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Mehlville
High School
School Information
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Mehlville High School
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MISSION STATEMENT Mehlville Senior High School will provide a positive learning environment where student academic achievement creates responsible citizens. VISION Mehlville High School will provide a safe and supportive student centered environment focusing on academic achievement as well as personal and social responsibility. VALUES As teachers we will demonstrate a positive and professional attitude. We are committed to maintaining consistent and ethical behavior. We will promote respect and tolerance of others. TARGET AREAS Student Achievement GOAL: Students will demonstrate improved academic achievement. 1. Students will demonstrate improved oral and written communication skills. 2. Students will demonstrate improved problem solving and critical thinking skills in a variety of situations. 3. Students will demonstrate an increased ability to gain accurate meaning from a written text. GOAL:Students will demonstrate increased responsibility for their personal, social, and academic growth. 1. Students will take responsibility for their academic progress and results. 2. Students will demonstrate citizenship by respecting self and others in all environments. 3. Students will correlate long-term personal and career goals with performance. GOAL: Staff and students will improve the campus environment.1. Students and staff will continue to develop an atmosphere within the school that is increasingly conducive to student learning. 2. Students and staff will develop a school-wide plan for improved communication within the entire school community. 3. Students and staff will develop a school-community partnership to increase and maintain the overall appeal and cleanliness. 4. Students and staff will work with Central Office Administration to develop a school-wide plan to meet the needs of additional classrooms, reduced class size, and campus expansion. GOAL: Students and staff will expand their knowledge and use of technology for academic applications. 1. Students and staff will have access to appropriate technology for academic application. 2. Students and staff will increase their use of appropriate technology for academic purposes. 3. Students will apply knowledge utilizing appropriate technologies. The History of Mehlville
Mehlville's past goes over a time of more than 150 years. It all began back in 1842 when a man named Mr. Greene Parke was chosen to act as a collector for the district. By the good will in his heart, he gave a one-acre section of his land to build a school. This was one of the first schools in the area. It was built as a small cabin on Will Avenue and it was called St. John School (after the now defunct St. John's Township). Eventually, this cabin was replaced with a new school (pictured below with the 1895 all-school photo). This time, the school was made out of brick and it is still standing today.
Many years later in the early 1900s another new school was to be built. The construction started near the old school, but on the other side of Lemay Ferry Rd. A man named Charles Mehl who had owned a farm further down Lemay Ferry was on the deciding committee of what the school should be named. He, along with others, decided to call the school Mehlville. This group had taken Charles Mehl's last name, and combined it with "ville", which is short for village, to come up with the new school name. In 1925, the Mehlville High School contained only four students and two teachers. After five years, in 1930, Mehlville had developed a program with 16 units of approved credit. Each student would have to have 16 units of credit, getting one for each class passed, to graduate out of high school. In the late 1930s, another school was built to hold the growing population of MHS. In 1939, the student body was relocated into this new school. It was finally completed 16 years later as a WPA project (a program initiated by FDR, to provide jobs during the Depression) approved by President Roosevelt. This school was able to house 303 students, 16 teachers, with a gymnasium and a stage for performers. This old school is the current Witzel Learning Center.
In 1951, the Mehlville, Oakville, Point and Washington School Districts reorganized to become the Mehlville R-IX School District. It was not long, however, before it became apparent that Mehlville Senior High could not properly handle the increasing enrollments and construction of a new wing began. This was the first section of the current high school building. The new wing (the front hallway of the current high school) included a gymnasium capable of seating 500 people, 2 home economics laboratories, 2 counselor's offices, a cafeteria, 12 new classrooms, and a 2-room industrial arts section.
After completion in 1954, the old building became Mehlville Jr. High, which it remained until the completion of Buerkle Jr. High in 1974, when it became the high school annex. The Annex has since been renamed the Witzel Learning Center, and houses the district's Early Childhood Center. Several rooms are still used by the high school. Another 12-room addition to the high school was approved in 1962, which also included a brand new girl's gym, another home economics room and a new library. Completion of this project took only 2 years and was occupied immediately. Two more additions closed the quadrangle during the 1960s.
A new library and drama center were built in the late 1970s. The final addition to the high school was completed in 1993 and added a commons area, a new entrance to the gymnasium, and 12 science classroom labs. Proposition P tax levy was passed in 2000, and has slated more renovations for the high school, including new administrative offices as well as weightlifting facilities and several new Fine Arts Classrooms.
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