Mount Vernon High School (Washington)
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| 'Mount Vernon High School' | |
| Location | |
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| Mount Vernon, Washington, U.S. |
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| School district | Mount Vernon School District |
| Principal | Dave Anderson |
| Students | 1731 |
| Type | Public secondary school |
| Mascot | Bulldog |
| Color(s) | Green and White |
| Homepage | Mount Vernon HS Website |
Mount Vernon High School (MVHS) is a high school in Mount Vernon, Washington located 314 North 9th Street.
The school enrolls over 1,700 students in grade levels 9-12.The school's schedule is based on 84 minute periods and a 4-period block schedule, which has students go to periods 1-4 (Green Day) and periods 5-8 (White Day) the next day. MVHS is a diverse school with many different ethnicities ( White 70%, Hispanic 25%, Asian 3%, Native American 1%, Black 1%). The school colors are green and white. The mascot is a Bulldog. MVHS rival is Burlington-Edison High School.
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[edit] Old Main
Old Main is the one of two main buildings, created in 1920 it is the oldest building that the high school has.
[edit] Remodeling
MVHS has been remodeled several times : 1936, 1950, 1952, 1963, 1970, 1975, 1983, 1990, 1992 and most recently in 2005. In 2005 MVHS opened a new Main building, now known as New Main. New Main has a new cafeteria and new library. Also more parking spots were made for students. Also in 2006 MVHS opened a Career Technical Education (CTE) building.
[edit] Latin Program
MVHS offers one of the Few Latin Programs in Washington State with up to four years of classes available. Ms. Wilson heads the program as well as the school's Latin Club. The program is often met with the question, "Isn't Latin a dead language?" and can be answered with, "Falsum etiam est verum quod constituit superior."
[edit] The Bulldog
The Bulldog is MVHS newspaper that is released to the student body every month.
[edit] Skagina
Skagina is the MVHS annual yearbook. Students and alumni together have a lot of pride in the Skagina,2007 will be the 100th anniversary of the Skagina.
[edit] Athletics
MVHS competes in the WIAA 3A Conference.
[edit] Football
The rising sport in the Mount Vernon athletics program is football. Prior to the 2007 season, the Mount Vernon Football program only won 2 games in the 2 years under head coach Benji Sonnichsen. In 2007 however, the Bulldogs changed the history of football at Mount Vernon High School.
After winning the season opener against Bishop-Blanchet High School 28-14, the Bulldogs dropped 3 games in succesion to Lynden, Burlington-Edison, and Blaine. They then won 4 games in a row including wins against then No. 8 Fife, and 3A league wins over Squalicum and Sedro-Woolley. For the 3A League title game, the Bulldogs played Ferndale, who had never allowed an opponent within 17 points of a win and were undefeated. Although the Bulldogs led 10-7 into the 4th quarter, the Golden Eagles pulled out a win in OT 13-10.
The Bulldogs won againts No. 10 Renton in the first round of the 3A WIAA playoffs before losing to Ferndale again 14-0 in the 2nd round of the playoffs.
The year was largely successful as Mount Vernon won its first playoff game in over 25 years, and named 9 players to the 3A All-Conference Team, including nose tackle Danial Osburn who was the consensus All-State Defensive Lineman choice to represent the 3A conference in the Seattle Times 3A All-State game.
On May 28th, 2008 Benji Sonnichsen officially resigned as the Head Coach for the Mount Vernon Football Program. There is a proposed two week interview period at which time a new head coach will be named. The leading canidate, according to the players, is Craig Shetterly, the current defensive coordinator.
[edit] Basketball
The most successful sport at Mount Vernon High School is the basketball program, coached by Torey Swanson, who played basketball for Mount Vernon in his day in high school. Mount Vernon has won 3 State Titles (1991,1992,2001). Those teams were coached by legendary coach Mac Fraser. MVHS also has had 3 second place finishes (1990,1997,2000). Under Coach Fraser Mount Vernon went to state almost every year while he was coaching. He is now an assistant to Coach Swanson.
[edit] Gym
Mount Vernon's gym has been known to get crowded and loud, making it a harsh environment for opponents to play in.[citation needed] The Seattle Times named Mount Vernon High School's gym the number 1 gym in the state. Bulldog fans show lots of school pride at games as they are decked out in green and white. Also school assemblies are loud as all the student body show their school spirit and allegiance by yelling "Bulldog Power" with a clap after; this is done repeatedly.
[edit] Famous Alumni
- Jim Caviezel, actor; most well-known for his role as Jesus in The Passion of the Christ
- Mark Hendrickson, Major League Baseball player and former NBA basketball player
- Craig Kelly, pioneer snowboarder; killed by an avalanche in 2003
- Kyle Kendrick, Major League Baseball player
- Chad Lindberg, actor; known for his role as Jesse in The Fast and The Furious
- Ross Mathews, (also known as Ross the Intern) is an American television personality known mostly for his role as a correspondent for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Cheryl Bentyne, singer, Manhattan Transfer.
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