Mount Pleasant High School (Mount Pleasant, North Carolina)

Mount Pleasant High School
Location
700 Walker Road Mount Pleasant, North Carolina 28124 USA
Information
School type	public school
School district	Cabarrus County Schools
Principal	Edith Sayewich
Enrollment	980
Color(s)	Blue and Gold
Athletics conference	South Piedmont 3A
Nickname	Tigers
Rival	Central Cabarrus High School
Website	http://www.cabarrus.k12.nc.us/mphs

Mount Pleasant High School is a comprehensive public high school in Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, United States, in the Cabarrus County Schools system. The school's current campus opened in 1992.

MPHS is the top school in Cabarrus County in Technology with a grant for all new computers in 2010. There is at least 1 smartboard per department and most classrooms have NEC digital projectors in 2 of the science department, all of the CTE Class (Except Masonry & Auto Mechanics), 2 of the math classes, 3 in the Social Studies department. MPHS has approximately 2 computer labs with about 30 DELL Optiplex Workstations. There are 6 CTE classes with about 25 workstations including Digital Communications, Computer Applications 1 & 2, E-commence 1 & 2, Digital Media 1, Drafting 1, & Drafting 2. Our library is also equipped with 25 workstations for student use and 3 newer workstations for card catalog searching. MPHS also feature 6 C.O.W.S. (Computer on Wheels) which consists of a Dell workstation (some with StarBoards, or Mimios), a Digital Projector, and a cart.

MPHS also has 2 dedicated backup power generators which power computers and lights in the even of a power outage in both the main building and the Vocational building.

Athletics

Mount Pleasant's athletic teams are known as the Tigers. The Tigers are placed in the 3A classification of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) and compete in the South Piedmont Conference. The school values interscholastic football, basketball, baseball, golf, cross country, track and field, tennis, swimming, volleyball, softball, wrestling, and soccer. The football team won its lone state championship in 1964. The tennis team won its lone state championship in 1991. The Wrestling team won its lone state championship in 2007.

Coordinates: 35°24′27″N 80°28′56″W / 35.407608°N 80.482106°W / 35.407608; -80.482106