- Modesto High School
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Modesto High School Address 18 H Street
Modesto
CaliforniaInformation School type Public 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://modesto.monet.k12.ca.us/ Modesto High School is a high school in Modesto, California, U.S.A. It offers the International Baccalaureate 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.[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.
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Staffing
Administration
The school's head principal is currently Jason Manning, he was preceded by Mr. Ramos.
The associate principals are as follows:
Marie McDonald, AP of Curriculum and Instruction
Richard Fonseca, AP of Student Supervision
Marcie Dillon, AP of Pupil Personnel Services
Leilani Johnson, IB Coordinator
Counseling
The school has 5 counselors, and one college counselor.
Marvin Greener
Jose Guerro
Kim Martinez
Jerry Ochoa
Linda Zoloski
Head Counselor: Renee Argain
College Counselor: Amy Switzer
School Hymn
All hail to thee, Modesto High;
Let not thy soaring echoes die.
In black and crimson majesty;
Thy colors stand for victory.
Thy loyal sons and daughters raise
To thee in ever reverent praise.
A song sent ringing into the sky;
All hail to thee, MODESTO HIGH!
Sports
The school offers many sports. For boys in the fall: Soccer, Football, Water Polo, and Cross Country.
For girls in the fall: Golf, Volleyball, Water Polo, Tennis, and Cross Country.
For boys in the winter: Basketball and Wrestling.
For girls in the winter: Basketball.
For boys in the spring: Baseball, Swimming, Tennis, Golf, and Track.
For girls in the spring: Soccer, Swimming, softball, and Track.
Clubs
Modesto High has a wide variety of clubs. The school encourages involvement because there is 'something for everyone". Academic Decathlon
Anime
Art Club
Asian Student Union
AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination)
Band/Guard Council
Black Student Union
California Scholarship Federation
Can Achieve
Chess/Board Games
Choir Club
Dance Production Club
Day of Respect
Drama Club
FFA
Fishing Club
Gaming Society
Global Lifeguards
Good Samaritans
Gay-Straight Alliance
Human Relations
Hispanic Youth Leaders Club
Interact
International Club
Invisible Children
JSA (Junior State of America)
Key Club
Leadership/ASB
Lend a Paw
Mariachi Club
MHETT
Mock Trial
MoHi Motorsports
Movie Production
Musical Panthers
Panther Press Club
Orchestra Club
Otaku Club
Panther Against Animal Cruelty
Panther Writers Club
Panthers Against Landmines
Panthers for Christ
Ping-Pong Panthers
Political Panthers
Purling Panthers
Panthers for the Cure
Rally
Renaissance
Soroptomist
School to Career
Science Olympiad
Speech/Debate
Spoken Words
Vocational Ind. Clubs of America
Yearbook
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- Modesto, California
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