Maryville High School (Missouri)

Maryville High School is the public high school for Maryville, Missouri. It is the only institution to have the Spoofhound for a mascot. It is a Missouri State High School Activities Association Class III school. The present high school building on the southwest side of Maryville opened in the 1965-66 school year.HistoryIt earlier had the Washington High School from 1908 to 1965 at First and Vine. Before that was a school in the same location from 1883 to 1908. The Maryville Spoofhound Soccer Team won its first districts in 2015. The Washington School building was used as a middle school until 1999 when it was torn down after the middle school moved closer to the Maryville High campus on the south edge of Maryville.In 2006, the school moved from its traditional category of medium size Class 3 school to Class 2. It was runner up in the state championship football in 2008 and won the title in 2009. In 2010 it returned to Class 3.Current campus timeline1965 - First class to graduate in the building ; first class to attend the school is 1965-66. Cost for construction was $950,000. The bond issue was approved in March 1963. The original footprint was 64,300 square feet and on a 40-acre campus. Among other locations that were considered were expanding at the original location Washington location and just west of the Northwest Missouri State University campus. Joe Radotinsky is the architect.1970 - Vocational school building opens south of main building.1976 - Football field opens down the hill east of the high school ending an era when games were played at Bearcat Stadium. In 1977 an "M" is placed on the field.1999 - Middle school opens about a quarter mile southeast of high school but joined landwise to the high school. Washington school is torn down.2016 - Lee and Nina Schneider Performing Arts Center opens on east side towering over the school prompting the school to switch its official entrance from the east side to the west side. It is named for Lee Schneider who directed the school band for many years. It is 19,000-square-feet and seats 698 people. Concerts had been held in the gymnasium prior. The earlier Washington school building had a separate auditorium.