- Marquette High School (Chesterfield, Missouri)
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Marquette High School Location Chesterfield, MO, United States Information Type Public School Established 1993 Head Principal Mr. Greg Mathison Assistant Principals Associate Principal: Dr. Jennifer Sebold 9th Grade Class Principal: Mr. Paul Burns
10th Grade Class Principal: Dr. Dan Ramsey
11th Grade Class Principal: Mr. Jon Schultz
12th Grade Class Principal: Mr. Carl Hudson
Activities Director: Mr. Mark Linneman
Grades 9th - 12th Number of students 2,260 Color(s) Blue and Green School Color(s) Navy and Green Mascot Mustang Website http://www.rockwood.k12.mo.us/marquette/ Marquette High School, located in Chesterfield, Missouri, is a secondary school in the Rockwood School District.
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Student body
Marquette has a student body of approximately 2,260.[1] Its public school extending boundaries cover the eastern portion of Ellisville, Missouri, and almost the entirety of Ballwin, Clarkson Valley, and Chesterfield. While Marquette serves the smallest geographical area of the four Rockwood School District high schools, it has the largest student body.[2] A majority of students at Marquette are graduates of Crestview Middle School or Selvidge Middle School.
Athletics
Marquette fields a number of sports teams. Their boys' teams include tennis, swimming and diving, football, wrestling, basketball, track and field, cross country, soccer, baseball, volleyball, golf, ice hockey, and roller hockey. Their girls' teams include swimming and diving, basketball, track and field, cross country, soccer, softball, volleyball, golf, lacrosse, and field hockey. Most sports have varsity and junior varsity divisions, and some also have a freshman division.[citation needed]
Marquette is considered a Class 4A large school according to the Missouri State High School Activities Association[citation needed], and therefore competes at the district, sectional, and state levels with some of the largest high schools in Missouri. Marquette competes at the conference level in the Suburban West Conference, along with rivals Lafayette High School, Lindbergh High School, Fox High School, Northwest High School, Eureka High School, Parkway South High School, Mehlville High School, and Oakville High School.[citation needed]
Academics
Newsweek named Marquette High School as number 739 of the Top 1,623 Public High Schools in the United States in 2010.[3]
Marquette students outperformed the state average in the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) testing for 2009. Marquette students were 69% proficient in biology compared to a 55% state average and 88% proficient in english compared to a 73% state average.[4]
Extra-Curriculars
MHS offers many activities, groups, and organizations other than its Academics and sports teams. Many groups such as Orchestra, Band, Choir, and Debate are successful at the District, State, and National levels. Additionally, Marquette has a very large theater program. The Marquette Theatre Company, a part of the International Thespian Society, usually produces at least three shows each school year. Marquette's Diversity Alliance received local media attention when they organized a rally of 270 students to respond to Westboro Baptist Church picketing at MHS in November, 2009.[5]
For a full list of extra-curricular activities, see http://www.rockwood.k12.mo.us/marquette/activities/Pages/ActivityDescriptions.aspx
MHStv
The school's student news station is MHStv, a television station that creates a weekly news show as well as numerous other video productions for the high school and the local community. It broadcasts school-wide every Friday during 3rd hour and features hosts from the senior and junior classes, and has often included a student-made music video and several interviews on a wide range of topics.
Works
Mustang News is the weekly 100% student-produced news program at Marquette High School. Mustang News airs on the school's closed circuit television network, channel 97, as well as on Charter Cable in St. Louis twice a month. In Broadcasting I and II, teams of students develop, film, and edit the show.
Affiliations
MHStv is proud to be a member of the Student Television Network, a national, non-profit organization bringing schools with Student television stations together. The organization supports and promotes scholastic television with active e-groups, summer workshops, challenging national contests, and now, a yearly convention designed solely to help its members learn and grow while promoting networking and sharing with teachers and students from across the planet.
Awards
MHStv won 3rd place in the Sweet-Sixteen Competition at the 4th annual STN National Convention in 2007. They competed against 40 other schools from across the nation and placed 3rd in the green division.[6]
MHStv has also won 2 Honorable mentions in the STN Spring 2006 Contest in the Show Opener and Original Short.[citation needed]
Speech and Debate
Marquette's Speech and Debate team has qualified numerous students to MSHAA State, NFL Nationals, and NCFL Nationals in the past few years. Notably, in 2011, the team qualified 8 students to NFL Nationals and 6 to the MSHAA State Tournament.[citation needed] Students compete in a wide variety of debates and public speaking events, and have an extremely successful record locally.[7] In 1999, Marquette student Ed Tulin won the Extemporaneous Speaking finals at NFL Nationals.[8]
Newspaper
The school's student newspaper is a monthly publication known as The Marquette Messenger and is given out during lunch for free to all Marquette students. In addition, the paper is published on http://www.marquettemessenger.com/.
Notable alumni
References
- ^ http://www.rockwood.k12.mo.us/marquette/announcements/Documents/August%202010%20Newsletter.pdf
- ^ Rockwood School District Official Enrollment - http://www.rockwood.k12.mo.us/Visitor/docs/0708officialenrollment.pdf
- ^ http://www.newsweek.com/feature/2010/americas-best-high-schools/list.html
- ^ http://www.homefacts.com/schools/Missouri/St.-Louis-County/Chesterfield/Marquette-Sr-High.html Homefacts.com - Marquette High School Profile
- ^ http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=188729
- ^ http://studenttelevision.com/honors/2007_convention.html
- ^ http://www.nflonline.org/points_application/schoolprofile.php?id=4907
- ^ http://nfltv.org/category/extemp/ |Accessed 2011-01-09
External links
- Marquette High School Official Website
- MHStv Official Website
- Marquette Theatre Company Website
- Marquette Mustangs Marching Band Website
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