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Muscatine High School

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Type
  
Public Secondary

Superintendent
  
Dr. Jerald Riibe

Enrollment
  
1,609

Number of students
  
1,609

Established
  
1868

Principal
  
Mike McGrory

Phone
  
+1 563-263-6141

Mascot
  
Muskies

Muscatine High School

Oversight
  
Muscatine Community School District

Address
  
2705 Cedar St, Muscatine, IA 52761, USA

District
  
Muscatine Community School District

Profiles

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Muscatine High School is a four-year comprehensive high school located in Muscatine, Iowa. The school is part of the Muscatine Community School District and has an enrollment of approximately 1,600 students in grades nine through twelve. At 2705 Cedar Street in Muscatine (approximately one mile east of U.S. Highway 61), Muscatine High School teaches students from the city and adjacent rural areas.

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Publications

  • The Auroran News: The school newspaper published regularly during the academic year. Students manage all aspects of the publication.
  • MHS Today: The online version of the school newspaper is available at mhstoday.com. It is completely designed and managed by Muscatine High School students.
  • The Auroran: The Muscatine High School yearbook is released annually and is completely designed and written by students.
  • Athletics

    Muscatine High School participates in the Mississippi Athletic Conference, and athletic teams are known as the Muskies. The school colors are purple and gold.

    The school fields athletic teams in 21 sports, including:

  • Summer: Baseball, softball.
  • Fall: Football, volleyball, girls' swimming, boys' cross country, girls' cross country and boys' golf.
  • Winter: Boys' basketball, girls' basketball, wrestling, girls' bowling, boys' bowling, and boys' swimming.
  • Spring: Boys' track and field, girls' track and field, boys' soccer, girls' soccer, girls' golf, boys' tennis and girls' tennis.
  • The school also has a cheerleading squad and a dance team.

    Muscatine girls' basketball team went to state in 2013. That was the first time since 2003. Here are Muscatine's all time scorers. MHS ALL-TIME LEADING SCORERS Name;years;points Jenny Furnas (Noll);1988-92;1,272 Leti Lerma;2009-13;1,204 Marivel Rivera;1986-89;1,145 Barb Clements (Cole);1986-89;1,024 Emily Clemens;2010-present;1,014

    Muscatine is classified as a 4A school (Iowa's largest 48 schools), according to the Iowa High School Athletic Association and Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union; in sports where there are fewer divisions, the Muskies are always in the largest class (e.g., Class 3A for wrestling, boys' soccer, and Class 2A for golf, tennis and girls' soccer). The school is a member of the A-team Mississippi Athletic Conference (MAC), which comprises schools from the Iowa Quad Cities, and Burlington and Clinton high schools.

    Notable alumni

  • Ben Barkema, free agent draft pick in the 2008 NFL Draft
  • Jim Yong Kim, 17th president of Dartmouth College and president of the World Bank, succeeded Robert Zoellick
  • Murray Wier, professional basketball player
  • References

    Muscatine High School Wikipedia