Heritage Hall School is a

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school located in north

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. An independent private school with no religious affiliation, the school is open to students of any race, religion, nationality, or ethnic origin. Heritage Hall was founded September 8, 1969 in the church basement of All Souls Episcopal Church in Oklahoma City. Heritage Hall was established during the integration of Oklahoma City public schools in response to cross-city busing. The School's motto is "To Learn, To Lead, To Serve." Heritage Hall's institutional core values are: moral courage, personal responsibility, active kindness, and intellectual purpose. The school symbol is a torch that burns with the letters HH. Heritage Hall serves children from preschool through 12th grade, and has about 965 students. Racial diversity in the student body closely matches the

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state average, with an enrollment of just over 20% of students of color. Each grade in the Upper School has about 90 students. The current school president, Aaron L. Fetrow, was appointed in 2021. Heritage Hall's athletic teams are nicknamed the Chargers. The

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. As a member of the

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, middle school and high school students are able to participate in more than a dozen competitive sports, from American football to tennis, basketball, swimming, golf, soccer, baseball and softball. Until 2015, Heritage Hall and neighboring

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held rivalries against one another.

Accreditation

Heritage Hall is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest and the Oklahoma Private School Accreditation Commission. Heritage Hall is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools, National Association for College Admission Counseling, Great Plains Association for College Admission Counseling, Association of College Counselors in Independent Schools, and The College Board.

State championships

Heritage Hall has won 102 total state championships in 13 sports and in academic bowl. During the 2017-18 school year, Heritage Hall won the state championship in five different sports (the most of any school in Oklahoma that year): Football, Boys' Basketball, Boys' Tennis, Girls' Tennis, and Boys' Golf. Similarly, during the 2014-15 school year, Heritage Hall won the state championship in seven different sports (the most of any school in Oklahoma that year): Football, Boys' Basketball, Baseball, Boys' Golf, Boys' Tennis, Girls' Tennis and Volleyball. Boys' Basketball (2) – 2015, 2018 Baseball (4 ) – 1999, 2015, 2016, 2021 Cheerleading (4 ) – 1999, 2000, 2001, 2015 Football (8) – 1998, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022 Boys' Golf (14) – 1976, 1977, 1986, 1987, 1996, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 Slow Pitch Softball (1) – 1997 Boys' Soccer (6) – 2013, 2014, 2016, 2023, 2024, 2025 Girls' Soccer (1) – 2023 Boys' Tennis (23) – 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 Girls' Tennis (23) – 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2018 Boys' Track (5) – 1987, 1988, 1997, 2017, 2023 Volleyball (10) − 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014 Heritage Hall is also home to the most successful, active debate program in Oklahoma, with 18 state championships in policy debate (10 of which have been won since 2004, and most recently in 2018). In June 2020, Heritage Hall's Saif-Ullah Salim '20 and Samuel Ring '21 won the National Speech and Debate Tournament in the policy debate division, widely regarded as the policy debate national championship.

Notable alumni

* Aubrey McClendon (1977), founder and CEO of

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* Barry J. Sanders (2012), college football

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, played for the Stanford Cardinals and

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and is also the son of College Football and Pro Football Hall of Famer

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(2021),

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* {{authority control Independent Schools Association of the Southwest Educational institutions established in 1969 Private high schools in Oklahoma Private middle schools in Oklahoma Private elementary schools in Oklahoma Schools in Oklahoma City Preparatory schools in Oklahoma 1969 establishments in Oklahoma