Mount Pleasant High School (North Carolina)

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Mount Pleasant High School
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Mount Pleasant High School (North Carolina)
700 Walker Road

Mount Pleasant, North Carolina
28124

United States
Coordinates 35°24′27″N80°28′56″W / 35.407608°N 80.482106°W / 35.407608; -80.482106
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School type Public
School district Cabarrus County Schools
CEEB code 342805
PrincipalRuss Snyder
Teaching staff53.09 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment866 (2019–20) [1]
Student to teacher ratio16.31 [1]
Color(s)Blue and gold
  
Athletics conferenceYadkin Valley 1A/2A
Nickname Tigers
Rival Central Cabarrus High School
Website cabarrus.k12.nc.us/Domain/43

Mount Pleasant High School is a comprehensive public high school in Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, United States, in the Cabarrus County Schools system. The school's current campus opened in 1992.

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MPHS is the top school in Cabarrus County in Technology with a grant for all new computers in 2010. There is at least 1 smartboard per department and most classrooms have NEC digital projectors in 2 of the science department, all of the CTE Class (Except Masonry & Auto Mechanics), 2 of the math classes, 3 in the Social Studies department. MPHS has approximately 2 computer labs with about 30 DELL Optiplex Workstations. There are 6 CTE classes with about 25 workstations including Digital Communications, Computer Applications 1 & 2, E-commence 1 & 2, Digital Media 1, Drafting 1, & Drafting 2. Our library is also equipped with 25 workstations for student use and 3 newer workstations for card catalog searching. MPHS also feature 6 C.O.W.S. (Computer on Wheels) which consists of a Dell workstation (some with StarBoards, or Mimios), a Digital Projector, and a cart.

MPHS also has 2 dedicated backup power generators which power computers and lights in the event of a power outage in both the main building and the Vocational building.

Athletics

Mount Pleasant played its first football game in 1954. [2]

Mount Pleasant's athletic teams are known as the Tigers. The Tigers are in the 2A classification of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) and compete in the Yadkin Valley Conference. The school has sports teams in football, basketball, baseball, golf, cross country, track and field, tennis, swimming, volleyball, softball, wrestling, and soccer.

On August 14, 2023, the Cabarrus County Board of Education voted to name Tiger Stadium for Mike Johns, who retired after 23 years as football coach. [3]

History

The original two-story building [4] opened November 15, 1926. The school had 138 students and six teachers. The next year there were 463 students and 13 teachers, and the first 10th grade graduating class had 13 members. In 1934 the school added ten rooms, and in 1952 a cafeteria was added, with students paying 25 cents for lunch. [2]

The building which became the middle school was added in 1957. [2]

After the new building opened, the original building was torn down. [4] The former building, with additions, became Mount Pleasant Middle School. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Pleasant High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Cline, Charity (October 22, 2001). "Alum come from far and wide to celebrate MPHS's 75th birthday". Independent Tribune .
  3. ↑ Miller, Christopher (August 16, 2023). "Make that Michael Johns Stadium - school board changes naming at Mt. Pleasant". Independent Tribune. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Not all memories of this old school will be erased". Concord Tribune . June 20, 1993.
  5. ↑ Farewell Celebration - History of the School. Cabarrus County Schools. Event occurs at 3:00. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
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