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Haddon Township Historical Photographs Haddon Township High School |
 Groundbreaking Ceremonies |
 Architect, George Von Uffel's Rendering (c. 1961) Dark Areas Represent the Existing Junior High School Building Light Areas Represent the New High School Building Construction |
 Haddon Township High School Dedication, November 4, 1962 An estimated 500 people attended the dedication ceremony for the new High School which was held on a Sunday. |
Prior to the establishment of Haddon Township High School Haddon Township students attended high school in other townships. Most attended Collingswood High School; however, some went to Haddonfield Memorial High School or Audubon High School. |
 Dedication of the H. George Loux Memorial Library at Haddon Township High School Library, November 4, 1962 |
 We're proud to say that we belong to Haddon Township High A school of intervals with banner raised up high. We'll seek through each endeavor to give glory to her name As each and every graduate bears witness to her fame. Her graduates she sends into our great and mighty land Inspiring each and everyone for high ideals to stand Throughout the halls of learning our voices loud we raise To Haddon Township High School we sing our songs of praise. |
Haddon Township High School Arms--gules, on a fesse a lion passant with elephant head fesse point, between in chief an anvil with hammer chief point, in base an open book and torch. Crest--a phoenix rising displayed, classic mantling Motto--"H Haddon Township S" (Haddon Township High School) on a ribbon. Significance--The arms for the Haddon Township High School were approved by the Board of Education while the high school was being built. Contrary to popular belief the bird rising from the top (crest) is not a hawk, but a phoenix rising from flames to live again. The sole tincture (the heraldic term for color) is gules (red). All of the charges (heraldic symbols) are white (an undifferentiated heraldic tincture) on red. Red and White are the school colors. The top field of the shield contains as its charge a hammer and anvil symbolic of John Haddon. John Haddon was the land grantee for which the name Haddon Township takes its name. His daughter Elizabeth is better known as John never came to America. However John sent a blacksmith to America to establish his granted land. The anvil is the basic tool of the blacksmith and this is from what the school's annual (yearbook) derives its symbolic name. The middle field charges include a lion passant that represents the Duke of Gloucester. The lion passant is part of the Royal Arms of England and part of the Duke's arms. Haddon Township (when it was known as Newton Township) was part of Gloucester County originally (Camden County was not formed from Gloucester County until 1844). Superimposed on the lion passant is a second charge, an elephant head taken from the arms of the Marquis of Camden and represents the change to Camden County. The bottom charge is an open book and the torch of illumination and learning representing the educational values of the school. The surround flourishing adornment is a classic mantling representing a protective cloak that education provides the students. Typical mantling generally carries no such significance and usually emanates simply as an adornment from a helmet. The ribbon underneath is a traditional location to put a motto. This simply is Haddon Township High School. |
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