Columbia High School (Mississippi)
Columbia High School is a secondary school located in Columbia, Mississippi, United States. It is in Columbia School District. It is a Mississippi Landmark.
Columbia High School
The principal is L.V. Mcneal.
Mascot: Wildcat Colors: Blue & Gold
The architecture of the building is an example of European-inspired modernism, and was featured in the French architectural journal l'architecture d'aujourd'hui.[1] It was built in 1937 as a Works Progress Administration project.[2]
In 2022 the student body was about half White and 45 percent African American.[3]
Notable alumni
- Ernest Duff (1931-2016), businessman, lawyer and Mormon bishop[4]
- Walter Payton, hall of fame former Chicago Bears running back who died in 1999, and the namesake for the Walter Payton Award
- Gus Hunt, American cybersecurity expert, and former intelligence officer. He is the managing director and cyber strategy lead for Accenture Federal Services. He formerly served as the Chief Technology Officer for the Chief Information Officer at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
References
- "Michael Fazio: Columbia Mississippi High School". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
- Hines, Thomas S., William Faulkner and the Tangible Past: The Architecture of Yoknapatawpha, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996, ch. 8, p. 106 accessed Oct. 20, 2012
- https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/mississippi/districts/columbia-school-district/columbia-high-school-11239
- "Southern Tire Mart founder Ernest Duff dies". Tire Business. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
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