Monett High School is a public high school, located in
Monett, Missouri
Monett is the most-populous city in the Barry and Lawrence counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The city is located in the Ozarks, just south of Interstate 44 between Joplin and Springfield. According to the 2020 census, the population of the ...
which is located in
Lawrence County &
Barry County. It is part of the Monett R-1 School District and holds grades 9-12. As of 2019 it enrolls 772 students with a student to teacher ratio of 18:1.
Academics
Monett provides student issued Chromebooks as a way to broaden their horizons. Monett offers a "GOCAPS" program - which provides students a chance to learn outside of the traditional school setting, while earning credit, and allows them to work with local business partners on real world, hands on projects.
Monett also participates in a program known as A+, in which students must maintain a 2.5 GPA and complete a certain number of service hours, most of which are completed through peer tutoring. Students who successfully complete the A+ program automatically get a free two-year scholarship to a two-year college in the state.
Students can register for dual credit courses through Missouri State University, Drury University, and Crowder college. Monett also participated in the Advanced Placement (AP) program
Additionally, Monett hosts the Scott Tech Center that allows students to explore career opportunities in various career paths like Nursing, Welding, Child Care, Culinary arts, and more
Extracurricular activities
Monett students can participate in a number of extracurricular activities, including:
Speech and Debate,
Theater, Academic Team/Quiz Bowl, Science Olympiad, Future Business Leaders of America, Robotics Competition, Chorale music, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Art competition, Student Council, and National Honor Society
Athletics
Monett High School's official mascot is the Cubs. They are part of the
Big 8 Conference (Missouri)
The Big Eight Conference is an athletic conference comprising medium-size high schools located in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. The conference members are based around the Joplin and Springfield areas and are located in the counties of Barry ...
. Football, Soccer, and Track & Field events are all held at
Burl Fowler Stadium in Monett.
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Baseball
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- Men
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Basketball
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– Men & Women
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Cheerleading
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- Co-ed
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Cross Country – Men & Women
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Football
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- Men
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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 ...
– Men & Women
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Soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
- Men & Women
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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 ...
- Women
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Speech and Debate - Co-ed
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Swimming - Men & Women
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Track and field
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– Men & Women
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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 ...
– Women
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Wrestling
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- Men & Women
State championships
*1971 Football (2A)
*1977 Football (2A)
*2008 Wrestling (2)
*2016 Football (3)
*2017 Softball (3)
*2019 Wrestling (2)
*2020 Wrestling (2)
Notable alumni
References
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Public high schools in Missouri
High School
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