Mountain Brook High School | |
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Address | |
3650 Bethune Drive 35223 United States | |
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School type | Public |
Founded | 1966 |
School district | Mountain Brook School System |
CEEB code | 010380 |
Principal | Carrie Busby |
Faculty | 86.38 FTE[1] |
Grades | 10–12 |
Enrollment | 1,059 (2018–2019) [2] |
Student to teacher ratio | 12.17[1] |
Campus | Suburban |
Color(s) | Green and gold |
Athletics | AHSAA Class 7A |
Mascot | Spartan |
Team name | Spartans |
Newspaper | Sword and Shield |
Yearbook | Olympian |
Feeder schools | Mountain Brook Junior High School |
Website | www |
Mountain Brook High School (MBHS) is a three-year public high school in the city of Mountain Brook, Alabama. It is the only high school in the Mountain Brook School System. The school's colors are green and gold. Its athletic teams are known as the Spartans. The MBHS competes in AHSAA Class 6A athletics.[3]
Recognition
MBHS has appeared in several rankings, including:
- MBHS was ranked 4th among the 12 Alabama schools included in the Washington Post's 2015 list of "America's Most Challenging High Schools."[4]
- In 2014, MBHS was included among the "Top 150 high schools in the U.S." by the Daily Beast.[5]
- In 2015, SchoolDigger ranked MBHS second among 357 high schools in the state of Alabama and first among high schools in the Birmingham-Hoover metropolitan area.[6]
- In 2015, Niche ranked MBHS 2nd in the state of Alabama and 2nd among high schools in the Birmingham-Hoover metropolitan area.[7]
- In 2008, The U.S. Department of Education recognized MBHS as a National Blue Ribbon School.[8][9]
Athletics
The Mountain Brook Spartans compete in Class 6A of AHSAA.[10] The Spartans currently hold 186 state championships.[11]
The men's basketball team won state championships in 2013, 2014, 2017,[12] 2018,[13] 2019, and 2021.[14]
The girls' cross country team previously had a 14-year state championship winning streak.[15]
Accomplishments
- Selected by Redbook magazine as one of 155 schools honored for "overall excellence"
- Mountain Brook has graduated three Rhodes Scholars.
- In October 2006, Mountain Brook High School's drama department, under the direction of Pat Yates, combined with Fairfield High Preparatory School to present Christopher Sergel's dramatization of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. The joint production received local and eventually national attention, and was featured on NBC's Today Show and NBC Nightly News. Harper Lee herself took notice and agreed to meet with the cast.[16]
- Mountain Brook was named the top athletic program in Alabama for the 2006–2007 season by Sports Illustrated.[17]
Controversy
The school attracted national attention in 2022 for what was seen as an antisemitic incident. The school responded by making plans to adopt a diversity program by the Anti-Defamation League, but dropped it after complaints that the diversity program focused too heavily on race and gender. A Jewish student was reprimanded by the school for posting an out-off-context video of a teacher inviting his class give a Roman Salute, which is known in modern times as the Nazi salute during a lesson on how symbols can change over time, in this instance, from a basic salute to a symbol of hate. The teacher did not force the students to do the salute, and the lesson was subsequientially taken out of context and exaggerated, resulting in the incident being blown up in various sources.[18]
Notable alumni
- Nate Bland, former MLB player (Houston Astros)[19]
- Scott Bondy, an American folk/alternative musician. Formerly lead singer of the band Verbena.
- Courteney Cox, actress (Friends, Scream, Cougar Town, Dirt)[20]
- Tommy Dewey, actor (17 Again, The BabyMakers, The Mindy Project)[21]
- Pat DuPré, semi-finalist at Wimbledon in 1979 and a quarter finalist in the U.S. Open. 1979–1981; he was ranked in the top 20 in the world, reaching as high as 12th.[22]
- Alan Hunter, MTV Veejay[23]
- David Jaffe, video game designer (God of War, Twisted Metal)[24]
- Colby Jones, professional basketball player
- Graeme McFarland, football player (Indiana University)[25]
- Bucky McMillan, Samford basketball coach who coached at Mountain Brook from 2008 to 2020.[26]
- Tribble Reese, quarterback for Clemson, and star in the Reality Series The New Atlanta.[27]
- Emeel Salem, All-American baseball player at the University of Alabama, former minor league player in the Tampa Bay Rays organization. (6th round draft pick 2007)[28]
- Sarah Simmons, Top 8 finalist on season 4 of The Voice.[29]
- William Vlachos, center for the University of Alabama National Championship Team in 2009 and 2011.[30]
- Trendon Watford, an NBA basketball player with the Brooklyn Nets[31]
References
- 1 2 Mountain Brook High School
- ↑ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Mountain Brook High School". nces.ed.gov. U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ↑ "AHSAA School Classification 2014-16" (PDF).
- ↑ "Alabama Schools - The Washington Post". apps.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
- ↑ Beast, The Daily (27 August 2014). "America's Top High Schools 2014". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
- ↑ "Alabama School Rankings". SchoolDigger. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
- ↑ "Best Public High Schools in Alabama - Niche". K-12 School Rankings and Reviews at Niche.com. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
- ↑ Ray, Tiffany (2008-09-09). "Spain Park High School named national Blue Ribbon School". The Birmingham News.
- ↑ "No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools Program - 2008 Schools", U.S. Department of Education
- ↑ "Mountain Brook To Move To 6A Classification". Mountain Brook, AL Patch. 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ↑ https://www.ahsfhs.org/sports/teampage.asp?Team=Mountain%20Brook
- ↑ "AHSAA > Sports > Basketball > Basketball Past State Champions". www.ahsaa.com. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ↑ Boyette, Daniel (2018-03-03). "Class 7A boys: Mountain Brook rolls past McGill-Toolen 73-49 to repeat". al. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ↑ Gentry, Marvin; Victory, Dennis. "Mountain Brook vs. Spanish Fort boys 6A championship at Bartow Arena on Wednesday, March 3, 2021". al. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
- ↑ "AHSAA > Sports > Cross Country > Cross Country Past State Champions Girls". www.ahsaa.com. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ↑ Students learn about race through acting Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine, NBC Nightly News. (October 22, 2006) Retrieved on January 17, 2007.
- ↑ "Best in state: The top high schools in each of the 50 states and D.C." Sports Illustrated. June 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-23.
- ↑ "Jewish student reprimanded for revealing class' Nazi salute". AP NEWS. 2022-02-09. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ↑ "Nathan Bland". Birmingham-Southern College. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Courteney Cox's Changing Looks". InStyle. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- ↑ Harvey, Alec (February 12, 2013). "Birmingham's Tommy Dewey lands lead in new Seth McFarlane Fox sitcom". The Birmingham News. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Callen, Du Pré Joins Southern's Hall of Fame". USTA Southern Tennis 2013 Yearbook. Edition Duo. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- ↑ Colurso, Mary (June 26, 2013). "Birmingham's Alan Hunter looks back at his MTV years for 'VJ' book (photos, video)". The Birmingham News. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- ↑ Grubb, Jeff (July 18, 2014). "Why triple-A devs are going indie (and why indies aren't going triple-A)". Yahoo! News. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- ↑ Anderson, Ric (November 15, 2001). "Short shots: KU lands QB". Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- ↑ Thomas, Ben (April 6, 2020). "Samford makes it official, hires Mountain Brook's Bucky McMillan as men's basketball coach". AL.com. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
- ↑ "Tribble Reese". Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- ↑ "Emeel Salem Wins H. Boyd McWhorter Post-Graduate Scholarship". University of Alabama. April 6, 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- ↑ Colurso, Mary (April 22, 2013). "Birmingham's Sarah Simmons channels team spirit for her battle round on 'The Voice' (video)". The Birmingham News. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- ↑ Gribble, Andrew (April 5, 2013). "Former center William Vlachos back at Alabama as a graduate assistant". The Birmingham News. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Trendon Watford, LSU Tigers, Power Forward". 247Sports. Retrieved 2021-01-20.