Mead Senior High School

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Mead High School

School type	Public High School
District	Mead School District
Grades	9-12
Principal	Bruce Olgard
Staff	140
Students	1551 [1]
Athletics	WIAA 4A
Athletic Conference	Greater Spokane League
Colors	Royal Blue and Gold
Mascot	Panther
Location	Spokane, Washington United States
Website	Mead High School

Mead Senior High School is a public secondary school in Spokane, Washington. MHS is part of the Mead School District #354. Mead Senior High has an enrollment of around 1,650 students.

1 Academics
2 Extracurricular activities and clubs
3 Athletics
4 Facilities
5 External links

[edit] Academics

Beyond required classes in the core academic areas (math, science, social studies, and English), MHS offers a wide variety of elective courses including an honors and Advanced Placement (AP) program, world languages (French, German, and Spanish), physical education, professional/technical education, music, art, and theatre.

[edit] Extracurricular activities and clubs

According to the school's website, the co-curricular programs (drama, music, debate, DECA, leadership, and journalism) garner the participation of over 700 students each year. The MHS band and choir have also won many awards, and are lauded for their performances. The country known Mead High School Jazz Ensemble has participated and placed in competitions around the nation. They were selected as one of the top 15 High School Jazz Bands in the nation and will be performing in New York City at the Lincoln Center this may. The theatre department produces two full-stage productions a year in addition to student-directed one-acts and occasionally hosts a major northwest theatre festival. The school also has many student clubs (Model United Nations, Knowledge Bowl, Math Club, Planet Mead, FCCLA, German Club, Spanish Club, Fencing Club, Debate Club, Creative Writing Club, Ski Club, Outdoor Co-Op). In recent years, MHS's dance team has also become very competitive, taking 4th place at USA Dance Nationals in 2005.

[edit] Athletics

The Mead Panthers compete in the AAAA classification and is part of the Greater Spokane League, a league of 14 teams from around Spokane and the larger Inland Northwest. MHS has won 19 state championships (in various sports) in the last 14 years, and has won the Washington All-State trophy six times in that same span, as well as three second place finishes. In addition to team championships, the school also has had a number of athletes win individual state championships in wrestling, golf, track & field, and cross-country.

Mead's best-known athletic alumnus is former Gonzaga star and current Charlotte Bobcats player Adam Morrison.

[edit] Facilities

MHS completed an extensive remodel; demolition and construction began in May of 1999 and was completed in August of 2001. Over 200,000 sq. ft. were renovated and more than 30,000 sq. ft. were added during this two and a-half year project. The result is a 237,000 sq. ft. facility. The new theatre at MHS seats 500 and includes an orchestra pit, excellent lighting, fine acoustics, and views from every seat.

The outdoor athletic facilities include over thirty acres of well maintained athletic fields for all outdoor sports, including a new track and ten tennis courts. Inside the school, the athletic teams enjoy a gymnasium that seats 2,500, a 10,000 sq. ft. field house, and a 3,000 sq. ft. weight room, equipped with a wide variety of quality weight training and fitness equipment.