Mifflin County High School

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Mifflin County High School
Address
Mifflin County High School
501 Sixth Street

,
17044

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School typePublic
EstablishedJune 2011
School district Mifflin County School District
School code392-263
PrincipalKelly Campagna
Faculty75.33 (FTE) [1]
Grades10–12
Number of students1,186 (2018-19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio15.74 [1]
LanguageEnglish
Color(s)Purple, black, silver
AthleticsPIAA District VI
Athletics conferenceMid-Penn Conference
Team nameHuskies
Feeder schoolsMifflin Co. Junior High School
Mifflin County Middle School
Website http://www.mcsdk12.org/mchs
School District region in Mifflin County Map of Mifflin County Pennsylvania School Districts.png
School District region in Mifflin County

Mifflin County High School is a mid sized, rural public high school. It is the sole high school operated by the Mifflin County School District. The school was established in 2011, by the merging of the district's two former high schools (Indian Valley High School and Lewistown Area). This move was due to budget cuts and aging facilities in the other schools. [2] Construction of Mifflin County High School cost $64 million [3] in 2011. Local public debt was used to finance the building. [4] The 251,088 square foot building was built by Hayes Large Architects, LLP. [5] In the 2018–19 school year, the school's enrollment was reported as 1,186. [1]

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Students may choose to attend Mifflin-Juniata Career and Technology Center for training in the building trades, allied health services and culinary arts. Students may also choose a full or partial online study program called the ALPHA Program. Pupils in ALPHA use Blended learning to earn 21.5 credits to graduate. Students are not permitted to use the program to graduate early or earn credits ahead. [6]

The Tuscarora Intermediate Unit IU11 provides the school with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty

Vocational-Education

Students of Mifflin County may pursue a vocational trade at the nearby Academy of Science and Technology in Lewistown for part of their school day while attending MCHS for the other half.

Extracurriculars

Mifflin County School District offers a variety of clubs, activities and sports.

Athletics

MCHS participates in PIAA District VI. [7] However, due to the lack of Class AAAA schools in District VI, Mifflin County is part of the Mid-Penn Conference.

The school provides:

Varsity

According to PIAA directory July 2014 [8]

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