MHHS Awarded Prestigious California Distinguished Schools Award

Mountain House High School has recently been awarded the prestigious California Distinguished Schools Award.  This program recognizes outstanding education programs and practices of schools across the state of California.  This award is given every other year to schools who show exceptional student performance for two consecutive school years.  Indicators used to measure our performance included test scores, suspension rates, and graduation rates. 

In a press release, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond stated:  "I would like to commend these schools for fighting for a better future for our students, closing achievement gaps, and improving academic performance.  Thanks to teachers, administrators, classified employees, and parents working together, these schools meet the needs of all of their students, provide high quality educational experiences, and put kids on a pathway to great careers."

Mountain House High School was one of 162 middle and high schools out of the more than 2600 middle and high schools in the state to receive this award.  Together with the successful WASC Accreditation, our recognition as a PLTW Distinguished School, recognition as a Common Sense Media School, our Golden Bell Award for our Early College Pathway, and other recognition we have received, MHHS is proud of the programs and services that we offer to our students. 

Senior Cap/Gown purchase DEADLINE!

March 1, 2019 is the deadline for Seniors to order their Cap, gown, and tassel for graduation!  Visit the Jostens website to order.  CLICK HERE

Girls and Boys Varsity Basketball

Please join us all in congratulating our Boys and Girls Basketball teams at the end of a successful season! 

The The Mountain House Girls Varsity squad upset #3 seed Sonora High 64-63 in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section 1st round playoff game and ended their season in a highly competitive game in Placerville against El Dorado High School.

The Boys Varsity squad also played valiantly at home against #12 seed Mesa Verde High School 77-61.  This was the boys' program first time in playoffs, and they went in as league champions.  The boys ended their season in the 2nd round game against Ripon, but didn't go out without a fight.

Every student on the roster who made the playoffs played and contributed in various ways for these historic team wins. Mountain House is proud of our basketball teams and the hard work they have put in this year.

Art Contest Winners

Several of our students entered into the annual Menchie's Frozen Yogurt Art contest again this year.  Join us in congratulating our students who won in this yearly competition:

Safiya Mohammed 3rd Place
Ralph Quiambao 2nd Place
Heather Yun 1st Place

All three students won gift cards and certificates, and their art is hanging in the Menchie's on 11th Street in Tracy.  The students also landed in an article in the Tracy Press!

FREE Admission LAST Boys B-ball Game

What:  Last home Boy's Basketball Game

When:  Thursday February 7th

Where:  MHHS Large Gym

Cost:  FREE with donation of toy, snacks, toiletries or new batteries (or regular admission price without a donation)

Come to support your Mountain House Mustang Boy's Basketball team who are UNDEFEATED in league play this year.  Those who bring a donation of a new toy, an unopened snack, toiletries, or new batteries for pediatric cancer patients will receive free admission to the game.

Happy New (Lunar) New Year

We would like to wish all of our students and their families who celebrate the Lunar New year in the Mustang and Mountain House Community a Happy New Year.
This time of year many of our families who are of Asian descent celebrate the lunar new year.  For many, this New Year celebration is the biggest celebration of the year. In 2019 we are ringing in the year of the Pig.  Sometimes called "Chinese New Year" this celebration is observed around the world by many ethnic groups.  Happy Lunar New Year to our students and families!

Attention Sophomore Girls!

We are looking for a representative at this year's Youth Leadership conference at Cal Maritime. The representative will attend a 3 day conference starting on Friday, May 31st. Our school's representative will develop leadership and communication skills. This opportunity will look great on your college applications! If you're interested please complete an application ASAP. Applications are located in the counseling department.

SENIORS: Scholarship Season Begins!

Attention seniors! Scholarship season has begun.Please review your Naviance account or the scholarship bulletin for upcoming opportunities. Scholarship bulletins have been placed in a variety of senior classes but we also have a copy in the counseling center. If you have any questions please reach out to your counselor.

FREE Athletic Combine

Attention all Athletes: The Football Coaching Staff is offering a FREE Athletic Combine, February 9th, here at MHHS. They will test your Speed, Power, and Quickness.  Bring Athletic Shoes, Cleats, Water and a Snack.  We will meet in the Weight Room at 9 am.  See you Saturday!

Counselor Appreciation Week

This week is national counselor Appreciation week.  Did you you know all of the services that our high school counselors provide for students at Mountain House?  They're not just there to make sure that you have the right classes on your schedule to graduate, they also ensure that you take classes that make you eligible to apply for college, they provide social/emotional support.  They can assist you when you are having trouble with friends or a teacher.  They are there to intervene when you are struggling in your classes.  We are fortunate to have our counselors looking out for the best interest of our students at MHHS.  Find some time this week to thank your counselor for all of the hard work that they do.

DECA Wins for MHHS

The Mountain House High School DECA students participated in the regional competition conference on January 18th through the 20th.  DECA helps students prepare for careers in business, and is a part of the MHHS CTE Business Pathway.  All students who participated competed in at least 2 events.

We are pleased and proud to announce that two of our students placed third overall in one of their competitions.  They competed as a team in role play for Travel and Tourism.  They had to speak as a team to a business scenario in this category and present to a judge.  And the winners are:

Aditya Lakkaju and Aashril Shazar

They received coveted "glass" trophies for being in the top 3 overall in this category.

This is a first for all of these students in competition and for them to place is exciting.  Two of the DECA students are going on to State Completion next month to qualify for the International competition.

We look forward to more competition wins by our DECA students.  Special thanks goes out to our DECA Adviser, Dr. Kerry Moquett.

Mountain House Wrestling

MHHS wrestling did great at the league tournament this past weekend.
Please congratulate the following students:

Adam Amir and Cole Merrill both placed 3rd at JV.

All the female wrestlers will continue on to post season competition.

Michelle Poland took 1st in league.

Cannon Waters, Ryan Strout-Hearick, and Jaiden Leus on Varsity will continue on to postseason competition.

Nine of the thirteen wrestlers on our team received medals at the tournament.

Way to go Mustangs!

Black History Month

Did you know that February is Black History Month?  Americans have recognized black history annually since 1926.  We owe the celebration of Black History Month to Dr. Carter G. Woodson.  Dr. Woodson was born to parents who werre former slaves, and he spent his childhood working in the Kentucky coal mines and enrolled in high school at age 20.  He graduated within two years and later went on to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard.  The scholar was disturbed to find in his studies that history books largely ignored the black American population.  Dr. Woodson decided to take on the challenge of writing black Americans into the nation's history.  He established the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History in 1915, and later founded a widely respected journal of African American History.  Mountain House High School remembers and thanks Dr. Woodson for his contributions as we celebrate Black History Month.

Senior Baby Pictures

Attention Seniors: Do you want your baby picture to be placed in the yearbook? Each year we include baby pictures of our Seniors in the yearbook. These pictures should be in digital form and need to be turned into Mrs. Nunn no later than February 11th. These pictures can be emailed to her at rnunn@lammersvilleusd.net or brought on a flash drive to room L103. Every Senior's baby picture can be included so please get them turned in ASAP.

Winterguard and Percussion Wins

Mountain House High School went to their first winter guard and percussion competition of the season on Saturday February 2nd.  We are so proud of our Mustangs who placed 2nd and 1st respectively in their categories.

Winter Guard placed 2nd out of 7 teams.

Winter Percussion placed 1st out of 5 teams.

In addition, 3 of our students tried out and were accepted into the Concord Blue Devils B Drum & Bugle Corps!  This elite marching group is the local audition only, club marching program, for which hundreds of students audition for a few spots each year.  Please join us in congratulating the following students:

Aldrich Yanga
Joseph Moore-Raygoza
Soraya Roman

We are so proud of our Music students here at MHHS!

MHHS Drama at the Lenaea Festival

This weekend our Drama department went to compete in the largest theater competition in Northern California. Over 70 schools were in attendance and, once again, our Mustangs showed how special our school is. On our first trip to the festival, we won gold!
 Please help us congratulate Samantha Hixon. Who brought home a gold medal in the Musical Theater category with her rendition of "Gimme, Gimme" from Thoroughly Modern Millie.
 We are so proud of everyone who went and participated! We had a blast!