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Mattoon High School

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Phone
  
+1 217-238-7800

Lowest grade
  
Ninth grade

Address
  
2521 Walnut Ave, Mattoon, IL 61938, USA

District
  
Mattoon Community Unit School District 2

Similar
  
Hawthorne Elementary School, Mattoon Community Unit Sch, Charleston High School, Sullivan High School, Effingham High School

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Mattoon High School is located in Coles County, Mattoon, Illinois, United States.

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The school's colors are green and gold. The school mascot is the Green Wave, which represents the waves of corn in the fields surrounding the community of Mattoon.

School activities include band, choir, art, and yearbook and JROTC.

Mattoon high school football


Athletics

The Green Wave have several programs that have enjoyed success in both the Big Twelve Conference, and their newest conference the Apollo Conference. Arguably, the most successful sport is Lady Wave softball, which has produced more conference championships than any other sport at Mattoon.

Notable alumni

  • Brett Alan August (1970), recipient of the French Legion of Honor in 2015
  • Otis F. Glenn (1898), U.S. Senator
  • Kyle Hudson (2004), professional baseball player, Illini football and baseball
  • Joe Knollenberg (1951), U.S. Congressman
  • Will Leitch (1994), writer
  • Chad Moutray (1987), Chief Economist, National Association of Manufacturers
  • Dale Righter (1984), Illinois State Senator
  • Bill Tate (1948), Wake Forest football coach, ILLINI 52 Rose Bowl MVP
  • Craig Titley (1985), movie writer
  • Arland D. Williams, Jr. (1953), a hero of Air Florida Flight 90 in January 1982, who gave his life and died to help 5 other survivors of the plane crash, whom all 5 lived.

    • References

    Mattoon High School Wikipedia
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