Shoals High School history

The first graduating class was that of 1910 with 5 graduates.

The oldest section built in 1916 was torn down.

To accommodate this growing enrollment a fifth grade teacher was employed for the 1920-21 school year, and the buildings of the old private high school were reopened to provide space for the upper grades.

Work began on an addition to the school building (on the present site). Around Thanksgiving of 1923, the new building was completed, and the upper grades from across the river moved in.

The City of Muscle Shoals was incorporated in 1924.

In 1938, the school borrowed $7,500 in addition to federal funds that had been obtained, and three buildings were erected.

Consolidation of county schools began in 1951.

James F. Moore, Jr. was employed to serve as the first school superintendent beginning March 27, 1958.

In 1959, the former Howell Graves School building (which currently houses the system's administrative offices) was purchased from the Colbert County Board of Education.

Since the new school was overcrowded within the first year of operation, an additional 10 classrooms were added and occupied by February 1960.

Alvin Parker was named as acting superintendent until March 1, 1970, at which time Donald R. Heidorn (former high school principal) was named as the second Muscle Shoals City Schools Superintendent.

Moore on September 17, 1971, when the beautiful stadium he helped to create was dedicated as "The James F. Moore Stadium."

Junior high students attended Avalon Middle School (the former high school). The Muscle Shoals Area Vocational School was added in 1977.

Then, in August 1998, a new facility was built just behind the location of the old school.