Mount Vernon Senior High School

Mount Vernon Senior High School
Location
Mount Vernon, Indiana, USA
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1870
Principal	Mr Steve Riordan
Address	700 Harriet St
Faculty	75
Number of students	834
Color(s)
Athletics	Big Eight Conference (Indiana)
Mascot	Wildcats
Gym Capacity	3,200
Website	Mount Vernon Senior High School

Mount Vernon Senior High School is a public high school in Mount Vernon, Indiana and is part of the M.S.D. of Mount Vernon. The current campus was completed in 1960 and was expanded in the 1980s. It serves high school students from 4 townships (Black, Lynn, Marrs & Point) in the southern half of Posey County.

Student body

In 2008-2009 enrollment was 849 students. In 2009 Mount Vernon graduated 86.7% of seniors.

Athletics

Teams

Mount Vernon's athletic teams are nicknamed the Wildcats and the school's colors are Maroon and Gray. The Wildcats compete in the Big Eight Conference (Indiana) in the following sports: baseball, boys and girls basketball, cross country, football, golf, boys and girls soccer, softball, boys and girls swimming, boys and girls tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling.

Sports achievements

Football Sectional Titles: 1999(3A), 2007(3A)

Basketball Sectional Titles: 1968, 1972, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1988

Men's Swimming: 1998 - Finished 3rd in State Finals

External links

• Indiana Department of Education: School Snapshot
• Metropolitain School District of Mount Vernon
• IHSAA Website

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