Mandan High School

Mandan High School
Location
Mandan, North Dakota, USA
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Where the Best Begin!
Principal	Mark Andresen
Staff	127
Grades	9–12
Number of students	1,059
School Color(s)	black and white
Nickname	Braves
District	Mandan Public School District

Mandan High School is an American high school located in Mandan, North Dakota. It is the only high school within the Mandan Public School system, serving grades 9–12. In 2007 the Mandan Public School District renovated the high school. Mandan is the 6th-largest school district in the state of North Dakota. Mandan High School has an 88% graduation rate. Enrollment for the 2009–2010 school year was 1,056 students. The graduating class for the 2009–2010 school year was 229 students. On April 1, 2010, Mandan High School was recognized for maintaining 100 years of continuous accreditation from the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI).

Mission statement

The mission of Mandan High School is to develop responsible citizens by providing quality educational experiences in a positive and safe learning environment.

Mandan High School promotes:

Responsibility

Excellence

Safety

Pride

Education

Community

Tolerance

School song

Here’s to Mandan, Here’s to Mandan –

Let us boost our dear old High!

Raise the song both loud and long –

And let it reach up to the sky.

Loyal classmates, loyal classmates,

We depend on each of you:

Prove to our old High that

we are one and all true blue!

Let’s give a rah! rah! rah! rah!

Mandan High is on the floor today.

Let’s give a rah! rah! rah! rah!

Team! And cheer them on in every way.

Let’s give a rah! rah! rah! rah!

Black and White, don’t let our colors fall!

For we are with you every freshman, sophomore,

junior and senior - - - - One and All!

Academics

Progress reports

The Mandan Public School calendar is divided into four 9-week quarters. Report cards are distributed at parent-teacher conferences or the week after the grading period ends.

Test scores

Mandan students score higher on the ACT than at the state and national levels. Mandan Public School students also score higher on the North Dakota State Assessment than students across the state.^{[citation needed]}

• ACT scores

Below are the most recent ACT Test results for Mandan High School, North Dakota and the USA.

School	Score
Mandan High School student average	22.0
North Dakota high school student average	21.6
USA high school student average	21.1

• ND State Assessment scores

Below are the most recent North Dakota State Assessment results comparing North Dakota statewide results and Mandan High School results for the 11th grade.

Reading Assessment scores

Year	North Dakota	Mandan
2006	72	70
2007	65	73
2008	68	74
2009	63	72

Math Assessment Scores

Year	North Dakota	Mandan
2006	57	57
2007	55	55
2008	56	59
2009	55	63

Science Assessment Scores

Year	North Dakota	Mandan
2006	62	67
2007	59	60
2008	61	69
2009	59	69

Athletics

Team information

The official school/team colors are black and white, although red has been adopted by some as an alternate or accent color. All of the athletic teams are named the Mandan Braves. Currently, the logo associated with the Braves is a side profile view headshot of a Native American wearing a headdress.

Championships

• State Class 'A' Boys Cross Country: 1981, 1982, 1983

• State Class 'A' Boys Basketball: 1940, 1966, 1967, 1981, 2009

• State Class 'A' Girls Basketball: 1995, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

• State Class 'A' Football: 1939, 1942, 1947, 1948

• State Class 'A' Wrestling: 1977

• State Class 'A' Boys Track and Field: 1984 co-champions

• State Class Girls Track and Field: 1970

• State Class 'A' Girls Track and Field: 1985, 2002

• State Class 'A' Baseball: 1994, 2010

• State Class 'A' Boy's Swimming and Diving:1995, 1997, 1998

• State Class 'A' Girl's Swimming and Diving: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

• State Class 'A' Speech: 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

National championships

Mandan High School was awarded the 1983 National Cross Country Championship through the XC Legacy series published through Milesplit.us in an effort to begin filling in the national rankings from 1980–1988. The Harrier Magazine, operated by Marc Bloom formerly of Runners World Magazine, began keeping official rankings in 1989. On 1983: "Culminating a remarkable season Mandan capped it's [sic] 21st consecutive meet win streak with a State Championship". ^[1]

References

1. ^ 1983 Cross Country National Championship article

External links

• Mandan High School website