational institutions established in 2010 2010 establishments in Utah