Muskogee High School (MHS) is a four-year public high school in Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA. It is accredited by the Oklahoma State Department of Education and the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association.
Muskogee High School is part of the Muskogee Independent School District No. 20 of Muskogee County, Oklahoma, more commonly known as Muskogee Public Schools.
School history
Academics
Muskogee High School offers a wide range of academic courses.
Advanced Placement Program
The Advanced Placement (AP) Program provides college-level courses to MHS student through AP courses. Through AP Exams, students have the opportunity to earn credit or advanced standing at most of the nation's colleges and universities.
Concurrent enrollment
Juniors and seniors of exceptional ability are provided with the opportunity to gain college credit while completing their high school education. School counselors must verify that prerequisites are met and that enrollment in the college course has been completed, including payment for the course(s), prior to concurrent enrollment being changed on a student's schedule.
Special Education Department
Muskogee High School provides comprehensive services to qualifying students.
Technology and Business Department
Through different programs at MHS students are allowed to incorporate work experience into their academic plans. The DECA program allows students to attends MHS half the day and maintain a job the other half. Students interested in technical and career-specific skills to prepare for such careers as automotive, child care, computers, construction, cosmetology, industrial technology, health care, and landscape may enroll in programs at the Muskogee Indian Capital Technology Center, affiliated with the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education.
Athletics
Football
State Championships(Central High): 1910 - 1914 - 1919 - 1920 - 1923 - 1925 - 1935 - 1940 - 1947 - 1948 -1949 1950 - 1951
State Championship(Muskogee High)Â : 1986
Softball
State Championship(Muskogee High)Â : 1983, 1998, 2000, 2009
The Rougher Softball Team was also named the Class 6A Academic State Champions in 2013, with a team GPA of 3.7.
Student clubs and organizations
Notable alumni
- Archie Bradley, professional baseball player (transferred to Broken Arrow Senior High School)
- Bo Bolinger - football player
- John Tyler Hammons - former mayor of Muskogee
- George Faught - current State Representative for Muskogee
- Drew Edmondson - current Attorney General of Oklahoma
- Ed Edmondson - former Congressman for Oklahoma's 2nd District
- James E. Edmondson - current Oklahoma Supreme Court justice
- J. Howard Edmondson - former Oklahoma Governor and Senator
- Mike Synar - former Oklahoma Congress from Oklahoma's 2nd District
- Ernest E. Evans - Commander, United States Navy. Died in combat 1944.
- Jack Jacobs - former Canadian Football League quarterback and one of the original inductees to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
- Glen D. Johnson, Jr. - current Chancellor of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education
- Robert Reed - actor.
- Charles Thompson Social activist, Graduate of 1987 and only MVP of state championship football team in Muskogee High history
Miscellaneous
The book, Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945 was published in November 2006. It was written by Evan Thomas, editor of Newsweek. The book details Muskogee graduate, Commander Ernest Evans, in one of the last great battles of the Pacific Theater in 1944. Mr. Thomas visited the library media center at Muskogee High School as part of his research for this book.
References
External links
- Muskogee Public Schools homepage
- Rougher football homepage
- Rougher Softball homepage