Mount Vernon High School (Ohio)

Mount Vernon High School
Mount Vernon High School
Address
	300 Yellow Jacket Drive; Mount Vernon, (Knox County), Ohio 43050; United States
Coordinates	40.378559°N 82.474001°W
Information
Type	Public, coeducational high school
School district	Mount Vernon City Schools
Superintendent	William Seder Jr.[1]
Principal	Scott Will
Teaching staff	57.80 (FTE)[2]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,074 (2017-18)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	18.58[2]
Color(s)	Orange and black[1]
Athletics conference	Ohio Cardinal Conference[1]
Team name	Yellow Jackets[1]
Accreditation	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[3]
Head Teacher	John Frye
Athletic Director	Justin Sanford
Website	School website

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. Near the high school is Mount Vernon Middle School, the only one in the district. Also nearby is Mount Vernon Nazarene University, MVNU.

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

David Hahn, politician, class of 1973
Paul Lynde, actor, class of 1944

External links

District website

References

OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
"Mount Vernon High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
"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.
"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.
"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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[Ohio_High_School_Athletic_Association_member_directory-1] OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2010-03-16.

[NCES-2] "Mount Vernon High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 17, 2020.

[NCA-Council_on_Accreditation_and_School_Improvement-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.