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Mount Vernon High School ('''MVHS''') is a high school in Mount Vernon, Washington located 314 North 9th Street. The school enrolls over 1,700 students in grade levels 9-12.The school's schuedle is based on 84 minute periods and a 4-period block schedule, which has students go to periods 1-4 (Green Day) and periods 5-8 (White Day) the next day. MVHS is a diverse school with many different Ethnicities ( White 70%, Hispanic 25%, Asian 3%, Native American 1%, Black 1%). The school colors are green and white. The mascot is a Bulldog . MVHS rival is Burlington-Edison High School . OLD MAIN Old Main is the one of two main buildings, created in 1922 it is the oldest building that the high school has. REMODLING MVHS has been remodeled several times : 1936, 1950, 1952, 1963, 1970, 1975, 1983, 1990, 1992 and most recentley in 2005. In 2005 MVHS opened a new Main building, now known as New Main. New Main has a new cafeteria and new library. Also more parking spots were made for students. Also in 2006 MVHS opened a Career Technical Education ('''CTE''') building. LATIN PROGRAM MVHS offers one of the Few Latin Programs in Washington State with up to four years of classes available. Ms. Wilson heads the program as well as the school's Latin Club. The program is often met with the question, "Isn't Latin a dead language?" and can be answered with, "Falsum etiam est verum quod constituit superior." THE BULLDOG The Bulldog is MVHS Newspaper that is released to the student body every month. SKAGINA Skagina is the MVHS annual Yearbook . Students and alumni together have a lot of pride in the Skagina,2007 will be the 100th anniversary of the Skagina. ATHLETICS MVHS competes in WIAA 3A. The football progam is struggling only having won 4 games in the last four years. The most popular sport at Mount Vernon High School is the Basketball progam, coached by Torey Swason, who played basketball for Mount Vernon in his day in high school. Mount Vernon has won 3 State Titles (1991,1992,2001). Those teams were coached by legendary coach Mac Fraser . MVHS also has had 3 second place finishes (1990,1997,2000). Under Coach Fraser Mount Vernon went to state almost evey year while he was coaching. He is now an assistant to Coach Swanson. GYM Mount Vernon's gym has been known to get crowded and loud, making it a harsh environment for oppenets to play in. The Seattle Times named Mount Vernon High School's gym the number 1 gym in the state. Bulldog fans show lots of school pride at games as they are decked out in green and white. Also school assemblies are loud as all the student body show there school spirit and allegience by yelling "Bulldog Power" with a clap after; this is done repeatedly. FAMOUS ALUMNI
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