History

Magnolia Heights School was the dream of a group of citizens who felt the need for alternative education in the Tate county area for any child interested in a college preparatory education. The site for the new school would be a 30 acre plot of land just south of Senatobia for easy access from Tate, Panola, and Desoto counties. 

 

Members of the first Board of Directors were Nat Troutt (Chairman); Perrin Caldwell, W.B. Hall, A.M. Adams, Earl Embrey, Leon Hannaford, John May, Gregg Mitchell, Bill Roberts, and Jerry Veazey. The school received initial accreditation from Mississippi State Department of Education and the Mississippi Private School Association.  Magnolia Heights also organized its first athletic teams, fielding squads in high school football, basketball, and baseball. The parents also organized the first Parents' Club, Booster Club, and started a Memorial Fund to plant magnolia trees along the school drive and to fund other landscaping projects on the campus.