Mt. Spokane High School

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Mt. Spokane High School
"Dignity, Class, and Respect."

School type	Public High School
Established	1997
District	Mead School District
Grades	9-12
Principal	John Hook
Staff	133
Students	1327 [1]
Athletics	WIAA 3A
Athletic Conference	Greater Spokane League
Colors	Navy Blue, Cardinal, White
Mascot	Wildcat
Location	Mead, Washington, United States
Website	Mt. Spokane High School

Mt. Spokane High School is located in Mead, Washington, and has a student body of 1,355 attendees. The school's mascot is a wildcat, and the school is obscurely known as the "Pride of the Peone Prairie." The principal of Mt. Spokane is John Hook and the assistant principals are Jim Preston and Brenda Goehring. The school is part of the Mead School District #354.

1 History
2 Location and structure
3 Extracurricular activities
4 Athletics
5 Student government
6 Traditions
- 6.1 Sports
  - 6.1.1 Past Battle of the Bell Results
7 External link

[edit] History

Mt. Spokane High School opened its doors in the fall of 1997 as "Mt. Spokane-Mead High School". The name was changed to Mt. Spokane High School in a couple of years. Mt. Spokane saw its first graduating class in 1999.

[edit] Location and structure

Mt. Spokane High School's courtyard. You can see four of the five sculptures in the picture.

The school is located in the shadow of Mount Spokane in the middle of a number of wheat fields; wheat farming is very popular in the area. The school itself has a functional, quarter-circle design that makes navigating the halls simple. There is a courtyard in the center, complete with metallic sculptures. The sculptures were designed by local sculptor Harold Balazs, who also designed the Rotary Fountain at Riverfront Park.

[edit] Extracurricular activities

[edit] DECA

In 2006, Mt. Spokane sent more than fifty of the eighty students who competed in the DECA regional competition to the Washington State Competition. Following several victories at the state competition, eleven MSHS students attended DECA's 60th International Career Development Conference in Dallas, Texas. Washington DECA is known for having fierce competition at the state level, and thus even winning the right to attend a national competition is considered an honor. Rival Mead Senior High School, also located in the Mead School District, sent one student to national competition.

[edit] Debate

Mt. Spokane has done extremely well at local and national tournaments in Debate too. They sent 25 students to the state debate competition and three to the national competition. They are led by their Coachs Martha Rough, Sara Stillion and Sam Ackels.

[edit] Clubs

Mt. Spokane has many clubs that students can be a part of. They include Ski and Snowboard Club, Chess Club, Video Club, Special Friends Club, French Club, and Math Club. Math Club hosts several "Math is Cool" regional competitions as well as state competitions.

[edit] Athletics

The Mt. Spokane Wildcats have a history of excellence in their baseball and football programs.

Recently, Coach Alex Schuerman led the baseball team to a 15-4 record and 2nd place in the Greater Spokane League (GSL) .

Their tennis program also does very well. They were undefeated for three years in 2003, 2004, and 2005. In 2006 they lost a heart-breaking match in the finals against Ferris, removing their undefeated title.

[edit] Student government

Mt. Spokane has five ASB officers.
2006-2007 Officers
Dustin Schneider, President
Krysta Froberg, Vice President
Chris Madunich, Secretary
Doug Hansen, Treasurer
Jace Gobble, Public Relations
2005-2006 Officers
Brian Johnson, President
Michael Hartanov, Vice President
Andrew Goodreau, Secretary
Nick Peterson, Treasurer
Morgan Hartanov, Public Relations

[edit] Traditions

[edit] Sports

Battle of the Bell: Battle of the Bell is an annual football game between Mt. Spokane High School and its district rival, Mead High School. The winner of the game gets to take an old bell home with them until the game is played the following season.