Pleasant Hill High School is a public

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located in

Pleasant Hill, Missouri Pleasant Hill is a city in Cass and Jackson counties, Missouri, United States. The population was 8,113 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Pleasant Hill is home for the National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleas ...

, United States. PHHS serves students in grades 9 through 12 and is the only high school in the Pleasant Hill R-III School District.

History

Pleasant Hill High School was established in 1923. Voters passed a $90,000 bond in spring to authorize the building of a 300-student high school, which was completed that fall.

Athletics

Rooster and Chick athletic teams compete in the Missouri River Valley Conference.

Performing arts

PHHS has four competitive

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: the mixed-gender "Hillside Singers" and "Hillsound", the all-female "Hilltop Harmony" and the all-male "Powerhouse". Hillside Singers' 2020 season included four grand championships. The program also hosts an annual competition, the Battle of the Best.

Notable alumni

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, legislator * Steve Shifflett, baseball player *

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, baseball player

References

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Pleasant Hill R-III School District
High schools in Cass County, Missouri Public high schools in Missouri 1923 establishments in Missouri Educational institutions established in 1923 {{Missouri-school-stub