Modesto High School

Modesto High School
Address
18 H Street
Modesto
California
Information
School type Public high school
Opened 1883
School district Modesto City Schools
Principal Jason Manning
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 2700
Hours in school day 6-8
Campus type Urban
School colour(s) Crimson, Black
Song Modesto Hymn
Athletics Football, Volleyball, Golf, Cross Country, Soccer, Waterpolo, Tennis, Basketball, Wrestling, Baseball, Softball, Track, Swimming
Mascot Panther
Nickname MoHi
Newspaper Panther Press
Website http://www.mcs4kids.com/schools/Modesto/default.aspx

Modesto High School is a public high school in Modesto, California, U.S.A. It offers the International Baccalaureate Program and the Avid program, and was the first public school to do so in the Central Valley of California.

Modesto High School is the oldest high school in Modesto and as of 2013 will be turning 130 years of Panther Pride.[1]

In 1883, Ruliff Stephen Holway saw the need for a high school that could provide for needs extending beyond a primary grammar education. According to Sol P. Elias, member of the first graduating class of Modesto High School students, R.S. Holway was "a young schoolmaster... with the advantage of a charming character and a sympathetic mind... zeal and personality... (who) guided the pupils almost through the entire course until his departure... to accept a professorship at the University of California." This man, MHS' first principal, was responsible for the education of the entire student body, playing a role of both teacher and administrator before he left to teach in the UC system. Forty pupils comprised the first class organized at the first building located at 14th and I Streets; after four years, ten of these students remained to take part in the first graduation of MHS students. In the succeeding years, the number of seniors receiving diplomas fluctuated greatly; the lowest number occurred in 1893 when no one remained in school all four years to graduate.

The high school moved to its current location in the 1940s.

Sports

Modesto High School offers a variety sports on a seasonal basis:

Fall (Male):

Fall (Female):

Winter (Male & Female):

Spring (Male):

Spring (Female):

Current Clubs

Notable alumni confirmed

Ernest and Julio Gallo

References

  1. ↑ http://mhs.monet.k12.ca.us/content/Information/mhshistory.html