Two Rivers High School (formerly known as Henry Sibley High School), in

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, United States, was founded in 1954. The school was built in 1971 to serve students in grades 9–12. Today, it serves students in grades 9–12 and houses the district’s administrative offices. It underwent extensive remodeling of several areas in the school after a facilities and technology referendum passed in 2004. It serves as the public high school for Mendota Heights, Mendota, Sunfish Lake, Lilydale, West St. Paul, and parts of Inver Grove Heights and

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. It is a member of the Metro East Conference. It was formerly named for

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. In 2021, the District 197 school board voted to change the name to Two Rivers High School. The change was prompted by the reexamination of Sibley's role in the

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and the country's largest mass execution.

Curriculum

Through the Minnesota state

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(PSEO) program, students are eligible to take classes at state colleges and universities.

Demographics

In the 2014-15 school year, Henry Sibley High School had 1,387 students. The ethnicity breakdown was as follows: * American Indian/Alaskan Native - 1% * Asian - 5% * Black - 8% * Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander - 0.2% * Hispanic - 27% * White - 56% * Other - 3%

Notable alumni

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, polar explorer *

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, bassist for

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, longtime editorial cartoonist for the

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References

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* {{authority control 1954 establishments in Minnesota Educational institutions established in 1954 Public high schools in Minnesota Schools in Dakota County, Minnesota