Welcome to Hickory High School

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See Something, Say Something

Our district offers several communications platforms that provide students, parents, and staff the opportunity to engage in a two-way dialogue.

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Quick Tip is an anonymous way to make school administrators aware of a specific safety concern.

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Send the school district your questions, concerns, suggestions, and or compliments through Let’s Talk.

Chesapeake Crime Line logo
Chesapeake Crime Line provides a way for citizens to report criminal activity to local authorities.

Additional guidance on how to express a concern for personal concerns is available to our students and their parents.
For emergencies, please call 911

Attention SENIORS wanting to apply to Newport New Shipbuilding!

You are invited to INTERVIEW at Hickory High School on Tuesday, April 4th!  Please take care of 2 important steps….

1.  Email Ms. Mathews at or Ms. Sawyer at and request an interview and fill out the google form HHS Newport News Shipbuilding Google Form to request an interview!! Please fill this out if you would like to attend the presentation and interview.

2.  Apply online AHEAD OF TIME!  Read the flyer and click on “BuildYourCareer.com and set up an account!

****See Ms. Mathews & Ms. Sawyer for interview attire, resumes, mock interviews***

Hickory High School’s 2023 Graduation

Graduation is on the horizon and it’s time to start preparing for that very special day that is all about you. Please mark your calendars with a few important dates:

June 16, 2023 – HHS Graduation

June 14, 2023 – Mandatory Graduation Practice

Graduation practice will be held in the HHS gymnasium from 9am – noon. All graduating seniors must attend. Please note that graduation tickets will be distributed at graduation practice. Tickets will be required for all guests attending the graduation ceremony.

Jostens is now accepting orders for caps, gowns, announcements, and graduation gear at jostens.com. Jostens has put together a short video walking through how to order your graduation gear on their website. Additionally, Jostens will visit campus during all school lunches on December 8th and 9th to collect orders. Please note that honors cords and tassels will be purchased in the spring when caps and gowns are delivered to Hickory High School. The deadline for ordering caps, gowns, and announcements is December 15th. This ensures your items arrive on time and that you receive the best price. Should you have any questions about ordering a graduation appeal, contact Jostens directly at 800-JOSTENS (1-800-567-8367). We are looking forward to celebrating the graduating class of 2023!

Hawk Pride: Wall of Honor

Hickory High School will be installing a Wall of Honor which will display the name, armed service branch and graduation year of our brave and courageous alumni.

Please complete the  Wall of Honor form to help us honor those who have served or currently are serving our country!

If you have any questions, please contact Lesley Sarver.