Modesto High School is a high school in Modesto

Modesto, California

Modesto is a city in, and is the county seat of, Stanislaus County, California. With a population of approximately 201,165 at the 2010 census, Modesto ranks as the 18th largest city in the state of California....

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Modesto High School is the oldest high school in Modesto.

In 1883, Ruliff Stephen Holway saw the need for a high school that could provide for needs extending beyond a primary grammar education. According to Sol P. Elias, member of the first graduating class of Modesto High School students, R.S. Holway was "a young schoolmaster... with the advantage of a charming character and a sympathetic mind... zeal and personality... (who) guided the pupils almost through the entire course until his departure... to accept a professorship at the University of California." This man, MHS' first principal, was responsible for the education of the entire student body, playing a role of both teacher and administrator before he left to teach in the UC system. Forty pupils comprised the first class organized at the first building located at 14th and I Streets; after four years, ten of these students remained to take part in the first graduation of MHS students. In the succeeding years, the number of seniors receiving diplomas fluctuated greatly; the lowest number occurred in 1893 when no one remained in school all four years to graduate.

The high school moved to its current location in the 1940s.

Administration

The school's head principal is currently Jason Manning, he was preceded by Mr. Ramos.

The associate principals are as follows:

Marie McDonald, AP of Curriculum and Instruction

Richard Fonseca, AP of Student Supervision

Marcie Dillon, AP of Pupil Personnel Services

Leilani Johnson, IB Coordinator

Counseling

The school has 5 counselors, and one college counselor.

Marvin Greener

Jose Guerro

Kim Martinez

Jerry Ochoa

Linda Zoloski

Head Counselor: Renee Argain

College Counselor: Amy Switzer

School Hymn

All hail to thee, Modesto High;

Let not thy soaring echoes die.

In black and crimson majesty;

Thy colors stand for victory.

Thy loyal sons and daughters raise

To thee in ever reverent praise.

A song sent ringing into the sky;

All hail to thee, MODESTO HIGH!

Sports

The school offers many sports.
For boys in the fall: Soccer, Football, Water Polo, and Cross Country.

For girls in the fall: Golf, Volleyball, Water Polo, Tennis, and Cross Country.

For boys in the winter: Basketball and Wrestling.

For girls in the winter: Basketball.

For boys in the spring: Baseball, Swimming, Tennis, Golf, and Track.

For girls in the spring: Soccer, Swimming, softball, and Track.

Clubs

Modesto High has a wide variety of clubs. The school encourages involvement because there is 'something for everyone".
Academic Decathlon

Anime

Art Club

Asian Student Union

AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination

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Band/Guard Council

Black Student Union

California Scholarship Federation

Can Achieve

Chess/Board Games

Choir Club

Dance Production Club

Day of Respect

Drama Club

FFA

Fishing Club

Gaming Society

Global Lifeguards

Good Samaritans

Gay-Straight Alliance

Human Relations

Hispanic Youth Leaders Club

Interact

International Club

Invisible Children

JSA (Junior State of America)

Key Club

Leadership/ASB

Lend a Paw

Mariachi Club

MHETT

Mock Trial

MoHi Motorsports

Movie Production

Musical Panthers

Panther Press Club

Orchestra Club

Otaku Club

Panther Against Animal Cruelty

Panther Writers Club

Panthers Against Landmines

Panthers for Christ

Ping-Pong Panthers

Political Panthers

Purling Panthers

Panthers for the Cure

Rally

Renaissance

Soroptomist

School to Career

Science Olympiad

Speech/Debate

Spoken Words

Vocational Ind. Clubs of America

Yearbook