Monacan High School is a public secondary school in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States, near the city of Richmond.
The school was founded in 1979, and is a part of Chesterfield County Public Schools. Its enrollment is roughly 1550 students. The building underwent a major renovation in the summer of 2015 and into the fall of 2016. The almost $30 million project brought a brand new fine arts wing, including new band, chorus, orchestra, and black box theater spaces, along with a music production lab. Connected to the new fine arts wing is a new athletic space including a new three-court gym and premier training facility. Also, a part of the renovation was brand new main and counseling office spaces along with a brand new library, complete with academic meeting rooms and a multi-media recording studio.
Sports
Sports include field hockey, golf, football, volleyball, cheerleading, dance, cross country, indoor track, wrestling, basketball, swimming, soccer, lacrosse, outdoor track, baseball, softball, tennis, forensics and debate. The Chiefs Stadium underwent a massive renovation in 2013 when they replaced all the bleachers and installed new sound systems.
Monacan High School is a member of the Dominion District in all sports. Notable moments in Monacan Sports include: 1979 – 1986 Boys Cross Country went undefeated in Dual Meets and won eight straight Dominion District Championships 1980 – Boys Cross Country Team wins Group AAA State Championships 1981 – Girls and Boys Cross Country Teams win Group AAA State Championships 1982 – Boys Tennis Wins Dominion District and Central Regional Championships 1983 – Boys Baseball Team wins the Central District Baseball Championship and Central Region Baseball Championship 1985 – Boys Basketball Team beats Number One Ranked Petersburg Team and goes to State Playoffs 1985 – Boys Baseball Team completes an undefeated regular season; Six members of the Boys Baseball Team help American Legion Post 186 win the World Series 1989 – Boys Baseball Team wins Central Region Baseball Championship and the Football Team wins Central Region Football Semifinals 1992 – Debate Team wins VHSL State Championship 1994 – Girls Basketball Team wins Central Region Girls Basketball Championship (63–62) 1998 – Boys Volleyball Team wins State Group 3A Championship 2000 – Forensics Team wins 3A State Tournament 2002 – Boys Volleyball Team wins State Group 3A Championship 2004 – Boys Tennis Team wins Dominion District Championship (15–0) Central Region Finalists 2006 – Baseball wins State Group 3A Championship 2007 – Dominion District Forensics Sweeps 2007 – Boys Volleyball Dominion District Regular Season and Tournament Champions 2008 – Dominion District Forensics Sweeps 2008 – Central Region Forensics 2nd Place Sweeps 2009 – Dominion District Debate Sweeps 2009 – Golf Team wins Dominion District Regular season and Tournament Champions 2010 – Dominion District Debate second Place Sweeps 2010 – Central Region Debate Sweeps 2010 – Boys Basketball Team wins Dominion District 2012 – Girls Basketball Team wins Dominion District 2014 – Girls Basketball Team splits Conference 20 Championship with Midlothian (game not played due to snow) 2014 – Girls Basketball Team wins 4A States 2015 – Girls Basketball Team wins Conference 20 Championship 2015 – Girls Basketball Team wins 4A East Regional Championship 2015 – Girls Basketball Team wins 4A States 2015 – Boys Basketball Team wins Conference 20 Championship 2015 – Boys Basketball Team wins 4A States as the lowest seeded team, upsetting two number one seeds en route to the championship 2016 – Combined Swim Team wins the Inaugural Chesterfield County Championship 2016 – Girls Soccer Team finishes with an undefeated regular season record, the first girls team in school history 2016 – Girls Soccer Team wins Conference 20 Championship 2016 – Girls Soccer Team wins 4A East Regionals 2016 – Boys Volleyball Team wins Conference 20 Championship 2016 – Boys Volleyball Team wins 4A Western Section Regionals 2016 – Boys Volleyball Team wins 4A States 2016 – Girls Basketball Team wins 4A States 2017 – Combined Swim Team wins the Chesterfield County Championship 2017 – Girls Basketball wins 4A States. 2017 – Girls Basketball finishes the regular season and postseason undefeated, the first complete perfect season in school history 2017 – Girls Basketball climbed as high as the #2 team in the country
Academics
Monacan offers standard core classes along with honors classes, electives, and Advanced Placement Program classes.
