Cedar High School

Cedar High School, also known as Cedar City High School or CHS, is a public secondary school located at 703 West 600 South in Cedar City, Utah. The school mascot is Redmen (an Indian chief), and the school colors are crimson and gold.

Mission Statement

"Cedar High is dedicated to cultivating responsible citizens through lifelong learning and community involvement." [ [http://chs.ironk12.org/Missionstatement.htm CHS Mission Statement] ]

History of CHS

Cedar High school was originally part of Branch Normal School, a branch from the University of Utah. The responsibility for running the school was transferred to Utah State University. When this happened, the school's name was changed to Branch Agricultural College, what is today Southern Utah University. As the town and number of students grew, the need for an independent high school became very apparent. Cedar High School was officially founded when classes began in September 1940. The School building was located on Center and 300 West just north of the Randall L. Jones auditorium on the SUU campus. It was designed to house 350 students and became overcrowded as the student body grew to 500. It was torn down in 2000 to make room for a parking lot.

The school was founded in 1941 and incorporated high school students from the nearby Branch Agricultural College. [ [http://www.three-peaks.net/iron_msn.htm Iron County History] ] Cedar High School belongs to the Iron County School District. The current building was completed in the early 1960's and has undergone several expansions since then. Current enrollment is about 900. As of 2006, the principal is Kevin Garrett.

Until 1997 Cedar High was the city's only secondary school; for many decades its students participated in a fierce rivalry with Dixie High School in St. George, Utah (another one-high-school town until the 1980s). For the past decade the hometown rivals have been the Canyon View High School Falcons.

Traditionally, Cedar High School has been known for its outstanding choir, orchestra and band groups; a dynamic theater program; and an art department with talented teachers and students. CHS has also fielded many champion cross-country teams, probably due to the school's high training elevation (Cedar City sits at roughly 5800 feet above sea level).

Sports

CHS sports include baseball, basketball, cheer leading, cross country, football, golf, Mohey Tawa (drill team), soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.

The boys basketball team won there first 2A State championship in 1975 under coach Dick Hobbs 3A Utah State Basketball Championship in 1994 and 1995 under head coach Steven Hodson [http://www.suu.edu/athletics/womensball/07profiles/hodson.html] .

2007-2008 SportsRegion 9 Champions in: Football,Wrestling, Cross Country, Swimming,Basketball, Mohey Tawah.State Champions in Girls Cross Country and Cheer and the Cheerleaders went to Nationals were they placed 8th.

Notable alumni

* Michael O. Leavitt (Secretary of Health and Human Services) [ [http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/l/LEAVITT,MICHAEL.html Michael O. Leavitt biography] ]

References

External links

* [http://chs.ironk12.org/ Official website]
* [http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/ut/339 Greatschools.net profile]
* [http://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/accred/reports/TeamReports/CedarHS.pdf 2005 Inspection report] (.pdf)