Mulberry High School

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Mulberry High School
Location
One Panther Place
(Northeast Fourth Circle)
Mulberry, FL 33860
Mulberry, Florida, United States
Coordinates 27°53′49″N 81°58′19″W / 27.89694, -81.97194Coordinates: 27°53′49″N 81°58′19″W / 27.89694, -81.97194
Information
School district Polk County Public Schools
Principal George Hatch
Enrollment

1005 [1]
Students 9th through 12th grades
Type Public
Motto Where today meets tomorrow's goals
Mascot Panthers
Color(s) Gray, royal blue, white
Established 1914
Information +1-863-701-1104
Homepage schools.polk-fl.net/MHS/

Mulberry High School (also referred to as Mulberry Senior High School) is a four-year public high school located in Mulberry, Florida, serving the city and surrounding areas. Its enrollment is 1005 students.[1]

[edit] History

Mulberry's then-only public school began high school classes in 1907. In 1914, a separate high school was constructed; it was a two-story brick building with six classrooms and an auditorium, costing approximately $12,500.[2]

In 1921, the first edition of the MHS yearbook was published, titled The Mulberry Tree in honor of the city's famed mulberry tree.

In 1922, land was donated for the construction of a new high school, on the east side of what is now Northeast First Avenue; construction was completed in 1924. Also in 1924, MHS began inter-school football play.

During the Great Depression, many schools cut their terms or lost their accreditation, and the state of Florida ran out of money, but MHS was able to stay open thanks to taxes paid by area phosphate firms.[2]

In 1955, the current school was constructed on 65 acres of land given by Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corporation and International Minerals and Chemical Corporation[3] ; the old high school was converted to an elementary school, Purcell. [4]

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