HAMMOND â It s official. Hammond Central High School is open and ready to welcome its first class of Wolves this fall. It s a new beginning for all of us, said Principal David Verta. It s an opportunity to start fresh, and we re just all excited about being able to provide our students everything they should have had for a long time now.
At a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday afternoon, a few hundred people gathered to listen to speeches, learn more about new opportunities for students and take tours of the new high school, located at 5926 Calumet Ave. next to the former Hammond High School that is still undergoing demolition. This new school has been years in the making.
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HAMMOND â School City of Hammond teachers presented findings of a student-led project about how to come together as one at the new Hammond Central High School.
At a Wednesday school board meeting, Nathan Foor, instructional coach at George Rogers Clark Middle/High School, and Kimberly Montero, an English teacher at Hammond High School, led the presentation.
The Hammond Central Wolves Project had students answer three main questions: âWho am I?â, âWho are we?,â and âWho are the wolves?â
Students also explored more specific questions such as, What should a successful school provide for students? In the project presentation, one student said, Comfort, students should feel like they belong.