Kirksville High School

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Kirksville High School
School type	Public
Principal	Randy Mikels
Students	approx. 850
Colors Mascot	Black and Orange Tigers
Location	1401 S Cottege Grove Kirksville, MO 63501

Kirksville High School is a high school in Kirksville, Missouri.

1 Enrollment
2 District
3 Traditions
4 Academic Team
5 Links

[edit] Enrollment

Kirksville High School currently enrolls approximately 850 students and boasts a staff of 74 teachers, para's and administrators^[1]. The Kirksville Middle School, formerly the Kirksville Junior High, feeds into Kirksville High School.

[edit] District

Kirksville High School is apart of the Kirksville R-III School District and is the only public high school in that district.

[edit] Traditions

Kirksville High School has had a number of traditions in the past; however, the continuing practice of some of those traditions is currently questioned.
-The Senior Tile
The Senior Tile was a donation to the school by a former class, and is a 2' by 2' square floor tile with a tiger pictured on it. Tradition states that only Seniors may step on the tile and Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors are to show respect to the tile according to oral history, the reverence of the tile by all classes has decreased in recent years.
-The Seniors' Last Day of School
The last day of school for Seniors typically occurs 2 weeks before the end of the school year. On the last day of school the seniors participate in several traditions that have been met with increasing resistance from the facility. For instance, tradition states that on the last day of school for the Senior Class that Seniors block off the parking lot adjacent to both the High School and the Kirksville Area Technical School, or Vo-Tech. Other lesser traditions include: a Senior Skip day, a Senior Bar-B-Que in the parking lot, Senior Pranks, and Tagging various places around the campus with the year of the graduating class.

[edit] Academic Team

The Academic Team, or "Quiz Bowl," is one of the most successful, if unknown, teams at Kirksville High School. The Team currently is undefeated outside of Tournament play, and has suffered 2 losses in Tournaments. Of those losses, one was to Savanna High School, one of the cheif rivals of Kirksville's Academic Team.