Moore High School (Oklahoma)
high school in Moore, Oklahoma
Moore High School is a four-year public high school located in Moore, Oklahoma, a suburb south of Oklahoma City. The school is led by one head principal and five class principals. Moore High School opened in 1920 and serves grades 9-12. It is the only high school that serves the east side of Moore.
Moore offers a program in which 11th or 12th-grade students may apply to take morning or afternoon courses as offered at Moore Norman Technology Center. Twenty-seven Advanced Placement courses are offered by MHS in topics including AP Music Theory, AP Studio Art, and AP Psychology.
Past
The original Moore School was built in 1899 next to City Hall on Broadway. It burned down in 1928, and was rebuilt soon after. It served as a school for eight graders on the ground floor, and as the high school on the top floor until 1958.
After the New Moore High School was built, the Old School's first floor has been used as a business outlet.
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