Moscow High School is a four-year public secondary school in Moscow, Idaho. The flagship school of the Moscow School District, it serves grades 9 - 12 and its principal since 2013 is Erik Perryman. The school colors are red, black, and white, and the mascot is a bear.CampusLess than three blocks east of Main Street on a moderate slope, its current compact campus opened in 1939, with wings added in 1968 and 1991. The previous high school of 1912 is across Third Street to the north; it was used as the junior high until 1959 and is now the "1912 Center." The original high school of 1892 was on the site of the present north wing; it was later Whitworth grade school and was razed in 1939.Originally a four-year high school, MHS was a senior high school (grades 10 - 12) for 46 years, beginning in 1966. The school district reconfigured in 2012 and Moscow High returned to a four-year school in August with the addition of the freshman class.An attempt to fund a new campus on the northeast edge of the city was defeated by voters in 2005. The levy needed a two-thirds majority to pass and was defeated with only 44% in favor.AthleticsMoscow's athletic teams compete in IHSAA Class 4A, the second-highest in the state, in the Inland Empire League (4A). MHS competed against the largest schools in Idaho in Class A-1 (now 5A) until the fall of 1979. It was dropped a classification level in 1976, but successfully appealed for three years to stay. Moscow opted not to petition in 1979 and went down to A-2 (now 3A), and moved between A-2 and A-1 (Div. II) until the new IHSAA classification system placed them in 4A in 2001.
