Musselman High School
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The crest of Musselman High School, created by Jostens.
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126 Excellence Way Inwood, WV 25428 United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°21′07″N 78°02′30″W / 39.35188°N 78.04163°WCoordinates: 39°21′07″N 78°02′30″W / 39.35188°N 78.04163°W |
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| Type | Public 4-year |
| Motto | Once an Appleman, Always an Appleman |
| Established | 1949 |
| School district | Berkeley County Schools |
| Superintendent | Mr. Manny P. Arvon |
| Principal | Holly M. Kleppner |
| Faculty | 158 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 1,657 |
| Color(s) | Kelly green and white, with a touch of red |
| Mascot | Red Delicious Apple |
| Nickname | Applemen |
| Newspaper | The Cider Press |
| Yearbook | The Echo |
| Website | www.applemen.org |
Musselman High School is a class AAA high school in Inwood, West Virginia, United States, located at 126 Excellence Way. Inwood is in Berkeley County, West Virginia and just outside the city of Martinsburg, the largest city in the Eastern Panhandle and the eighth largest municipality in West Virginia. Inwood is approximately 79 miles from Washington, DC. Musselman High School was established in 1949. Musselman High School was named for the C.H. Musselman Company, an apple processing plant and maker of Musselman's Applesauce. The mascot is the Applemen, a Red Delicious apple with large, muscular arms and legs and an aggressive facial expression.
A new school building was built for the Musselman community in 1998 to replace the aging original structure and to better serve a rapidly increasing population.
Musselman High School has Holly Kleppner as its principal, and four assistant principals, Jason Kamslowsky, Matthew D. Wink, Paul Tyson, and Steve Campbell, who is the athletic director.The school has a faculty and staff of about 160 workers. Each high school in Berkeley County is supplied with a School Resource Officer. School staff are hired through Berkeley County Schools and West Virginia Department of Education.
In the 1930s, the South Berkeley community realized that a new high school was necessary. Bunker Hill High School, the only high school in the south end of the county, had become overcrowded and substandard. The Berkeley County Board of Education could not afford such an endeavor at the time, so the thought was set aside. Years later, Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Musselman, owners and operators of the Musselman apple processing plant, saw the need and decided to share their wealth by providing the area with a new, modern structure. Mr. Musselman died before the building was completed. The original building was built largely by employees of the C.H. Musselman Company.
In order for the Musselman Foundation to make the gift to the community without special legislation, a special legal procedure was followed. First, the school board purchased the agreed upon site for the building. The site was then leased to the C.H. Musselman Foundation and the building was constructed. The lease was subsequently terminated and the key was handed over to the Berkeley County Board of Education once the structure was finished. The Board of Education named the school Musselman High School. Classes commenced before all details were completed due to the strong need for the facility.
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