Francis Howell High School

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Francis Howell High School
Established 1881
Type Public Secondary
Principal Chris Greiner
Faculty Approximately 100
Students 1760
Grades 9–12
Location St. Charles, Missouri, USA
Campus Suburban/Rural
Colors Blue, Gold
Mascot Viking
Yearbook 'Howelltonian'
Newspaper 'The Spotlight'
Website [1]

Francis Howell High School is a four year High School located in the city of Weldon Spring, Missouri. Approximately 1800 students from the areas of Defiance, New Melle, Saint Charles, and O'Fallon attend school at Howell.

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[edit] History

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

After building up the school district, 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 was dedicated. The dedication included a prayer, speeches, a corn show and milk testing.

The current Francis Howell High School is located between Highway 94 South and Highway D. The property was originally purchased in 1949 from the United States America under the jurisdiction of the War Assets Administration. Army barracks buildings, which were located on the property, were used by the high school for several years following until they were later demolished. There are still army barracks buildings being used at the Francis Howell School District Administrative Annex, which adjoins Francis Howell High School to the west.

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

There are currently plans to either renovate or to completely rebuild the aging school. Three different plans are proposed, with plan A utilizing most of the existing buildings, plan B condensing the campus but building it up to five stories, and plan C, which is approximately halfway between the size of plan A or B with four 5-story towers. The earliest date that any renovation will be completed is Summer 2012. No plans have been finalized.

[edit] Clubs and Activities

[edit] Marching Band

The current marching band has 95 participants. The Marching band performs at every varsity home football game, as well as at competitions around the midwest. They are the most award-winning extra-curricular group at FHHS.

[edit] Limelight Theater

Francis Howell's drama club, currently known as Limelight Theater, has been producing plays since 1970. Since then, they have performed two or three plays a year, listed below.

1993-1994

  • The Man Who Came to Dinner
  • The Madwoman of Chaillot

1995-1995

  • Bram Stoker's Dracula
  • Bye Bye Birdie
  • The White Rose

1995-1996

  • Sleeping Beauty
  • Noises Off
  • Angel Street

2005-2006

  • The Crucible
  • The Curious Savage
  • Sabrina Fair

2006-2007

  • The Admirable Crichton
  • The Pajama Game
  • Picnic

2007-2008

  • Any Number Can Die
  • The Children's Hour
  • The Good Times Are Killing Me

[edit] Choir

Francis Howell High currently has six choirs, under the instruction of Karey Wieberg: the Mixed Choir, Treble Choir (Women's Choir), Concert Choir (Auditioned Mixed Ensemble), Offbeetz (Mixed A Cappella), Treblemakers (Women's A Cappella), and the Howell Harmonics (top Auditioned Chamber Choir).

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] External links

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