South Callaway High School

South Callaway High School
Location
10135 State Road C

Mokane
,
Missouri
65059

United States
Coordinates38°41′14″N 91°53′31″W / 38.68722°N 91.89194°W / 38.68722; -91.89194
Information
School typePublic high school
Established1959
PrincipalHeather Helsel[2]
Teaching staff22.75 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment237 (2023-2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio10.42[1]
Color(s)Royal blue and white
    [3]
MascotCha-Cha the Bulldog
NicknameBulldogs[3]
Websitewww.sc.k12.mo.us/high-school

South Callaway R-II High School, most commonly known as South Callaway High School, South Callaway, SoCal, or SCHS, is a public high school located in Mokane, Missouri, United States. It provides education for students in grades 9–12. The school is part of the South Callaway R-II School District, all located on the same campus in Mokane, and is the only high school in the district. The school colors are blue and white. The school was opened in 1959.[4]

Enrollment

According to numbers at MSHSAA,[5] the school currently enrolls 323 students from the surrounding communities in the southeast corner of the county, including Mokane, Steedman, Portland, Tebbetts, Hams Prairie, and Fulton. Other high schools in the county are comparable or larger in size, with New Bloomfield serving 209 students in the southwest, North Callaway serving 498 in the north, and Fulton with an enrollment of 796 in the Fulton area.

These numbers reflect enrollment data from the 2006-2007 school year, used to facilitate athletic classification.

Curriculum

South Callaway offers a curriculum that includes standard subjects as well as varied electives for students. All classes listed in bold below are offered as dual credit courses through Central Methodist University.

Athletics

The SCHS athletic teams are known as the Bulldogs, with girls' teams occasionally styled "Lady Bulldogs", most often in basketball. These teams, as well as the quiz bowl and speech teams, are members of the Eastern Missouri Conference, along with Tipton, North Callaway, Southern Boone, Harrisburg, and Hallsville.

Sports currently offered at South Callaway include the following. Class and district numbers are provided for those sports sanctioned by MSHSAA:

Seasons

  • Fall
    • Football - Class 2, District 5
    • Softball - Class 2, District 10
    • Cross Country - Class 2, District 3
    • Cheerleading
    • Drill Team
  • Winter
    • Basketball - Class 3, District 8
    • Cheerleading
    • Drill Team
  • Spring
    • Baseball - Class 2, District 8
    • Track and Field - Class 2, District 3
    • Golf - Class 2, District 5
    • Cheerleading

Track and field

The state Senate honored South Callaway's Eric Frazee for his first-place finish in the 300 meter intermediate hurdles at the state track meet in Jefferson City on May 17, 2008. Frazee is the first state champion, at any sport, from the school since its establishment.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "South Callaway High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  2. ^ "High School". sites.google.com. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "South Callaway High School". Missouri State High School Activities Association. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "SoCal board celebrates state champion; approves 08-09 budget", Chris Waller, The Fulton Sun, June 13, 2008
  5. ^ MSHSAA
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