Mitchell High School (South Dakota)
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Mitchell High School is a public high school located in Mitchell, South Dakota. It serves students in grades 9 through 12, and is the only high school in the Mitchell School District.
History
High school classes were held in the Central School until 1909, when a new Mitchell High School was built.{{cite web |title=Back in Time |url=http://www.mitchellcarnegie.com/back-in-time.html |website=Mitchell Carnegie |accessdate=September 13, 2020}}
By the 2010s, there was an alternative school, Second Chance HS, for at-risk students that provided a small, more customized learning environment.
Demographics
The location and nature of Mitchell High School is rural.{{cite magazine | title=Inside the High School Classroom | magazine=The Science Teacher | date=September 2019 | pages=56ff | via= Gale General OneFile | url= https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A598128761/ITOF?u=wikipedia&sid=ITOF&xid=bcfd2627 }}
The student body of Mitchell High School is 85 percent white, five percent Native American, five percent Hispanic, one percent African-American, one percent Asian, and three percent of students identify as a part of two or more races.{{cite web |title=Mitchell High School - Student Body |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/south-dakota/districts/mitchell-school-district-17-2/mitchell-high-school-17856 |website=U.S. News & World Report |accessdate=September 13, 2020}}
Athletics
The school athletic teams are the Mitchell Kernels; the moniker was adopted in the 1930s.{{cite web |title=Cormelius' roots go back 50 years |url=https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/1557091-cornelius-roots-go-back-50-years |website=Mitchell Republic |accessdate=September 13, 2020 |date=March 9, 2013}} The school mascot is called Cornelius. Both are references to the Mitchell Corn Palace.
Kernel athletic teams compete in the Eastern South Dakota Conference.{{cite web |last1=Sabato |first1=Nick |title=Mitchell to propose limited fan attendance for fall sports |url=https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/sports/6603046-Mitchell-to-propose-limited-fan-attendance-for-fall-sports |website=Mitchell Republic |accessdate=September 13, 2020 |date=August 5, 2020}}
Performing arts
In February 2017, MHS opened the largest high school auditorium in the state of South Dakota.{{cite web |title=Opening of Mitchell (S.D.) district performing arts center delayed |url=https://www.asumag.com/planning-design/new-construction/article/20853641/opening-of-mitchell-sd-district-performing-arts-center-delayed |website=American School & University |accessdate=September 13, 2020 |date=January 17, 2017}}
MHS has a competitive show choir, "Friend de Coup".{{cite web |title=SCC: Viewing School - Mitchell High School |url=https://www.showchoir.com/choirs/school.php?id=65 |website=Show Choir Community |accessdate=September 13, 2020}} FDC won a national-level competition in 2000 and won the state competition sanctioned by the South Dakota High School Activities Association all three years the contest was held (2016–18).{{cite web |title=SCNF Past Results |url=https://www.showchoirs.org/scnf-past-results |website=FAME |accessdate=September 13, 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Traxler |first1=Marcus |title=Show stopped: Format issues lead SD to abandon state show choir competition |url=https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/4571930-show-stopped-format-issues-lead-sd-abandon-state-show-choir-competition |website=Mitchell Republic |accessdate=September 13, 2020 |date=February 16, 2019}} The school also hosts an annual competition.{{cite web |title=Mitchell hosts annual Show Choir Classic |url=https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/4586075-mitchell-hosts-annual-show-choir-classic |website=Mitchell Republic |accessdate=September 13, 2020 |date=March 17, 2019}}
Other activities
The school student newspaper, The Kernel, was cut due to budgetary pressures in 2017, but remained in publication as a club activity in association with the local regular newspaper The Daily Republic.{{cite news | title=Fostering the future: The Daily Republic revives local high school newspaper | magazine=Editor & Publisher | date= January 2017 | page=14 | via=Gale General OneFile | url= https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A478140796/ITOF?u=wikipedia&sid=ITOF&xid=48767464 }}
Notable alumni
- George McGovern, graduated 1940, U.S. Senator and 1972 Democratic Party presidential nomineeCharles Moritz (ed.), Current Biography Yearbook 1967, H. W. Wilson Company, 1968, p. 265.
- Mike Miller, graduated 1998, former professional basketball player,Matt Zimmer, [http://www.argusleader.com/story/sports/2016/09/28/sports-heroes-mike-miller/87944732/ "Sports Heroes: Mike Miller"], Argus Leader, September 28, 2016. coach for the Houston High School, Rookie of the Year, and 2x champion
References
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External links
- [https://mitchell.k12.sd.us/mhs/index.html Mitchell High School]
- [https://mitchell.k12.sd.us/ Mitchell City Schools]
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