Francis Howell High School

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Francis Howell High School, also known as Francis Howell or FHHS, is in the Francis Howell School District in St. Charles, Missouri, USA, but is much nearer to the city of Weldon Spring. The school mascot is the Viking.

1 Brief history
2 Quick facts
3 Activities
4 Notable alumni
5 External links
6 References

[edit] Brief history

Founded by Francis Howell in 1881, Francis Howell High School opened under the name of Howell Institute in Howell's Prairie. The school originally was of course a school where children could come to learn the basics of education and eventually move up into high school.

After building up the school district by combining with other small schools, the district finally became Francis Howell School Consolidated District Number 2. On September 28th, 1915, the Consolidated District Number 2 school board voted to name the new high school building "Francis Howell High School." On February 15th, 1916, the new Francis Howell High School (or FHHS for short) was dedicated. The dedication included a prayer, speeches, a corn show and even milk testing.

Today, Francis Howell High School is a large suburban high school due to large population growth in southern St. Charles County.

[edit] Quick facts

Francis Howell had 1,651 students for the 2004-2005 school year.
Francis Howell sits adjacent to what was once the Weldon Spring Ordnance Works, a site that produced explosives for the U.S. Army during World War II.
The school mascot was once the Dragoon.
Possible names for Francis Howell High School: Howell's Prairie School I, Bluff Spring School No. 59, Weldon Spring School No. 56, Village School, Howell Institute, Lewis Howell Academy, Howell's Prairie School II, Mechanicsville Academy, Mechanicsville/Howell School No. 66, and of course Francis Howell High School.