Mountain Heritage High School
{{Short description|American public school in North Carolina}}
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| motto = Learning for Life
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| principal = Daron Williams
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| teaching_staff = 46.52 (FTE)
| enrollment = 633 (2023-2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3705070&ID=370507002030|title=Mountain Heritage High|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=January 4, 2025}}
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| grades = 9–12
| streetaddress = 333 Mountain Heritage High School Rd
| city = Burnsville, North Carolina
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| country = United States
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| district = Yancey County Schools
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| colors = Green, black, and white
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| nickname = Cougars
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| rival = Mitchell High School
| yearbook = The Trillium
| newspaper = Heritage Highlight
| feeder_schools = East Yancey Middle School, Cane River Middle School
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Mountain Heritage High School is a public high school in Burnsville, North Carolina, United States. It is the sole public high school serving Yancey County Schools district. Both YCS public middle schools, East Yancey and Cane River, feed into Mountain Heritage. It is classified by NCHSAA as a 1A institution, meaning its enrollment is in the lowest quartile of North Carolina High Schools, having been reclassified from 2A in 2021.{{Cite web |title=2021-2025 Conference Realignment Final Draft |url=https://www.nchsaa.org/sites/default/files/attachments/2021-2025ConferenceAlignmentFInalApproved-March2021.pdf |website=NCHSAA.org}}
History
Mountain Heritage was established in 1976 when East Yancey High School merged with Cane River High School to form a single high school for the district.{{cite web|title=Home|url=http://mhhs.yanceync.net/|website=Mountain Heritage High School|publisher=Yancey County School System|accessdate=April 11, 2016}}
Academics
Mountain Heritage offers college prep, career and technical education, and special education courses. Eight Advanced Placement courses are offered, and students are permitted to register for courses at Mayland Community College as part of their dual enrollment program. Mountain Heritage received a B rating for academics in the 2013–2014 school year from Public Schools of North Carolina.{{cite web|title=Mountain Heritage High|url=http://www.ncreportcards.org/src/schDetails.jsp?pYear=2012-2013&pLEACode=995&pSchCode=330|website=NC School Report Cards|publisher=Public Schools of NC|accessdate=April 11, 2016}}
Athletics
The Mountain Heritage Cougars participate in the 1A/2A Western Highlands Conference. In the fall, the school offers cheerleading, cross country, football, men's soccer, women's tennis, volleyball, and women's golf. In the winter, the school offers cheerleading, men's basketball, women's basketball, and wrestling. In the spring, the school offers men's golf, women's soccer, softball, men's tennis, track, and baseball.{{cite web|title=Team Pages|url=http://mhhs.yanceync.net/home/team-schedules/team-pages|website=Mountain Heritage High School|publisher=Yancey County School System|accessdate=April 11, 2016}}
In 2009, the Mountain Heritage football team traveled to the first state championship game in the team's history, but was defeated by Tarboro High School 28–3.
In 2019, the girls' basketball team completed a 29–0 undefeated season and earned the school's first ever team state championship under coach Susie Shelton, beating Farmville Central 63–53 at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh.{{Cite web|url=https://www.citizen-times.com/story/sports/high-school/hshuddle/2019/03/16/mountain-heritage-takes-home-first-state-championship/3166337002/|title=Mountain Heritage takes home first state championship|last=Thompson|first=David|website=Citizen Times|language=en|access-date=March 17, 2019}}
References
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External links
- [http://mhhs.yanceync.net/ Mountain Heritage High School official website]
- [https://sites.google.com/a/yanceync.net/mhhs_cougarcast/ Cougar Cast (school webcast)]
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Category:Public high schools in North Carolina
Category:Schools in Yancey County, North Carolina