Magoffin County High School (MCHS) is a public secondary-level education high school located in Salyersville, Magoffin County,

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

and is part of the Magoffin County Public School District. MCHS is the only high school located within Magoffin County.

History

Tragedy struck the Magoffin County High School building at Hornet Drive on March 2, 2012, when an EF3 tornado caused extensive damage to the primary building, along with multiple other buildings in the area. Two years passed until $40 Million in funding was raised to build a new complex for Magoffin County High School adjacent to the Mountain Parkway and US 460. In August 2016 the new buildings were open to all students. This included a new Gymnasium, a new Football Field, a new Running Track, all new classrooms and cafeterias. Starting in 2004, Magoffin County High School teamed up with local cable provider "Howard Cable" to create the "Magoffin County Schools Television" channel (MCS-TV). The channel's programming includes school athletics games, club-created programs, field trip memorial videos and other original programming focused on the county's public schools.

Career and technical development

In addition to the primary Magoffin County High School building, the public school system offers the Magoffin County Career & Technical Center (MCCTC). The career development programs offered by MCCTC include Electricity, Carpentry, Welding, Computing and Horticulture.

Clubs

Magoffin County High School offers many clubs to its students. These include Academic Team, Beta Club, Champions Against Drugs, Students Against Drunk Drivers, Christian Youth Club, Drama Club, Key Club, MCHS Band, MCHS Cheerleaders, MCHS Dance Team, MCHS Yearbook.

Sports

Magoffin County High School offers many extra-curricular sports activities. These include boys'

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

, boys' and girls'

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

cheerleading Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to ente ...

, boys' and girls' cross country,

dance team A dance squad or dance team, sometimes called a pom squad or song team, is a team of participants that participates in competitive dance. A dance squad can also include: a jazz squad, ballet squad, or any kind of religion dance squad. Dance squads ...

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

, girls' fast pitch

softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

, boys' and girls'

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

, boys' and girls'

track & field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

and girls'

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

. In 2006, Head Coach Steve Miller and his Magoffin County Lady Hornets basketball team won the 15th Regional Basketball Championship. The boys' and girls' track and field teams have produced numerous individual regional championships with respectful placings in state competitions. The Magoffin County High School Dance Team has won many regional and state championships.

References

External links

Magoffin County Schools
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