Mark Morris High School

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Public secondary school in Longview, Washington, United States

Mark Morris High School

Address

1602 Mark Morris Court

Longview

Washington

98632

United States

Coordinates| 46°08′41″N 122°56′10″W﻿ / ﻿46.14474°N 122.93609°W﻿ / 46.14474; -122.93609
Information
Type| Public secondary
Motto| "Roar With The Pride"
Established| 1957
School district| Longview Public Schools
Principal| Aaron Whitright
Teaching staff| 44.84 (FTE)[1]
Grades| 9–12
Enrollment| 955 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio| 21.30[1]
Color(s)| Red and Columbia blue
Nickname| Monarchs
Yearbook| Almonarch
Website| markmorris.longviewschools.com//

Mark Morris High School is a public high school in Longview, Washington, United States, for grades nine through twelve. In 2013, it had an enrollment of 976 students.

A part of Longview Public Schools, the school was built in 1957 and is named for Samuel Mark Morris, the third president of the Long-Bell Lumber Company. The school has a partially open campus. Students are allowed to leave campus during lunch if they wish.

Mark Morris was recognized as one of thirteen high schools identified as a high performing school in the area of math growth during the 2013 Washington Achievement Awards at OSPI in Olympia. OSPI assesses data from state testing over the past three years and it made significant growth during that period.

## Athletics

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Front of the school

The Mark Morris Monarchs compete in a wide variety of sports, including American football, basketball, girls' volleyball, soccer, cross country, water polo, wrestling, swimming, baseball, golf, bowling, softball, tennis, cheerleading and track and field. Local rivals include the R.A. Long High School Lumberjacks and the Kelso Hilanders. Mark Morris plays its home football games at Longview Memorial Stadium, which is near the R.A. Long campus.

Mark Morris plays rival R.A. Long at least once a year in football in a game called the "Civil War".

The Mark Morris gymnasium is named for Ted M. Natt, former editor of the Longview paper, The Daily News.

The school has a swimming pool on campus, The Dick Mealy Memorial Pool, which other district schools and the community at large can use. The Killer Whales Swim Club for area youth and adults meets at the pool.

### State championships

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* Baseball: 1973[2]
* Boys' basketball: 1978, 1985, 1987
* Boys' golf: 1998
* Boys' tennis: 1989
* Girls' basketball: 2013, 2015
* Girls' bowling: 2010, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019
* Girls' golf: 1994
* Girls' tennis: 1979, 1980
* Volleyball: 1979, 1980

## Notable alumni

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* Bud Black – former Major League Baseball pitcher and current Colorado Rockies manager
* Doug Christie – former basketball player, retiring with the Los Angeles Clippers
* Lisa Sari – soccer midfielder who last played for the Los Angeles Sol of Women's Professional Soccer; coaches FC Portland; her jersey still hangs in the main hallway at Mark Morris
* Trevor Smith – state champion wrestler; NJCAA All-American wrestler; professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the UFC's Middleweight Division[3]
* Rick Sweet – former Major League Baseball catcher and current manager of the Colorado Springs Sky Sox
* Brian Thompson – actor, known for his work in action films and television series; Class of 77

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Mark Morris High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
2. ^ Washington Interscholastic Athletics Association. Tournament History: Championship Information.
3. ^ "Trevor Smith UFC Bio". Retrieved August 4, 2014.

## External links

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* Official website

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