Columbia_High_School_(Mississippi)

Columbia High School (Mississippi)

Columbia High School (Mississippi)

High school in Mississippi, United States

Columbia High School is a 4A High School located in Columbia, Mississippi, United States. The principal is L.V. McNeal.[2] It is in Columbia School District. It is a Mississippi Landmark.

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The architecture of the building is an example of European-inspired modernism, and was featured in the French architectural journal l'architecture d'aujourd'hui.[4] It was built in 1937 as a Works Progress Administration project.[5]

In the 2021-2022 school year, the student body was 49.89 percent White and 45.37 percent African American.[3]

Notable alumni

Extracurricular activities

Marching Band

The CHS Marching Band has won 9 MHSAA state championship titles in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2022, & 2023 [8][9]

Athletics

Football

The CHS Football Team has won 2 MHSAA state championship titles in 1982 and 2021. [10]

Baseball

The CHS Baseball team has won 1 MHSAA championship in 2011. [10]

References

  1. [1]
    "Superintendent's Office". Columbia School District.
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    "McNeal Aims to Make CHS an 'A' School". Columbian Progress Newspaper. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
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    "Columbia High School". National Center for Education Statistics.
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    "Michael Fazio: Columbia Mississippi High School". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
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    Hines, Thomas S., William Faulkner and the Tangible Past: The Architecture of Yoknapatawpha, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996, ch. 8, p. 106 accessed Oct. 20, 2012
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    "Southern Tire Mart founder Ernest Duff dies". Tire Business. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
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    "Jaheim Oatis - Football". University of Alabama Athletics.
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    "2022 MHSAA Marching Band Championship Results". Mississippi High School Activities Assosiation. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  9. [9]
    Campbell, Joshua (November 1, 2023). "Marching Wildcats Go Back-To-Back: Columbia Band Wins 9th State Title". The Columbian Progress. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  10. [10]
    "Athletics". Columbia School District.


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