- Mattawan High School
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Mattawan High School Location 56720 Murray Street
Mattawan, Michigan, 49071
United StatesCoordinates 42°12′45″N 85°47′24″W / 42.2126°N 85.7899°WCoordinates: 42°12′45″N 85°47′24″W / 42.2126°N 85.7899°W Information Type Public Established 1911 Superintendent Patrick Bird Dean Greg Mickelson and Mike Dudley Principal Colin Ripmaster Faculty 63 Enrollment approximately 1,200 Color(s) Blue and Gold Athletics conference Big 16 Mascot Wildcat Information (269) 668-3361 Website [1] Mattawan High School is the name of the high school that serves the village of Mattawan, Michigan. The approximate total enrollment for Mattawan High School is 1,200 students.
Mattawan High School has a two-member counseling and support team, a four-member administration staff, a sixty-three-member teaching staff and thirty-member support staff.
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Notable alumni
- Marian and Vivian Brown: Class of 1945 - Actress - aka "The San Francisco Twins"
- The Rev'd Richard Robyn: Class of 1992. Rector of Trinity Church Oxford (Philadelphia), one of the most historic churches in the US, founded in 1698. www.trinitychurchoxford.org
- Jon Shaner: Class of 1998 - Meteorologist currently working for WXMI, Grand Rapids, MI.[1]
- Noah Herron[2]: Class of 2000 - College Football Northwestern University - Professional Football Pittsburgh Steelers & Green Bay Packers, along with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the New York Jets, and the Cleveland Browns.
Music
Mattawan High School offers several instrumental and vocal music classes, both for credit and not for credit. The Marching Band competes in the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association (MSBOA) and participates in the associated festivals annually. Since the 1980s, the Marching Band has participated quadranually in the Magic Kingdom parade at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. During the Concert Band season, students are placed into either the Concert or Symphonic Bands, divided by students' grade level. Freshmen and Sophomores are assigned to concert band, while Juniors and Senior are assigned to Symphonic band. Both concert bands put on three concerts annually, and attend the MSBOA festival. In 2007, the bands did not attend the MSBOA festival due to the death of a student; all other years, the bands have earned a Division I rating, the highest possible. Not for credit activities include a basketball pep-band.
Both the marching band and concert bands are instructed by Bill Boswell and Mark Greer. Former instructors include Larry Jones, Richard Anderson, Jennifer Olfier (Nofs) and the late Bannister Merwin.
The vocal music department is instructed by David Hook. Each year, the department puts on a Drama in the fall, and a Musical in the spring, as well as several other smaller performances, often for fund-raising. The vocal music department also manages the high school's two talent shows.
Athletics
Eligibility
In order for students to participate they must be passing at least four out of their six semester classes.
Sports Offered
Fall
- Women's Volleyball
- Cross Country
- Sideline Cheerleading
- Football
- Women's Golf
- Men's Soccer
- Women's Swimming
- Men's Tennis
Winter
- Men's Basketball
- Competitive Cheerleading
- Men's Ice Hockey
- Downhill Ski team
- Ski Club
- Wrestling
- Men's Swimming
- Women's Basketball
- Women's Bowling
- Men's Bowling
Spring
- Baseball
- Men's Golf
- Women's Lacrosse
- Men's Lacrosse
- Softball
- Women's Soccer
- Track & Field
- Women's Tennis
Fight Song
Fight on our Mattawan / never, never yield
Acceptance
Mattawan Consolidated School accepts students residing within the Mattawan School District, as well as non-district students residing within the boundaries of the Van Buren Intermediate School District (Bangor Township, Bloomingdale, Covert, Decatur, Gobles, Hartford, Lawrence, Lawton, Paw Paw and South Haven school districts) under the Section 105 "Schools of Choice" Program.
Academics
Grading Scale
Mattawan High School follows the standard 4.0 grading scale, in which an "A" grade is equivalent to a 4.0. The school also offers honors points which add extra points to the student's cumulative GPA, earned from Honors and AP classes. Each student's grades are reported at the end of each semester. The individual grades for each class are averaged to form semester grades; both semester grades are again averaged to form the student's final GPA for the year.
Class Ranking System
The student class rank is computed on semester grades for students in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12. The top ten percent of graduates are announced at the end of the seventh semester. Mattawan High School recognizes three levels of honors in its graduates: Summa Cum Laude for graduates with a 4.10 GPA and above, Magna Cum Laude for graduates with a 3.80 to 4.09 GPA and Cum Laude for graduates with a 3.5 to 3.79 GPA. All courses are considered when determining rank and grade-point average.
Of the 2005 graduates, 79% planned to enroll in post-secondary schools. Approximately 67% attend four-year institutions; the remainder begin their post-high-school education at the community college level.
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External links
Categories:- High schools in Michigan
- Educational institutions established in 1911
- Schools in Van Buren County, Michigan
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