Senatobia High School

Senatobia High School (SHS) is a public high school at 221 Warrior Drive in Senatobia, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Senatobia Municipal School District.[1]

Senatobia High School
Location
221 Warrior Drive,
Senatobia, Mississippi

United States
Information
TypePublic
School districtSenatobia Municipal School District
NCES District ID2803930
NCES School ID280393000751
Enrollment476 (2021–2022[1])
Color(s)blue and gold   
MascotWarriors
Websitehttps://shs.senatobiaschools.com/o/shs

About

It is a Title 1 eligible school.[1] In 2022, the school's students were 52% Black, 43% White, and 3.4% Hispanic.[2] Blue and gold are the school colors, and the Warriors are the school mascot.[3]

History

C. B. Sisler was the school's principal in 1898.[4] In 1900 T. P. Scott was the school's principal.[5] In 1907 it was documented as serving white boys while Blackbourne College served the area's white girls.[6]

The current school building at 221 Warrior Drive was built in 1938 as a Works Progress Administration project (FEAPWA Project #Miss. 1260) on the site of the former Senatobia Female College.[7] The school's auditorium is Streamline Moderne-style, designed by architects Hull and Drummond, and constructed by Wessell Construction.[8][7]

An analysis of the school's dropouts from 1955 to 1960 was published in 1962 by Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State University.[9]

The former campus location of Senatobia High School at 303 College Street is designated as part of a Mississippi Landmark since March 31, 1994; the listing is within the College Street Historic District under the name "Senatobia School Complex," which had also housed the middle school.[10]

In 2015, the school received a preservation grant from the Community Heritage Preservation Grant program for a new roof.[11] The school has historically had issues with guns on campus, and/or threats of violence that made the local news in 2018 and 2022.[12][13][14]

Sports

The Senatobia High School Warriors football team was state champion in 2004. The football team plays at Varner Field. From 2016 until 2022, Brooks Oakley coached the football team,[15] and is an alumnus.[16]

Their rival school is Coldwater High School in Coldwater, Mississippi.[17]

Alumni

See also

References
  1. "Senatobia High School (2021-2022 school year)". National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES). 2021–2022.
  2. "Senatobia High School". U.S. News. 2021–2022.
  3. "Mississippi High School Football History". www.ahsfhs.org.
  4. Report. Mississippi State Dept. of Education. 1898. p. 250.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. Catalogue of the Officers, Alumni and Students of the University of Mississippi, at Oxford, Mississippi. University of Mississippi. The University. 1900. p. 77.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Encyclopedia of Mississippi History: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions and Persons. S. A. Brant. p. 641.
  7. "Senatobia High School - Senatobia MS". The New Living Deal.
  8. "Suzassippi's Mississippi: Senatobia High School". Preservation in Mississippi. August 28, 2012.
  9. Cathey, Melvin C. (1962). An Analysis of Dropouts in Grade Nine Through Twelve in Senatobia High School, Senatobia, Mississippi for the Period 1955-1960. Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State University.
  10. "Mississippi Landmarks" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Archives and History. May 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2010. Retrieved May 13, 2023. No. 137-SEN-0021.1-NRD-ML
  11. https://www.msabrookhaven.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mdah-news-release-historic-preservation-december2015.pdf
  12. Gater, Harold. "Threat made against north Mississippi high school, community college". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  13. "Shelter in place lifted at Senatobia schools after phone threats". localmemphis.com. November 7, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  14. "Mississippi high school student arrested for having gun on campus; state law says he can't be charged". localmemphis.com. August 31, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  15. Brown, Adam (January 28, 2022). "South Panola High School Announces Brooks Oakley as New Head Football Coach".
  16. "Northwest vs. East Miss. - October 17, 2013 by NWCC_Rangers - Issuu". issuu.com.
  17. "Three students accused of bringing loaded guns to Coldwater High". WREG.com. 2022-12-15. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  18. Brown, Adam (August 23, 2013). "Hotty Toddy Tate County".
  19. "Obituary for Brinkley Morton". The Northside Sun. 1994-07-21. p. 6. Retrieved 2022-11-13.

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