Hopewell High School (Virginia)
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Hopewell High School is a secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

 located in Hopewell, Virginia
Hopewell, Virginia
Hopewell is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The population was 22,591 at the 2010 Census . It is in Tri-Cities area of the Richmond-Petersburg region and is a portion of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area...

. This is the only High School in Hopewell, Virginia
Hopewell, Virginia
Hopewell is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The population was 22,591 at the 2010 Census . It is in Tri-Cities area of the Richmond-Petersburg region and is a portion of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area...

. Hopewell High School's biggest rivalry is Petersburg High School
Petersburg High School (Virginia)
Petersburg High School is located in Petersburg, Virginia.Petersburg High School is located on Johnson Road in Petersburg, Va. The new school combined the old Petersburg High School on Washington Street and the old Peabody High School on Wesley Street.Petersburg High School opened the current...


Sports

The Hopewell Blue Devils have won state titles in football and basketball. In 2003, the team won the AAA Division 5 state championship in football.
Hopewell has also had two state champions in wrestling Cody Allala(145,152,160) and Clint Allala(171)bws

Classes Offered

  • Business and Information Technology
  • CTE Departments
  • English
  • Family and Consumer Science
  • Fine Arts
  • Foreign Language
  • Guidance
  • ISAEP/GED
  • Marketing Education
  • Math
  • Physical Education
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • JROTC

Notable alumni

  • Sam Bass
    Sam Bass
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    , NASCAR artist
  • Monsanto Pope
    Monsanto Pope
    Monsanto Leshawn Pope is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League. He was selected by the Denver Broncos in the seventh round in the 2002 NFL Draft out of the University of Virginia...

    , professional football player
  • Dorothiea Hundley (aka Seka)
    Seka
    Seka is an American pornographic actress who appeared in many pornographic films during the late 1970s and the 1980s.-Career:...

    , adult film actress


Some notable attendees, but not graduates, are:
  • Bass player Michael Bishop
    Michael Bishop (bassist)
    Michael Bishop is an American musician, and Bishop attended Thomas Dale high school. Most notably, he was the bass guitarist for the American heavy metal band GWAR. As a member of GWAR, he was the first to play the role of "Beefcake the Mighty") . In addition to GWAR, Bishop played bass and sang...

    , aka Beefcake the Mighty
    Beefcake the Mighty
    Beefcake the Mighty is the bassist in the rock band Gwar. He appears as a stout humanoid girded in Roman-style armor. He is usually portrayed wielding either an oversized Gladius sword or a large battle-axe .-Background:According to Gwar mythos, Beefcake originates from the planet Cholesterol...

     of GWAR
    GWAR
    Gwar is a satirical heavy metal band formed in Richmond, Virginia, United States, in 1984. The band is best known for its elaborate science fiction/horror film inspired costumes, obscene lyrics and graphic stage performances, which feature humorous enactments of politically and morally taboo...


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