Hastings High School (Minnesota)

Hastings High School
Hastings High School's main entrance
Address
200 General Sieben Drive
Hastings, Minnesota 55033
 United States
Coordinates 44°44′39″N 92°53′27″W / 44.74417°N 92.89083°W / 44.74417; -92.89083Coordinates: 44°44′39″N 92°53′27″W / 44.74417°N 92.89083°W / 44.74417; -92.89083
Information
School type Public, high school
Founded 1866
School district Independent School District 200
Superintendent Tim Collins
Principal Mike Johnson
Grades 9–12
Enrollment approx. 1,800
Hours in school day 7
Campus type Suburban
School color(s) Royal blue and gold         
Athletics conference Metro East
Mascot Raider
Team name Raiders[1]
Yearbook Spiral
Feeder schools Hastings Middle School
Website Hastings High school

Hastings High School is one of the oldest operating public high schools in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is in Hastings, and is part of Independent School District 200.

About

A new multimillion-dollar facility was established in 2001. The construction of the new school was centered on a bridge connecting the athletic portion of the school to the academic. Not only does the bridge show this important connection between academics and athletics, it also illustrates the school's dedication to "connect students to other students, and students to teachers, staff and administrators"[2]

The school is known for its strong music program, a freshman orientation program called "Link Crew", athletics, National Honor Society, and service to the community. It is also known for its national placing show choir, Riverside Company. Hastings has a special education program in the school and works with students of all abilities.

The school's philosophy is revolved around a liberal arts education in which students must take core classes to fulfill graduation requirements including English, social studies, mathematics, sciences, languages, and the arts, though they can also choose from a variety of business, physical education, horticulture, family studies, and industrial technology classes.[3]

Hastings enrolls about 1,800 students in grades 9-12 and has a graduation rate of 97 percent. The school is positioned on over one hundred acres near the bluffs of the Mississippi River, and is home to one of the oldest active alumni associations in the country, which hosted its 131st annual meeting in 2014.

Creative arts

Hastings High School offers many creative course options in performance and fine arts. Courses include drawing, painting, band, orchestra, choir, speech, and theater arts.[4] The art instructors are advisers for the school's Art Club, and coordinate different activities and projects that coincide with different seasons and holidays. Art is displayed throughout the school through student-made projects, including large murals and intricate mosaics. Musical talents are cultivated through an active and lively choir/band/orchestra wing. The school has an award-winning show choir that has competed on a national level numerous times throughout the years with the help of Lin Warren. Hastings is also home to the Hastings Raiders Marching Band, which has competed in summer parades and fall field shows throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota, and as far as Colorado and Massachusetts. They have also won awards in the Youth in Music Band Championships.

Communities served by Hastings Public Schools (ISD 200)

Cities:

  • Hastings (pop. 22,424)
  • Hampton (pop. 689)
  • Miesville (pop. 125)
  • New Trier (pop. 112)
  • Vermillion (pop. 419)

Townships:

  • Denmark (pop. 1,348)
  • Douglas (pop. 760)
  • Hampton Township (pop. 968)
  • Marshan (pop. 1,263)
  • Nininger (pop. 865)
  • Ravenna (2,336)
  • Vermillion Township (pop. 1,243)

Athletics

State championships

SeasonSportNumber of championshipsYear
Fall Adapted Floor Hockey (CI) 3 2006, 2009, 2015
Adapted Floor Hockey (PI) 3 2004, 2005, 2006
Adapted Soccer (CI) 2 2007, 2012
Adapted Soccer (PI) 6 1993, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006
Football, boys' 5 1937^^, 1938^^, 1939^^, 1949^, 2001
Marching band 6 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017
Swimming and diving, girls' 2 1989, 1995
Winter Nordic skiing, boys' 1 1989
Nordic skiing, girls' 1 1992
Alpine skiing, boys' 1 1988
Basketball, girls' 1 1996
Show choir - Riverside Company 4 2012 (3rd at Nationals), 2013 (2nd at Nationals) 2014 (2nd at Nationals), 2015 (5th at Nationals)
Wrestling, boys ' 1 1996
Spring Adapted Softball (PI) 2 2006, 2008
Softball, girls' 1 2011
Golf, boys' 1 1986
Baseball, boys' 2 1967, 1999
Total: 42

^^ = Indicates the Mississippi Valley State Champions. ^ = Pre-Minnesota State High School League.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ http://hs.hastings.k12.mn.us/Athletics.html
  2. ↑ http://hs.hastings.k12.mn.us/home.html
  3. ↑ http://hs.hastings.k12.mn.us/About_HHS.html
  4. ↑ "Hastings Art Courses". Retrieved 12 March 2014.
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