Morganza High School

Morganza High School was a high school located at 752 South Louisiana Highway 3050 in the village of Morganza, Louisiana.

The school buildings and grounds are currently used as a law enforcement training facility for the Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff's Office. As part of a community project, the school's gymnasium was renovated in 2014 and is currently used as a community athletic facility, as well as a parish athletic hall of fame museum.^[1]

History

The school was established in 1906 as a three-room school building.^[2] The two-story building last used as Morganza High School was built in 1940. The high school closed in the early 1980s. The school's mascot was the Tigers. Morganza High School's football team won a state championship in 1955 while playing as part of a six-man football scheme.^[3] The former high school building later became home to Morganza Elementary which was administered by the Pointe Coupee Parish School Board until being closed in 2008.

John B. Fournet, later a supporter of Huey Pierce Long, Jr., Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, lieutenant governor, and associate and Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, was the principal of Morganza High School in the 1916–1917 academic year.

References

^ Comeaux, Tommy (February 21, 2013). "Board, Police Jury agree to use of Morganza gym". Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
^ Smith, Patricia Meeks (May 2004). "Text, Context and Identities in Point Coupee, Louisiana" (PDF). Louisiana State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-09. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ John Dupont, "From the Sidelines: There WERE Other champs," The Pointe Coupee Banner, Vol. 137, no. 8 (New Roads: September 26, 2013), p. 18.

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[1] Comeaux, Tommy (February 21, 2013). "Board, Police Jury agree to use of Morganza gym". Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2014.

[2] Smith, Patricia Meeks (May 2004). "Text, Context and Identities in Point Coupee, Louisiana" (PDF). Louisiana State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-09. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[3] John Dupont, "From the Sidelines: There WERE Other champs," The Pointe Coupee Banner, Vol. 137, no. 8 (New Roads: September 26, 2013), p. 18.

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v t e Schools in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States
Public Elementary Schools	Rosenwald Elementary Rougon Elementary Upper Pointe Coupee Elementary Valverda Elementary
Public High Schools	Livonia High School STEM Magnet Academy of Pointe Coupee
Private Schools	Catholic High School of Pointe Coupee False River Academy
Defunct Public Elementary Schools	Innis Elementary Labarre Elementary Lakeland Elementary Morganza Elementary New Roads Rosenwald Elementary School Poydras Elementary St. Alma Elementary
Defunct Public High Schools	Batchelor High School Innis High School Morganza High School New Roads High School Pointe Coupee Central High School Poydras High School Rosenwald High School Rougon High School Upper Pointe Coupee High School
Defunct Private Schools	Guy Bueche Academy Lejeune Academy Livonia Academy New Roads Church School Old River Academy

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