Murray High School (Utah)
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Murray High School's main entrance and plaza
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5440 S. State Street Murray City, Utah United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°39′15″N 111°53′20″W / 40.65417°N 111.88889°WCoordinates: 40°39′15″N 111°53′20″W / 40.65417°N 111.88889°W |
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| Type | Public |
| Motto | Striving for excellence past, present, and future. |
| Established | 1916 (Hillcrest location) 1954 (current location) |
| School district | Murray City School District |
| Principal | Scott Wihongi |
| Faculty | 79 |
| Grades | 10–12 |
| Number of students | 1,465 (2016–17 school year) |
| Campus size | 21 acres (85,000 m2) |
| Color(s) | Orange and black |
| Athletics conference | 5-A Region 6 |
| Mascot | Spartan |
| Website | http://murrayhighinformation.webs.com/ |
Murray High School is the only high school in the Murray City School District in Murray, Utah. Murray High School is one of the smallest high schools in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area with 1,465 students enrolled in the 2016–17 school year. The school enrolls students in grades 10–12. The school's mascot is the Spartan, and the school colors are orange and black. Murray High is a 5-A school in Utah's 6 Division high school sports leagues (1A being the smallest, and 6A being the largest). The Disney Channel reality show High School Musical: Get in the Picture was shot on the Murray High campus in 2008, and American Idol season 7 runner-up David Archuleta attended the school. The school also offers the highest number of Salt Lake Community College Concurrent Enrollment classes in the state of Utah.
Murray High School was originally located on the east side of State Street at the current Hillcrest Junior High location, another Murray City School District School, at 126 East 5300 South Murray, UT. From 1916-54 Murray Junior High was named Murray High and Junior High. It was rebuilt and moved across to the west side of State Street in 1954.
At the beginning of the 2007-2008 year, administrators, along with MHS's Environmental Club, started a program to save energy and money. Adjustments at the school, and other schools and offices in the district, included changes to the thermostats, and turning off running water in the restrooms and unplugging machines during weekends and long breaks. This has caused difficulties for the instrumental music programs at Murray High, since instruments can sustain harm when temperatures are allowed to drop drastically over long school breaks. Recycling bins have been placed throughout the school. Students are sent to detention if they are found to have wasted excessive amounts of water. Since its beginnings, the district has saved $405,000, all of which went into teachers' budgets. It is projected that in four years the district will have saved one million dollars, or a twenty percent savings per month.
Disney has donated generous funds to help and thank Murray High for having them film inside and outside the building, and is expected to film more films at the school. So far, however, this expectation has gone largely unfulfilled.
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