Mount Vernon High School (Ohio)

Mount Vernon High School
Address
300 Martinsburg Road
Mount Vernon, Ohio, (Knox County), 43050
United States
Coordinates 40.378559,-82.474001
Information
Type Public, Coeducational high school
School district Mount Vernon City Schools
Superintendent William Seder Jr.[1]
Principal Karen Kasler[1]
Vice principal Sam Shuman
Grades 9-12
Color(s) Orange and Black[1]         
Athletics conference Ohio Capital Conference[1]
Team name Yellow Jackets[1]
Accreditation North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[2]
Head Teacher John Frye
Athletic Director Mark Shively[1]
Website http://www.mt-vernon.k12.oh.us/High_School/

Mount Vernon High School is a public four-year high school located in Mount Vernon, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Mount Vernon City Schools district. The school's mascot is the Yellow Jacket, and its official colors are orange and black. The yellow jacket mascot is actually orange and black rather than yellow and black due to copyright reasons. It is located at 300 Martinsburg Road, near state route 586. Near the high school is Mount Vernon Middle School, the only one in the district. Also near the high school and middle school is Mount Vernon Nazarene University or MVNU.

Mount Vernon is currently a member of the Ohio Capital Conference, but will be joining the Ohio Cardinal Conference in 2016.[3]

Clubs and activities

The school's Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL)[4] and National Junior Classical League (NJCL).[5]

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Retrieved 2010-03-16.
  2. ↑ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Retrieved 2010-03-16.
  3. ↑ "Mount Vernon to join Ohio Cardinal Conference". Mount Vernon News. March 29, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Executive Board Pre-File Application". OhioJCL.org - June 2007. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. 2010. Archived from the original on June 17, 2007. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  5. ↑ "OJCL Constitution". OhioJCL.org - July 2002. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. 2010. Archived from the original on July 21, 2002. Retrieved August 16, 2010. ... by paying both OJCL annual chapter dues and any annual chapter membership dues required by NJCL.