Muscle Shoals High School

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Muscle Shoals High School
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Muscle Shoals High School
1900 Avalon Avenue

Muscle Shoals, Alabama
35661

United States
Information
Type Public school
Established1962(62 years ago) (1962)
School district Muscle Shoals City School District
CEEB code 011927
PrincipalKevin Davis
Teaching staff41.80 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment857 (2018–19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio20.50 [1]
Color(s)Scarlet and black
  
Mascot Trojan
Website www.mscs.k12.al.us/Domain/8

Muscle Shoals High School (MSHS), is the sole public secondary education institution in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. MSHS has been awarded the Blue Ribbon Lighthouse Award for Excellence. [2]

Contents

Academics

Based on the Alabama Reading and Math Test scores, the system has consistently placed among the top 10 school districts in one or more areas in most grade levels. [3] In 2017, AL.com ranked Muscle Shoals High School in the top 20 Alabama high schools for science and math. [4]

Band

The Muscle Shoals High School band program was founded in 1965. The marching band has received Superior ratings every year since 1966, along with First Place, Best in Class, and Grand Champion awards. In 2001, they traveled to Atlanta, Georgia to be the first band from Alabama to compete in Bands of America (BOA). Since then, the band has been Class A Champions in Atlanta four times (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005). At the Alabama Bandmasters Association State Festival, the Muscle Shoals High School Symphonic Band has earned Superiors for the past 13 consecutive years. In 2005, the band traveled to Orlando, Florida to compete in the All-Star Music Festival. There they were awarded Grand Champions in Parade Band, Concert Band, Concert Percussion, and Jazz Band. In 2009, they returned to the Orlando All-Star Music Festival to receive the Grand Champion title in Concert Band, Concert Percussion, and Jazz Band.

During the 2007–08 season, the marching band won the Grand Champion trophy at the Dixie Pride Marching Classic and the Vanderbilt Marching Invitational and won 3rd Place in Class A at the Bands of America Atlanta Super Regional.

The marching band was awarded two Grand Champion awards and 3rd place in The Heart of Dixie competition with their show "The Piano Lesson". The concert band made superior ratings at MPAs and went to Disney World to compete. They also had the opportunity to rename the MSHS auditorium in honor of former band director Charles R. Stratford at their Spring Concert.

Percussion

The Muscle Shoals High School Percussion Ensemble has earned numerous awards as a member of the Southeastern Color Guard Circuit (SCGC) and Winter Guard International (WGI) since 2008. [5] [6] They have competed in the Percussion Scholastic Concert Open Class (PSCO) and the Percussion Scholastic Concert World Class (PSCW). The latter is for scholastic percussion groups that perform concert music programs of the highest difficulty in both SCGC and WGI. [7] The Muscle Shoals Percussion Ensemble were WGI Scholastic Concert Open Champions in 2009 and 2022 and WGI Scholastic Concert World Champions in 2011. [8] [9] [10]

Past and Current Programs

YearProgram TitleWGI PlacementScoreClass
2008Samson & Delilah (featuring "Bachanalle")3rd93.10 [11] PSCO
2009Carmen1st97.30 [9] PSCO
2010Letters From War3rd93.88 [12] PSCW
2011Gershwin (featuring "Rhapsody in Blue")1st97.50 [8] PSCW
2012The Music of Howard Hanson3rd94.23 [13] PSCW
2013School for Scandal2nd94.45 [14] PSCW
2014Palace of Nine Perfections3rd92.65 [15] PSCW
2018The Carmen Project3rd91.80 [16] PSCW
2019The Four Seasons Recomposed6th87.15 [17] PSCW
2022The Isle of Man (featuring "Mannin Veen")1st96.90 [10] PSCO
2024Pilatus: Mountain of Dragons

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References

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  2. ↑ "Previous Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence Lighthouse Schools, 2008". Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  3. ↑ Muscle Shoals Board of Education Archived May 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Gore, Leada (March 22, 2017). "Alabama's 20 best high schools for science and math". AL.com. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  5. ↑ Willmon, Addison (April 27, 2022). "Muscle Shoals High School percussion ensemble wins gold at national competition". WHNT News. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Scholastic Concert Open Percussion Championships". WGI. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Glossary of Terms". WGI.
  8. 1 2 "Scholastic Concert World Percussion Championships". WGI. Archived from the original on June 7, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  9. 1 2 "2009 Scores". WGI.
  10. 1 2 "2022 Scores". WGI.
  11. ↑ "2008 Scores". WGI.
  12. ↑ "2010 Scores". WGI.
  13. ↑ "2012 Scores". WGI.
  14. ↑ "2013 Scores". WGI.
  15. ↑ "2014 Scores". WGI. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  16. ↑ "2018 Scores". WGI.
  17. ↑ "2019 Scores". WGI.

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