Henry Sibley High School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Henry Sibley Sr. High School

district = ISD 197
principal = Dr. Robin Percival
type = Public secondary
established = September 1954
city = 1897 Delaware Avenue Mendota Heights
state = Minnesota
country = USA
enrollment = 1,637
grades = 9–12
conference = Classic Suburban
campus = Suburban
mascot = Warriors
colors = Red and Gold
free_label_1 = School hours
free_1 = 8:30-3:04
free_label_2 = Newspaper
free_2 = [http://sibley.isd197.org/se3bin/clientgenie.cgi Sibley Times]
[http://www.rschooltoday.com/school156/images/files/the_dirt_volume_i_issue_v_.pdf The Dirt]
website = [http://www.rschooltoday.com/se3bin/clientschool.cgi?schoolname=school156]
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Henry Sibley High School was founded in 1954. The current school was built in 1971 to serve students in grades 10-12. Today, it serves students in grades 9-12 and houses the district’s administrative offices. It is currently remodeling the main offices, expanding the cafeteria, and remodeling science spaces, thanks to passage of a facilities and technology referendum in 2004. It serves as the public high school for the communities of Mendota Heights, a large part of Eagan, Mendota, Sunfish Lake, Lilydale, West St. Paul and parts of Inver Grove Heights. It is a member of the Classic Suburban Conference.

Renovations

The District 197 School Board approved the design proposal for Henry Sibley in March 2006. On April 17, the School Board approved construction bids for work on Henry Sibley. Shaw Lundquist Associates was selected for interior renovation with a base bid of $17,347,000. This is also the reason the textbooks were in such fine condition. The Board also approved full replacement of tile, which was bid as an alternate job to ensure higher priority items were covered first. Building Restoration Corporation was awarded the work for exterior restoration with a base bid of $1,518,410.

Sibley's remodeling will span three years so that active construction can be limited to summer. The first visible project is the site remodeling began in June 2006. The school is not only adding an extension to the cafeteria but also a new weight room.In the second year of Renovations the 3rd and 2nd floors are completely remodeled. There is also a completely new cafeteria that will be joined with a completely new 1st floor next year. The school also has around 100 Macbooks for students in class and all teachers have one as well.

Logo

The “Warriors” is a name rich in history and tradition in its community. Henry Sibley High School has always been named the Warriors and has always had the Warrior as the mascot. However, what the mascot looks like has gone through some pretty major changes. Henry Sibley has been a high school since 1954. The existing building has been open since 1971. Over these many years, the Warrior mascot, much like the community itself, has been transformed due to many factors. The first Warrior mascot was the Indianhead. This mascot endured for many years until 1996. At the same time through the 1950s and 1960s, the symbol of local shopping center Signal Hills was a neon Indian sending signals with a blanket over a fire. Times change and sensitivity shifts, and the mascot was spoken up against. The Henry Sibley student council led the main thrust to change the symbol, because it was led by individuals who realize the damage done by years of imagery degrading to Native Americans. There were mascot committees created at each of the schools. Name changes were being discussed as well as mascot changes. A large contingent of community members went to the school board and asked the board to keep the mascot name as is. The school board agreed that the school has always been the Warriors and it should continue to be. The Warrior mascot was transformed from the Indianhead to the Griffin which was part of the original Coat of Arms. In 1999, the Griffin mascot was again transformed into the current Henry Sibley mascot; the Knight. The Knight is a medieval Warrior, thus keeping history and tradition alive. [http://www.rschooltoday.com/school156/images/files/the_dirt_volume_i_issue_v_.pdf] [http://sibley.isd197.org/se3bin/clientschool.cgi#q8]

Academics

Last year there were 3 National Merit Scholars at Sibley. Three more students received letters of commendation from the National Merit Program. The Science department was also presented an award for outstanding achievement in the spring of '07. With Sibley's '07 test scores and AP test scores it ranked as one of the top ten Science & Math Departments in the entire state. It's ACT average of 2007 was the highest of any school in Minnesota. Ms. Nippert, a teacher of Biology an AP Biology was nominated for an AP College Board award because of her superb success rate with a high percentage of her kids passing. The College board has recognized Sibley High School as one of the top Science, Math, and Engineering high schools in the entire country. It also admitted Sibley for the Siemens AP award given to the best Science and Math school of each state in the US. Mr. Hanson, of the Spanish department was a finalist for teacher of the year in Minnesota for the '03-'04 school year. Peter Bohacek was nominated for Minnesota teacher of the year in Physics for the 07-08 school year.

Sibley offers a plethora of AP and advanced or honors courses.

Advanced Placement Classes offered include Literature, Calculus, Statistics, Computer Science, Music Theory, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Physcology, U.S. History, and Economics(Macro & Micro).

Sibley High School has a very low 18-1 student to teacher ratio.

Demographics

74% White,13% Non White Hispanic,8% Black,5% Asian/Pacific Islander,

Facilities

*Auditorium
*Two practice Soccer Fields
*400 meter recycled rubber track
*4 Computer Labs
*Film editing Lab
*Large Gym for Basketball and Track
*Small Gym for Volleyball, Gymnastics, and Baseball/Softball
*Fully Equipped weight room
*5 total Basketball Courts
*3 total Football fields
*8 total Baseball fields
*8 total Tennis Courts
*2 Fully functioning science labs and a physics lab

Activities

Arts
*Art Festival
*Colorguard
*Dance
*Debate
*Drama Club
*Japanese culture club
*Jazz Band
*One-Act Plays
*Fiddles And Friends (orchestral performing group)
*Pep Band
*Pit Orchestra
*Chamber Singers
*Fall Play
*Speech
*Spring Musical
*Ski/Snowboard Club
*Summer Marching Band
*Winter Drumline
*Winterguard

Athletics
*Baseball - State Champions-1994, 4th place 2006
*Basketball - boys, girls - Boys State 2nd place 2008
*Cheerleading
*Cross-Country - Boys 12th place State 2006
*Football
*Golf - boys, girls
*Gymnastics
*Hockey - boys, girls
*Lacrosse Club - boys
*Nordic Skiing
*Soccer - boys, girls
*Softball
*Swimming - boys, girls
*Tennis - boys, girls
*Track - boys, girls - State boys 17th place, 2007
*Volleyball
*Wrestling

Special Interests
*Almas
*Business Professionals of America (BPA)
*Chess Club
*Debate
*Environmental Club
*Film Club
*French Club
*Global Connections
*Interact
*Key Club
*Link Crew
*Math Team-State-24th place
*Mock Trial
*Model Assembly
*Model United Nations
*National Honor Society (NHS)
*Robotics
*Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)
*Student Congress
*Student Council
*Upward Bound
*Yearbook

References

External links

*Independent School District 197 [http://www.isd197.org/]
*Class of '80 [http://www.sibley1980.com/]
*Class of '82 [http://www.henrysibley82.com/]
*Class of '83 [http://www.freewebs.com/henrysibleyclassof83/]
*Class of '84 [http://www.sibley1984.com/]
*Class of '85 [http://www.geocities.com/ms4nqueen/reunion.html]
*Class of '93 [http://www.sibleyclassof93.com/]
*Class of '98 [http://www.tc.umn.edu/~leex1008/sibley98/]