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Red Wing High School is a liberal arts, public high school located in the
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, 50 miles southeast of the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area, United States. The school is part of the Red Wing Independent School District (ISD 256) and serves as the high school for
Red Wing, Minnesota Red Wing is a city in and the county seat of Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States, along the upper Mississippi River. The population was 16,547 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropo ...
, and its surrounding communities.


History

The school has a history dating back to 1886, the year that Red Wing built its first public high school.


Central High School (19191995)

Constructed in 1919, the historic Central High, located on East Avenue, functioned as a school. In 1995 the city of Red Wing built the new Red Wing High School on the southeast side of town.


Red Wing High School (1995present)

The building opened on Sept. 5, 1995 located on of rolling hills on the southeast edge of town. From 1995 to 2010 Red Wing High School served grades 912th with 8th grade housed at Twin Bluff Middle School. Due to increased enrollment in younger grades and space needs within the district, in Fall of 2010, 8th grade was moved to the high school. The building now serves students in grades 812. Features include flexible team learning areas, a multi-station "food court," and common staff planning areas. A full size greenhouse and one-of-a-kind Minnesota Department of Natural Resources-licensed Aquaculture Facility play host to plant science and agricultural courses. The Hovda Auditorium seats 732 people and supports concerts and community events. The Little Theatre allows seating for 250 and hosts smaller productions. The top load gymnasium offers three teaching stations. The weights room is available for physical education instruction and sports training. The sports complex includes a football stadium, eight tennis courts, three baseball fields, four softball fields, soccer fields, a nine-lane all-weather running track and field event areas. The district also owns an indoor ice skating facility, Prairie Island Arena.


Academics

RWHS operates on a seven-class schedule. Courses may be taken in the following areas: *
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Business Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or Trade, buying and selling Product (business), products (such as goods and Service (economics), services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for ...
* Cooperative Education Program *
Family and Consumer Science Home economics, also called domestic science or family and consumer sciences (often shortened to FCS or FACS), is a subject concerning human development, personal and family finances, consumer issues, housing and interior design, nutrition and f ...
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* Industrial Technology Education *
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Mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...
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Music Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...
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Science Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into twoor threemajor branches: the natural sciences, which stu ...
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Social Studies In many countries' curricula, social studies is the combined study of humanities, the arts, and social sciences, mainly including history, economics, and civics. The term was coined by American educators around the turn of the twentieth century as ...
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World Language A world language (sometimes called a global language or, rarely, an international language) is a language that is geographically widespread and makes it possible for members of different language communities to communicate. The term may also be use ...
* Individual Credit Program (IEP required)


Academic assessment

The Basic Skills Tests (BST) have been replaced by the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA-IIs) in a continued effort to develop a more rigorous K-12 education system. The MCA-IIs were created to help schools and districts measure student progress in mastering the state's new reading, writing and mathematics standards. Students' performance on these statewide assessments can be used as one of multiple criteria to determine grade promotion or retention. To graduate, students will have to pass the MCA-II writing test given in grade nine, the MCA-II reading test given in grade ten and the MCA-II math test given in grade eleven. All public schools and charter schools must administer the tests. Students must pass these required state exams, as well as successfully complete a required number of course credits and any local graduation requirements to graduate from a Minnesota public high school.


Assessment results

2010 Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment Series II scores:2010 MN Department of Education School Report Card for ISD 256
/ref> * 63% of students met or exceeded state standards for Science – 12% higher than the state average. * 81% of students met or exceeded state standards for Reading – 6% higher than the state average. * 39% of students met or exceeded state standards for Math.


College preparation

RWHS offers a variety of
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(AP),
College in the Schools College in the Schools (CIS) is an educational program for Minnesota high school students run by the University of Minnesota. It allows students to take college level classes in their high school and, as a result, earn college and high school credit ...
(CIS), liberal arts and Career and Technical Education programs.


College in the Schools

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is a program run by the
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that allows high school students to earn college credit while staying in their high school.
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found that students who took dual enrollment courses in high school were more likely to graduate from high school and enroll in college, as well as three years after high school graduation, students who had participated in dual enrollment courses in high school had earned higher college GPAs and more postsecondary credits than their peers.The Postsecondary Achievement of Participants in Dual Enrollment: An Analysis of Student Outcomes in Two States
/ref> Research shows that colleges and universities nationwide accept dual enrollment credits at almost the same rate as they accept AP scores, though it greatly depends on the institution from which the credit originated from.
College in the Schools College in the Schools (CIS) is an educational program for Minnesota high school students run by the University of Minnesota. It allows students to take college level classes in their high school and, as a result, earn college and high school credit ...
dual enrollment through the University of Minnesota is accepted almost universally coast-to-coast. Once limited to high-achieving students, such programs, specifically College in the Schools, are increasingly seen as a means to support the postsecondary preparation of average-achieving students. CIS simulates a truer college experience, as unlike AP courses, students are already enrolled in a college institution and need only to earn a quality grade throughout the course, rather than the potential for college credit being based solely on the score of a cumulative final exam. The United States Department of Education recommends expanding accelerated learning options that offer true post-secondary course work so that students enter higher education with a minimum of six college credits already earned, as students who fail to earn 20 college credits by the end of their first year were less likely to graduate from college. There is no charge to high school students attending U of M courses offered by CIS at their high school. The University of Minnesota-TC charges schools or districts tuition based on a per student, per course basis (not per credit). For the 20102011 school year, tuition is $145 per student, per course, and partial reimbursement for these costs is available to public high schools from the state. College in the Schools is significantly less expensive than the full tuition rate the school district or parent pays when a student enrolls full-time PSEO or after graduation. The University of Minnesota offers over thirty courses through their CIS program, including University Writing, Calculus, American History, Economics, Physiology and several courses in the content areas of World Language and Agricultural Science. College in the School courses offered at RWHS are CIS German and CIS Spanish.


Advanced Placement

Advanced Placement courses are college-level courses taught at RWHS. The Advanced Placement curriculum is offered through a grant earned by Red Wing High School. AP offerings at RWHS include
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,
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, AP Language & Composition, AP Literature & Composition,
AP Calculus Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus (also known as AP Calc, Calc AB / BC, AB / BC Calc or simply AB / BC) is a set of two distinct Advanced Placement calculus courses and exams offered by the American nonprofit organization College Board. AP Calculu ...
,
AP Microeconomics Advanced Placement (AP) Microeconomics (also known as AP Micro and AP Microecon) is a course offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program for high school students interested in college-level coursework in microeconomics ...
,
AP Human Geography Advanced Placement (AP) Human Geography (also known as AP Human Geo, AP Geography, APHG, AP HuGe, APHuG, AP Human, HuGS, AP HuGo, or HGAP, or APHUGO) is an Advanced Placement social studies course in human geography for high school, usually fres ...
,
AP Art History Advanced Placement (AP) Art History (also known as APAH) is an Advanced Placement art history course and exam offered by the College Board in the United States. AP Art History is designed to allow students to examine major forms of artistic expr ...
and AP Studio Art Drawing.


Post-secondary enrollment pptions

Eligible juniors and seniors at Red Wing High School may enroll at Minnesota post-secondary institutions on a full or part-time basis. A student who takes college or technical courses for high school credit will have the cost of tuition, books and materials paid for by the State of Minnesota. Enrollment options include, but are not limited to:
Minnesota State College – Southeast Technical Minnesota State College Southeast is a public technical and community college with two campuses in Minnesota, one in Red Wing and another in Winona. The two campuses were originally two separate vocational institutes. The college is part of the ...
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University Center Rochester University Center Rochester (UCR) was a higher education facility in Rochester, Minnesota. It was part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System. History UCR Partners were: * Rochester Community and Technical College, (RCTC) was ...
(featuring programs from Rochester Community & Technical College (RCTC), University of Minnesota – Rochester and WSU Rochester Center) and the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities.


Articulated Agreements (Tech Prep)

Articulated Agreements are contractual agreements between Red Wing High School and selected post-secondary schools in Minnesota that will provide curricula allowing advanced standing for students in post-secondary technical programs. At Red Wing High School, a junior or senior student earning an "A" or "B" in an Articulated course will receive a certificate indicating the number of credits that will be honored by the technical or community college named on the certificate. Articulated Agreement credits may be earned at Red Wing High School in
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, Business and Marketing,
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and
Industrial Technology Industrial technology is the use of engineering and manufacturing technology to make production faster, simpler, and more efficient. The industrial technology field employs creative and technically proficient individuals who can help a company ac ...
.


Athletics, co-curricular activities and performing arts

Red Wing competes in the Missota Conference and Region IAA of the
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. The sports teams are known as the Red Wing Wingers. The school colors are purple and white. Uniforms and school logos typically include red as an accent. Many students recognize purple, red and white as the school colors, but red is only included due to the name of the city. The school's
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program was started in 1974 by Jim Pohl. Led by John Pohl, the Wingers won the boys' state championship in 1997. John Pohl is second place for the all-time scoring record for Minnesota high school hockey.


Sports and activities


Activities and co-curricular organizations


Student body and support groups

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Co-curricular and intra-curricular organizations

* DECA *
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organizes many events at Red Wing High School including Earth Day, Open House, Poverty Night and the school wide Day of Caring and Sharing, among many more activities. * Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) *
SkillsUSA SkillsUSA is a United States career and technical student organization serving more than 395,000 high school, college and middle school students and professional members enrolled in training programs in trade, technical and skilled service oc ...


Academic and recognition activities

*The ''Aerie'' is the Red Wing High School
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, which prints roughly 14 issues per school year in the Republican Eagle. *
Knowledge Bowl Knowledge Bowl is the name for several interdisciplinary academic quiz bowl-like competitions across the United States and the world. The questions for many Knowledge Bowl competitions are supplied by the Academic Hallmarks company of Durango, ...
is an interdisciplinary academic competition involving teams of four to six students trying to answer questions in a written round and several oral rounds. * Speech Competition *The ''Scarlet Feather'' is responsible for recording, highlighting and commemorating the past year of school in the annual yearbook. *
National Honor Society The National Honor Society (NHS) is one of the oldest, largest, and most widely recognized cocurricular student organizations in American high schools, with 1.4 million members. The purpose of the NHS is to create enthusiasm for scholarship, to ...
*S.O.A.R. (Success, Opportunity, Achievement and Recognition) aims for every Red Wing student to have the opportunity for a successful high school career, and for every student to be recognized for their achievements.


Service organizations

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is a combination service and social club for young people ages 14 to 18. Each of the over 7,200 Interact clubs around the world is sponsored by a Rotary Club that provides guidance and inspiration. The youth clubs are self-governing and self-supporting, giving Interactors a chance to develop a range of leadership skills while learning the value of good teamwork. Interact stands for "international action"; Interact clubs exist in 88 countries and 17 geographical areas. *
Key Club Key Club International, also called Key Club, is an international service organization for high school students. Key Club International is the high school branch of the Kiwanis International family, classified as a Service Leadership Program ...
is a year-round service organization, which is sponsored by the local Kiwanis Clubs composed of the leading business and professional people to the community. Key Club's objective is the development of initiative, leadership ability and good citizenship practices.


Performing arts

* Marching Band and Jazz Band *
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is a co-curricular ensemble of 16 students selected from Concert Choir. * Every year Red Wing High School and the Sheldon Theater produce a professional, big-budget
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. The performances occur in the Sheldon Theater, and the stage and costumes are professionally designed. * Drama/Theatre at Red Wing typically stages three productions each year: ** Fall play: usually a children's play ** Winter play: usually a three-act comedy or classic presented in February or March ** One-Act: Minnesota State High School League one-act play competition


Notable alumni

* Ryan Boldt, second round pick in the 2016 MLB draft by the
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* Reid Cashman, AHL player,
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*
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, actor, ''
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'', '' Scoundrels'' the 2011 remake of the film ''
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'', and the NBC series '' Chicago P.D.'' *
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, ice hockey player * Tim Kelly, politician,
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* Vic Kulbitski, American football player * Lyle Mehrkens, Minnesota state legislator and farmer * Sam Nordquist, group home worker *
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general, commander of
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forcesRobert C. Doty, "''Norstad of NATO: 'Philosopher in Uniform'; The Allied commander in Europe sees himself as the human symbol of the alliance, required to popularize it at a time of severe strain and wide misunderstanding''", ''
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'', May 26, 1957, Pg. 12
* Mitchell Peters, percussionist, composer and long-time tympanist with the
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* John Pohl, NHL player,
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* James Touchi-Peters, composer, symphonic conductor, and jazz vocalist


References


External links


Official siteRed Wing High School sportsRed Wing Agricultural Science Department
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