 11th and 12th graders and staff were forced into the afternoon session at the new Thomas Jefferson High School at 4401 W. Cypress St until renovations of today's HHS building (built 1927–1928), were completed in 1976.The Class of 1977 was the first graduating class in the newly remodeled HHS Campus.In 1979, HHS students had to pay for the chimes in the HHS clock tower.