School in Mitchell, South Dakota, United States
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
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High school classes were held in the Central School until 1909, when a new Mitchell High School was built.
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By the 2010s, there was an alternative school, Second Chance HS, for at-risk students that provided a small, more customized learning environment.
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Demographics
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The location and nature of Mitchell High School is rural.
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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.
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Athletics
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The school athletic teams are the Mitchell Kernels; the moniker was adopted in the 1930s.
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The school mascot is called Cornelius.
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Both are references to the
Mitchell Corn Palace
.
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Kernel athletic teams compete in the
Eastern South Dakota Conference
.
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State Championships
Sport
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Years
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Boys basketball
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1932, 1935, 1940, 1948, 1950, 1964, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2024
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Football
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2016
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Girls tennis
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2019
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Performing arts
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In February 2017, MHS opened the largest high school auditorium in the state of
South Dakota
.
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MHS has a competitive
show choir
, "Friend de Coup".
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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).
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The school also hosts an annual competition.
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Other activities
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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
.
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Notable alumni
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References
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"Mitchell High School"
. National Center for Education Statistics
. Retrieved
September 13,
2020
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"Back in Time"
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Mitchell Carnegie
. Retrieved
September 13,
2020
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b
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d
"Inside the High School Classroom"
.
The Science Teacher
. September 2019. pp. 56ff – via Gale General OneFile.
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"Mitchell High School - Student Body"
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U.S. News & World Report
. Retrieved
September 13,
2020
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"Cormelius' roots go back 50 years"
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Mitchell Republic
. March 9, 2013
. Retrieved
September 13,
2020
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Sabato, Nick (August 5, 2020).
"Mitchell to propose limited fan attendance for fall sports"
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Mitchell Republic
. Retrieved
September 13,
2020
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"SDHSAA State Championships - Boys basketball"
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South Dakota Public Broadcasting
. Retrieved
September 13,
2020
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Wek, Nate (November 12, 2016).
"2016 11AA Championship: Mitchell Wins First State Title"
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South Dakota Public Broadcasting
. Retrieved
September 13,
2020
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"Mitchell earns first team title, Krajewski wins top flight singles at Class A State GIrls' Tennis Tournament"
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Dakota News Now
. October 8, 2019
. Retrieved
September 13,
2020
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"Opening of Mitchell (S.D.) district performing arts center delayed"
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American School & University
. January 17, 2017
. Retrieved
September 13,
2020
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"SCC: Viewing School - Mitchell High School"
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Show Choir Community
. Retrieved
September 13,
2020
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"SCNF Past Results"
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FAME
. Retrieved
September 13,
2020
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Traxler, Marcus (February 16, 2019).
"Show stopped: Format issues lead SD to abandon state show choir competition"
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Mitchell Republic
. Retrieved
September 13,
2020
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"Mitchell hosts annual Show Choir Classic"
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Mitchell Republic
. March 17, 2019
. Retrieved
September 13,
2020
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"Fostering the future: The Daily Republic revives local high school newspaper"
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Editor & Publisher
. January 2017. p. 14 – via Gale General OneFile.
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Charles Moritz (ed.),
Current Biography Yearbook 1967
, H. W. Wilson Company, 1968, p. 265.
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Matt Zimmer,
"Sports Heroes: Mike Miller"
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Argus Leader
, September 28, 2016.
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