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Mission High Students Soar!
July 19, 2022 - Results for the 2022 college admission season are in and they are impressive. Per a recent San Francisco Examiner article, "Of Mission High School’s class of 2022, 85% of students are headed to college and, among those,…
Support Mission High teachers & students with distance learning
December 01, 2021 - The global pandemic has imposed huge adjustments in all of our lives. At Mission High School, the impact of moving to virtual learning has been challenging. Where 85% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch,…
Headsets for remote learning
August 17, 2020 - The Mission High Foundation received a shipment of 400 headsets for use by Mission High’s students and faculty. Many students lack quiet, non-distracting places where they can attend remote classes, study and work collaboratively with classmates. …
Mission Principal Pirette McKamey published in The Atlantic
June 17, 2020 - Click here to read the full article... What Anti-racist Teachers Do Differently
President Barack Obama tweets about Mission protest
June 3, 2020 - Read the story here... 17-year-old Mission District teen leads protest of thousands in San Francisco
Make the college dreams of Mission High seniors come true!
April 16, 2020 - The final year of high school for seniors across the country has changed dramatically in the last month. Amidst the fear and uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, for many Mission High seniors there remains a bright…
Mission students attend FERMUN 2020 Model UN
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=UjMzuK2T-0A
College Trip, A Student’s Perspective
August 19, 2019 - As an alum, I would like to talk about my experience going on the college tour trip with mission high the summer before my senior year, in 2016. The trip was comprised of about 45 students…
The San Francisco Wellness Initiative @ Mission High
The San Francisco Wellness Initiative is a groundbreaking program dedicated to improving the health, well-being and academic success of the city’s 16,000 public high school students at 19 campuses. In safe, confidential settings, experts in adolescent health at onsite Wellness…
Mission High School Has Its Very Own Functioning Museum
The Museum was founded in 1995 by former Mission science teacher Mr. Walter Swan and former MHS student and principal Ted Scourkes, for the purpose of preserving and displaying the rich history of Mission High School. In 2005 the Museum…
Mission Students Attend Model UN Conference
Attending and participating in the FerMUN conference was truly a unique experience, that wouldn’t have been made possible without the financial support of the Mission High Foundation. We were the only school from the U.S. in attendance, and that was…
SPARK Grants
The SPARK Grant Program provides small grants for Mission High teachers and staff to pursue impactful projects both in and out of the classroom. These grants are meant to further enrich the priorities of Mission High School, have a tangible…
