Carl Junction High School

{{Infobox school

|name = Carl Junction High School

|image = CJHS.png

|image_size = 100px

|streetaddress = 206 S Roney St

|city = Carl Junction

|state = Missouri

|country = US

|zipcode = 64834

|principal = Kyle Williams{{cite web |title = Contact Us |publisher = Carl Junction R-1 District |url = https://www.cjr1.org/domain/202 |accessdate = 2018-03-12 }}

|type = Public Secondary

|grades = 9{{ndash}}12

|established = 1887 (2000 current building)

|ratio = 15.69

|staff = 61.18 (FTE)

|enrollment = 960 (2022-2023){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=2907350&ID=290735000198|title=Carl Junction High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=September 9, 2024}}

|colors = Red, and White {{Color box|red|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|white|border=darkgray}}

|mascot = Bulldog

|conference = Ozark Mountain Conference

| website = {{URL|1=https://www.cjr1.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=17}}

|coordinates = {{Coord|37.1777|-94.5747|format=dms|display=inline,title|type:edu_region:US-MO}}

}}

Carl Junction High School is a public secondary school in Carl Junction, Missouri, United States.

Campus

The school is equipped with a gymnasium, lunchroom, media center, approximately 56 classrooms, and a multipurpose facility that operates as a storm shelter. A short corridor is used to connect the high school to its neighboring junior high school.

History of School

The school was started in 1887 when a man named Augustus Knight donated some land for the school to be built on. Thus the school was named Knight School House after him. This was the school used up until 1914 when they had too many students for the school. The old school was torn down and a new one was built for the price of $14,000.{{cite web | url=https://www.classmates.com/yearbooks/Carl-Junction-High-School/83736?page=7 | title=1983 yearbook from Carl Junction High School from Carl junction, Missouri }} On the night of March 29, 1928 the school caught fire and burned down. The gymnasium was able to be saved by a student named Lester Johnson.{{cite web | url=https://joplinglobe.newspaperarchive.com/joplin-globe/1928-03-31/page-5/ | title=Joplin Globe Newspaper Archives | Mar 31, 1928, p. 5 }} A new school would be built right over the old one that very same year.{{cite web | url=https://joplinglobe.newspaperarchive.com/joplin-sunday-globe/1928-04-29/page-22/ | title=Joplin Sunday Globe Newspaper Archives | Apr 29, 1928, p. 22 }} The student population would grow very quickly. This was mainly to school districts consolidating into the Carl Junction District. They realized they needed more space. In 1960 they built a new high school right next to the old building and used it as a junior high. This system worked and it was used until the year 2000. In this year they built the current high school which was connected to the junior high. They remodeled the old school into the intermediate and made 2 buildings across the street that were used as a K-1.{{Cite news |title=Carl Junction School District. CONTINUOUS SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN |url=https://www.cjr1.org/cms/lib/MO01909814/Centricity/Domain/29/CSIP%20Board%20Approved%2011.28.22%20-%202.pdf}}

References

External links

{{official website|https://www.cjr1.org|School district website}}

Category:Public high schools in Missouri

Category:Schools in Jasper County, Missouri

Category:Educational institutions established in 1887

Category:1887 establishments in Missouri