Mount Vernon High School
Address
Map
300 Yellow Jacket Drive

Mount Vernon
,
(Knox County)
,
Ohio
43050

United States
Coordinates40°22′43″N 82°28′26″W / 40.378559°N 82.474001°W / 40.378559; -82.474001
Information
TypePublic, coeducational high school
School districtMount Vernon City Schools
SuperintendentWilliam Seder Jr.[1]
PrincipalCory Caughlan
Teaching staff57.80 (FTE)[2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,074 (2018-19)[2]
Student to teacher ratio18.58[2]
Color(s)Orange and black[1]   
Athletics conferenceOhio Cardinal Conference[1]
MascotYellow Jacket
Team nameYellow Jackets[1]
AccreditationNorth Central Association of Colleges and Schools[3]
Websitewww.mt-vernon.k12.oh.us/index.php/hs-homepage
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Mount Vernon High School is a public four-year high school located in Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Mount Vernon City Schools district. The school's mascot is the Yellow Jacket, and its official colors are orange and black. The mascot is actually orange and black rather than yellow and black, due to copyright reasons. It is located at 300 Martinsburg Road, near State Route 586. Mount Vernon Middle School is the only one in the district near the high school. Also nearby is Mount Vernon Nazarene University MVNU and the Knox County Career Center KCCC and Technical Center.

Mount Vernon is currently a member of the Ohio Cardinal Conference.[4]

Clubs and activities

The school's Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League[5] and National Junior Classical League.[6]

Notable alumni

External links

References

  1. ^ a b c d OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
  2. ^ a b c "Mount Vernon High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  3. ^ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
  4. ^ "Mount Vernon to join Ohio Cardinal Conference". Mount Vernon News. March 29, 2015. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  5. ^ "Executive Board Pre-File Application". OhioJCL.org – June 2007. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. 2010. Archived from the original on June 17, 2007. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  6. ^ "OJCL Constitution". OhioJCL.org – July 2002. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. 2010. Archived from the original on July 21, 2002. Retrieved August 16, 2010. ... by paying both OJCL annual chapter dues and any annual chapter membership dues required by NJCL.


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