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Revision as of 12:46, 19 December 2011
Mountain Brook High School, founded in 1966, is a three-year public high school in the Birmingham suburb of Mountain Brook. It graduated its first class in 1968. The campus is located at 3650 Bethune Drive It is the lone high school in the Mountain Brook School System.
Enrollment in grades 10-12 for the 2004-2005 school year was 961 students. The principal is Vic Wilson.
School colors are green and gold. The athletic teams are called the "Spartans". The school allowed fraternities and sororities until early in the 21st century.
Accomplishments
- United States Department of Education "Blue Ribbon School"; 1983-84, 1992-93.
- United States Department of Education Secondary Schools Recognition Program.
- Selected by Redbook magazine as one of 155 schools honored for "overall excellence"
- Recognized by Newsweek magazine as one of the nation's top 100 high schools.
- Honored by The College Board for academic excellence and outstanding support and participation in Advanced Placement Program.
- Mountain Brook has graduated three Rhodes Scholars.
- Mountain Brook has won more Alabama state athletic championships (102) than any other school in the state. Coach Robert Higginbotham led the Spartans to the 1975 state football championship.
Principals
- Tim Norris (1976–1996)
- David Stiles (1996–2002)
- Dicky Barlow (2002–2008)
- Vic Wilson (2008–present)
Notable graduates
- Nate Bland, baseball player
- John Cassimus, entrepreneur (Zöe's Kitchen)
- Courteney Cox, actress (Friends)
- Pat Du Pré, tennis player
- Natalee Holloway, missing person
- Alan Hunter, MTV veejay
- David Jaffe, video game designer (God of War)
- Allen Barra, sports writer for Wall Street Journal & author of The Last Coach: A Life of Paul "Bear" Bryant
- Karen Saull, businesswoman and politician
- Jared Weinstein, special assistant to President George W. Bush
References
- "Mountain Brook High School." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 25 Mar 2006, 04:05 UTC. 25 Mar 2006, 04:09 [1]
External links
- Mountain Brook High School website
- Mountain Brook High School football history from ahsfhs.org website