Mount Pleasant High School (North Carolina)
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{primary sources|date=May 2009}}
{{Infobox school
| name = Mount Pleasant High School
| district = Cabarrus County Schools
| schooltype = Public
| established =
| ceeb = 342805
| principal = Lacee Jacobs
| address = 700 Walker Road
| city = Mount Pleasant, North Carolina
| zipcode = 28124
| country = United States
| enrollment = 896 (2023-2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3700530&SchoolPageNum=2&ID=370053000215|title=Mount Pleasant High|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=December 16, 2024}}
| teaching_staff = 51.28 (FTE)
| conference = Yadkin Valley 1A/2A
| colors = Blue and gold
{{color box|MediumBlue|border=silver}}{{color box|Yellow|border=silver}}
| nickname = Tigers
| rival = Central Cabarrus High School
| homepage = {{URL|cabarrus.k12.nc.us/Domain/43}}
| coordinates = {{coord|35.407608|-80.482106|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = North Carolina#USA
}}
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.
Athletics
Mount Pleasant played its first football game in 1954.
Mount Pleasant's athletic teams are known as the Tigers. The Tigers are in the 2A classification of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) and compete in the Yadkin Valley Conference. The school has sports teams in football, basketball, baseball, golf, cross country, track and field, tennis, swimming, volleyball, softball, wrestling, and soccer.
On August 14, 2023, the Cabarrus County Board of Education voted to name Tiger Stadium for Mike Johns, who retired after 23 years as football coach.{{cite news|url=https://independenttribune.com/news/local/make-that-michael-johns-stadium---school-board-changes-naming-at-mt-pleasant/article_819ffd54-3b7a-11ee-8a61-07aa8daea4b2.html|title=
Make that Michael Johns Stadium - school board changes naming at Mt. Pleasant|last=Miller|first=Christopher|work=Independent Tribune|date=August 16, 2023|access-date=August 24, 2023}}
History
The original two-story building opened November 15, 1926. The school had 138 students and six teachers. The next year there were 463 students and 13 teachers, and the first 10th grade graduating class had 13 members. In 1934 the school added ten rooms, and in 1952 a cafeteria was added, with students paying 25 cents for lunch.{{cite news|title=Alum come from far and wide to celebrate MPHS's 75th birthday|last=Cline|first=Charity|work=Independent Tribune|date=October 22, 2001}}
The building which became the middle school was added in 1957.
After the new building opened, the original building was torn down.{{cite news|title=Not all memories of this old school will be erased|work=Concord Tribune|date=June 20, 1993}} The former building, with additions, became Mount Pleasant Middle School.{{cite AV media |date= |title=Farewell Celebration - History of the School |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihOQVolFj7s |access-date=April 11, 2023 |time=3:00 |location= |publisher=Cabarrus County Schools}}
See also
References
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