- Cotter High School (Winona, Minnesota)
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Cotter High School Address 1115 West Broadway Street
Winona, Minnesota, (Winona County), 55987
United StatesCoordinates 44°3′11″N 91°39′59″W / 44.05306°N 91.66639°WCoordinates: 44°3′11″N 91°39′59″W / 44.05306°N 91.66639°W Information Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic Established 1911 Founder Bishop Patrick Heffron President Jennifer Elfering Principal Sandra Blank Teaching staff 30 Grades 9–12 Enrollment 305 (2008) Grade 9 60 Grade 10 74 Grade 11 80 Grade 12 91 Student to teacher ratio 16:1 Color(s) Royal blue and white Team name Ramblers Accreditation(s) North Central Association of Colleges and Schools [1] Average ACT scores 24 Website http://www.cotterschools.org/ Cotter High School is the sole Roman Catholic High School in Winona, Minnesota, and is one of the first in the state. Today, Cotter Schools consists of the Cotter High School and Cotter Junior High School. The school opened its doors on September 5, 1911 as the "Cotter School for Boys". Cotter, named for the diocese’s first bishop, Bishop Joseph Bernard Cotter, was a boys school directed by the Christian Brothers of Saint John Baptist de La Salle. In 1952, the Brothers turned the operation of the school over to the diocese and Cotter became co-educational with the combining of the Cathedral Girls High School. In 1953 a new Cotter building was erected and in 1962 an addition was added. In 1992, with help from an endowment from the Hiawatha Education Foundation, the school moved to its current location on the campus of the former College of Saint Teresa, allowing it to add a boarding school component.
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Cotter Family
The term "Cotter Family" refers to all the students, teachers, parents, administrators, alumni, volunteers, and church members affiliated with the school. Many of these members are in several groups. Roughly 50% of the faculty are alumni. Roughly 25-50%, depending on the year, of the student body are children of alumni, some third and fourth generations. In 1993, local businessmen, headed by Bob Kierlin of Fastenal, started an endowment fund of several million dollars granting the school a technological make-over and allowing it to move to the Saint Teresa campus.
Relationship in the Winona Area Catholic Schools
Cotter Junior High School serves grades 7 and 8, while elementary components of Catholic education in Winona are regulated by Winona Area Catholic Schools,[2] who run Saint Stanislaus Elementary School, and Saint Mary's Primary.
Notable alumni
- Max Conrad, aviator, Class of 1921
- Donal "Mike" O'Callaghan, former Governor of the State of Nevada, Class of 1946
- Bishop Robert Henry Brom, Class of 1956
- Bob Kierlan, founder and chairman of the Fastenal Company, and a former Minnesota state senator, Class of 1957
- Bishop Michael Joseph Hoeppner, Class of 1967
Cotter presidents
- James. G. Devine, 1991-1995 (Skyway and Golf Tournament Memorials)
- Dr. Jeanne-Marie Fauller 1995-1999
- Sandra Blank, Ann Merchlewitz, and Joan Bernard, interim team, 1999–2000
- Dr. Craig Junker, 2000–2009
- Sandra Blank, David Forney, Pat Bowlin, John Broadwater, Megan Sadowski, and Will Gibson, interim team, 2009–2010
- Jennifer Elfering, 2010...
Trivia
Cotter High School campus
- 91% college placement
- General study and advanced placement curriculum
- Minnesota Conservatory of the Arts (dance & theatre)
- Award winning Math team
- Award winning marching band/field show led by Dave Gudmastad (Nationwide and Internationally acclaimed)
- Two dozen sports and 23 organizations.
- 90% of students participate in one or more extracurricular activities
- Cross Cultural Ministry/Community service
- Student Exchange program with Shogaku High School in Okinawa, Japan and Liebenfrauschule High School in Cologne, Germany.
- 5-day and 7-day boarding in a safe, modern, family-like dormitory
- The local television station, HBC 25, has its studio in the basement of Cotter's building.
References
- ^ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/?. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
- ^ http://www.wacs1.org
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Categories:- High schools in Minnesota
- Roman Catholic secondary schools in Minnesota
- Private schools in Minnesota
- Winona, Minnesota
- Educational institutions established in 1911
- Schools in Winona County, Minnesota
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