Columbia High School (Mississippi)
Columbia High School | |
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Address | |
1009 Broad St , , 39429 United States | |
Coordinates | 31°15′05″N 89°49′11″W / 31.2513°N 89.8197°W |
Information | |
School type | Secondary school |
Established | 1937 |
School district | Columbia School District |
Superintendent | Jason Harris [2] |
Principal | L.V. McNeal [3] |
Teaching staff | 32.41 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
Grades | 9th to 12th[1] |
Enrollment | 465[1] (2021–22) |
Student to teacher ratio | 14.35[1] |
Color(s) | Blue and gold |
Mascot | Wildcat |
Website | chs |
Columbia High School is a 4A High School located in Columbia, Mississippi, United States. The principal is L.V. McNeal.[3] It is in Columbia School District. It is a Mississippi Landmark.
The architecture of the building is an example of European-inspired modernism, and was featured in the French architectural journal l'architecture d'aujourd'hui.[4] It was built in 1937 as a Works Progress Administration project.[5]
In the 2021-2022 school year, the student body was 49.89 percent White and 45.37 percent African American.[1]
Notable alumni
- Ernest Duff (1931-2016), businessman, lawyer and Mormon bishop[6]
- Walter Payton, hall of fame former Chicago Bears running back who died in 1999, and the namesake for the Walter Payton Award
- Accenture Federal Services. He formerly served as the Chief Technology Officer for the Chief Information Officer at the Central Intelligence Agency(CIA).
- Jaheim Oatis (2022), offensive tackle for the Alabama Crimson Tide[7]
Extracurricular activities
Marching Band
The CHS Marching Band has won 9 MHSAA state championship titles in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2022, & 2023 [8][9]
Athletics
Football
The CHS Football Team has won 2 MHSAA state championship titles in 1982 and 2021. [10]
Baseball
The CHS Baseball team has won 1 MHSAA championship in 2011. [10]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Columbia High School". National Center for Education Statistics.
- ^ "Superintendent's Office". Columbia School District.
- ^ a b "McNeal Aims to Make CHS an 'A' School". Columbian Progress Newspaper. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- ^ "Michael Fazio: Columbia Mississippi High School". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
- ^ Hines, Thomas S., William Faulkner and the Tangible Past: The Architecture of Yoknapatawpha, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996, ch. 8, p. 106 accessed Oct. 20, 2012
- ^ "Southern Tire Mart founder Ernest Duff dies". Tire Business. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ "Jaheim Oatis - Football". University of Alabama Athletics.
- ^ "2022 MHSAA Marching Band Championship Results". Mississippi High School Activities Assosiation. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
- ^ Campbell, Joshua (November 1, 2023). "Marching Wildcats Go Back-To-Back: Columbia Band Wins 9th State Title". The Columbian Progress. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
- ^ a b "Athletics". Columbia School District.
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