Mountain Crest High School
| Mountain Crest High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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Hyrum, Utah USA | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public High School |
| Motto | Where all are Valued, Educated and Encouraged to serve. |
| Established | 1983 |
| Enrollment | 1761 |
| Number of students | Apx. 1800 |
| Athletics | Swimming, Marching Band, Football, Baseball, Basketball, Tennis, Softball, Wrestling, Volleyball, Golf, Cross Country, Lacrosse, Track and Field, Soccer. |
| Athletics conference | Class 4A Region 5 |
| Mascot | Mustang |
| Website | http://www.ccsdut.org/mtcresthigh.cfm |
Mountain Crest High School (MCHS), located in Hyrum, Utah, is a public high school. As part of the Cache County School District, it serves students in the 10th through 12th grades in Utah's Cache County. Mountain Crest is very closely related to South Cache 8-9 Center, which is in the same school district, and has the same mascot. Students from South Cache also graduate up to Mountain Crest.
Academics
Mountain Crest also incorporates classes from Bridgerland Applied Technology College. These classes are only available to junior and senior students. In the mornings and afternoon, these classes take up 2 hours and count as 1 full class credit instead of the normal .5 credit assigned for the classes hosted at the high school.Mountain Crest also has a Model United Nations team which took the top two awards at the Regional High School Model United Nations 2007. Mountain Crests scholastic olympiad team also places in competition every year. For consecutive years, Mountain Crest is ranked among the highest in education and efficiency and comprehension levels in the state of Utah. Many students from Mountain Crest also graduate with their Associates degree. The AP students from Mountain Crest also test among the highest in Utah considering any students who wants to can register for any AP class they want to while other high schools only have students in AP classes that are recommended for AP classes.
Band
The Mountain Crest Marching Band made finals in the Bands of America Las Vegas Regional Championships placing 9th. The last performance of their season was the Real Salt Lake Game Playoff Semi Finals with a Half time Performance. The Mountain Crest High School Marching Band is always very decorated at the Bands of America events in recent years. placing 9th in BOA finals in 2010, 16th in 2011, 11th in 2012 missing finals by .2 of a point, and 11th in 2013 missing finals by .3 of a point. The Mountain Crest Indoor Percussion Unit has won State Championship title in 2003, 2008, and 2009. From the fall of 1985 to the fall of 1990 the Marching Band never lost a performance, including competitions at Bands of America regionals in Corvallis Oregon, the Fiesta Bowl tournament of bands, and Edmonton's Klondike days, as well as all competitions within the state of Utah and Pocatello Idaho. The band has most recently performed in the National Independence Day Parade in Washington, D.C.The 2011 Winter Guard season Mountain Crest's A Guard took home the bronze medal for their show. In the 2012 Winter Guard Season, Mountain Crest's Junior Winter Guard took second place at the Utah Winter Guard Association Championships at American Fork High School, in American Fork, Utah. The 2013 Winter Guard Season ended with the team being state champions.
Athletics
The baseball team and girls' cross country team won the 4A state championships.
The boys swim team won the class 4A championship in the 2009-2010 year.
The football team has won state 3 times, in 1987, 2001, and 2005.
The wrestling team won the 4A state championship in 2002, 2006, 2007, and 2008.