Savannah High School (Missouri)

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Savannah High School
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Savannah High School (Missouri)
701 W. William St.
Savannah, Missouri 64485

United States
Coordinates 39°56′46″N94°49′02″W / 39.94602°N 94.81709°W / 39.94602; -94.81709
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Type Public
Motto"Savage Pride" "Savage Nation"
PrincipalMark Weis
Enrollment760 (2014-15) [1]
Color(s)   Black and gold
Athletics conference Midland Empire
Team nameSavages
Website www.savannahr3.com/o/high-school

Savannah High School is a public secondary school in Savannah, Missouri, United States serving grades 9 to 12.

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The principal is Mark Weis. The enrollment is just over 800 students. Additions include a new commons area and a library.

Notable alumni

Quizbowl

Savannah High School is home to one of Missouri's premier quizbowl teams, having won six state championships. They have done well on a national level at the ASCN national Tournament of Champions, placing 7th in 2003 and 2004, 5th in 2005, 4th in 1995, and winning the championship in 1988.[ citation needed ] The quizbowl is composed of a Junior Varsity team and a Varsity team. The JV team won state in 2006 and 2007.[ citation needed ]

Debate and forensics

Savannah High School is also home to one of the winningest Speech and Debate squads in the Midland Empire Conference and greater Kansas City area, winning every conference championship since its inception, and qualifying numerous competitors to the Missouri State High School Activities Association Tournament and National Forensic League National Tournament.

In recent years, Savannah has placed well at the state and national levels:

Savannah soccer team

Savannah High School began girls' and boys' soccer teams in 2005. In the 2006 season, the boys' team won their first game. In 2011 and 2012 the girls' team won back-to-back district titles.[ citation needed ]

Music department

SHS Marching Band

YearField Show TitleFeatured PiecesBand DirectorsRecording (if found and available)Parade Song
2009"Believe" [3] N/AJennifer Prather,

Eric Wheeler [3]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFxuV4EF4Os N/A
2010N/AN/AJennifer Prather,

Eric Wheeler

N/AN/A
2011N/AN/AJennifer Prather,

Eric Wheeler

N/AN/A
2012"The Dark Knight" [4] N/AJennifer Prather,

Eric Wheeler [4]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWxALpBgZUw N/A
2013N/A"007",

"Mission Impossible" [5]

Jennifer Prather,

Eric Wheeler [5]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7BIewlIkhg N/A
2014N/AN/AJennifer Prather,

Eric Wheeler

N/AN/A
2015"Dragons" [6] "Fire",

"How to Train Your Dragon",

"Through the Fire and Flames" [6]

Jennifer Prather,

Eric Wheeler [6]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91IFIIiAjcY N/A
2016N/AN/AJennifer Prather,

Eric Wheeler

N/AN/A
2017N/AN/AJennifer Prather,

Eric Wheeler

N/AN/A
2018N/AN/AJennifer Prather,

Justin Kline

N/AN/A
2019"The Pursuit of Happiness"N/AJennifer Prather,

Justin Kline

N/AN/A
2020"The Music of Queen"N/AJennifer Prather,

Justin Kline

N/A"Fat Bottom Girls"
2021N/AN/AJennifer Prather,

Justin Kline

N/AN/A
2022"Showtime"N/AJennifer Prather,

Mathew Kasper

N/A"Raider's March"
2023"Elvis""I Can't Help Fallin' in Love",

"Love Me Tender", "Jailhouse Rock", "All Shook Up", "Hound Dog"

Jennifer Prather,

Austin Bressman

TBDTBD

Band director controversy

In 2018, long time band director, Eric Wheeler, was fired from the district after it was discovered that he had sent inappropriate text messages to two female students. His teaching license was later revoked because of this. [7]

Football Team

Savannah High School first established a football program in 1952. 3 players from this initial team were named to the All-Missouri decade team, along with the Coach; "Lazy" Larry Harry, Charles "The Cat" Kohler, "Dizzy" Izzy Salisbury, and Coach Bart Harley Jarvis. These were the first 3 players inducted into the Savannah Athletics Hall of Fame.

Mascot controversy

On June 10, 2020, a petition was started on Change.org by to remove the Savage mascot due to its racist connotations. [8] The use of terms and images referring to Native Americans and First Nations as the name or mascot for a sports team is a topic of public controversy in the United States and Canada. The American Psychological Association, United States Commission on Civil Rights, and The National Conference for Community and Justice are among those who have called for a ban on Native American mascots. [9] Such mascots are said to misrepresent, distort, and trivialize many aspects of Native American culture; and mascot stereotypes have a negative impact on Native American lives. [10]

A counter-petition was launched on June 29. The Savannah R-III School District's Board of Education met on July 14, 2020, in an open meeting in which community members voiced their opinions on the issue. [11] Previous attempts to change the mascot have been made, notably in 1993 and 2018. On October 14, 2020, the Board of Education voted to create a committee to determine the fate of the mascot. [12] On March 22, 2021, the committee returned with a tie vote, 4-4, in favor of changing or keeping the mascot, [13] pushing the decision back to the school board. Finally, on April 14, 2021, the Savannah R-III School board voted to keep the "Savages" name but phase out the use of Native American imagery, in a 4-3 vote that concluded with one board member resigning on the spot. [14] [15]

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