▁circa ▁ 1 8 4 0 , ▁then ▁dropped ▁the ▁surname ▁and ▁used ▁his ▁father ' s ▁middle ▁' He in rich ' ▁for ▁his ▁surname ▁of ▁Henry . ▁There ▁are ▁Henry ▁descend ants ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁to ▁this ▁day . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁custom ary ▁for ▁benef act ors ▁to ▁spons or ▁schools ; ▁there ▁were ▁quite ▁a ▁few ▁similarly ▁spons ored ▁schools ▁in ▁Verm il ion ▁Par ish ▁around ▁that ▁time . ▁Being ▁that ▁long ▁ago ▁and ▁in ▁a ▁rural ▁area , ▁with ▁schools ▁sometimes ▁spons ored ▁even ▁in ▁homes , ▁there ▁was ▁great ▁variation ▁in ▁what ▁was ▁offered ▁to ▁how ▁many , ▁and ▁it ▁often ▁changed ▁over ▁time . ▁Records ▁say ▁that ▁the ▁Henry ▁school ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 7 , ▁and ▁apparently ▁became ▁a ▁high ▁school ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 6 ▁because ▁it ▁celebrated ▁its ▁cent enn ial ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁the ▁Verm il ion ▁Par ish ▁school ▁district ▁re organ ized ▁the ▁schools . ▁Stud ents ▁transferred ▁to ▁Er ath ▁High , ▁and ▁Henry ▁High ▁became ▁an ▁elementary ▁school . ▁Then ▁on ▁September ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁( less ▁than ▁a ▁month ▁after ▁H urr icane ▁K atr ina ), ▁H urr icane ▁R ita ▁sm ashed ▁the ▁parish ▁and ▁ru ined ▁the ▁school . ▁The ▁area ▁was ▁also ▁hit ▁hard ▁two ▁years ▁later ▁by ▁H urr icane ▁I ke , ▁and ▁the ▁main ▁building ▁was ▁finally