Stonewall Jackson High School (Kanawha County, West Virginia)
Stonewall Jackson High School is a former high school in Kanawha County, West Virginia. It opened in 1940 and closed in 1989. It was located on the West Side in Charleston, West Virginia. In 1989, Stonewall Jackson High School and Charleston High School consolidated to become Capital High School. The building is now a middle school.
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1940 |
| Closed | 1989 |
| School district | Kanawha County School District |
| Grades | 10–12 |
| Colour(s) | Red and Grey |
| Slogan | "The Wall" |
| Mascot | Generals |
It was named after the Civil War general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson who was from Clarksburg, in what is now West Virginia.
History
In the late 1930s, Charleston High School became over-crowded so Stonewall Jackson High School was built in 1940 to accommodate the students on the West Side of Charleston. During the 1980s, the student populations at CHS and SJHS dropped. In 1989, Capital High School opened, combining the students of these two former schools.
Charleston High School was torn down in mid 1989. Stonewall Jackson High School became Stonewall Jackson Junior High School that same year. A decade later, in 1999, Stonewall Jackson Junior High School became Stonewall Jackson Middle School. In August 2020, Stonewall Jackson Middle School became the NEW Westside Middle School. Westside Middle is a feeder school, along with Horace Mann Middle School (Charleston, West Virginia)|Horace Mann Middle School, for Capital High School.