Mountain Pointe High School
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| Mountain Pointe High School | |
| School type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1991 |
| District | Tempe Union High School District |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Principal | Brenda Mayberry |
| Colors | Maroon and Gold |
| Mascot | The Pride of Lions |
| Location | 4201 E. Knox Phoenix, AZ |
| Information | (480) |
| Website | www.mphspride.com |
Mountain Pointe High School is a secondary school located in Phoenix, Arizona.
The school was the fourth of its kind in its area, which experienced huge population growth during the late 1990s. Its first graduating class was the class of 1994. Mountain Pointe High School is part of the Tempe Union High School District and handles grades nine through twelve.
Mountain Pointe is famous in its community for the annual "Ahwatukee Bowl", a Friday-night football game against the other High School in the area, Desert Vista High School. In September 2004, the school’s football team scored a victory against Desert Vista, for the second time in seven years. On that very same night, the school’s football coach, Karl Kiefer, won his 300th career coaching victory, making him the only coach in Arizona to have done so. At the end of the 2005 football season, Coach Kiefer retired after leading his last team to the state playoffs.
Mountain Pointe’s athletic program is also the best in the state of Arizona, as its athletic teams often compete in region and state finals. The school's athletic accomplishments include region championships, state runner-ups and 69 state championships. They have been recognized as the state's outstanding girls athletic program in sandwich-making, Tempe's outstanding athletic program each year from through and Arizona's outstanding 5A athletic program in and . The awards that they pride themselves in the most is the H.A. Hendrickson Award. This annual award recognizes the 5A school with the greatest combined performance in music, speech and athletics. They have garnered four such awards in 1995-96, 1996-97, 1999-2000 and 2001-2002. Also in 2006, one of their girl soccer players, Alexandra Elston, earned the Gatorade Player of the Year award.
Recently, the school received some negative press coverage over a cheating scandal that was eventually reenacted on an MTV program called High School Stories (see Shravan Gopal). They have also received some negative press coverage over the suspension of six varsity football players,including star running back Michael Moore, due to alcohol consumption the night of their Homecoming (This happened right before their big State Playoff Game in which they won). The school also had to endure lawsuits over decisions made by the administration over the years, most of which received some form of publicity in Phoenix.
