Coon Rapids High School

Coon Rapids High School is a high school located at 2340 Northdale Blvd. Coon Rapids, Minnesota, United States. It has an enrollment of about 2800 students in grades nine through twelve. The school colors are scarlet red,white & black. The school mascot is the Cardinal. The school also participates in the University of Minnesota's College in the Schools program.^[1]

Overview

Coon Rapids High School is located near the Mississippi River 15 miles north of Minneapolis. The city of Coon Rapids boasts 70,000 residents and is still growing. The school offers advance placement, honors, and standard courses.

Preschool program

The school has a preschool, run by the Anoka-Hennepin Community Education Department, that enrolls 3, 4 and 5 year-olds. This program is known as the school readiness program where kids have large group activities, and different learning centers like blocks, computers, games, and art.

Athletics, Music,and Activities

Coon Rapids High School has a wide variety of seasonal sports that students in which students can get, such as:

Fall
Girls' tennis, girls' swimming and diving, soccer, football, cross country running, volleyball, and marching band.

Winter
Alpine skiing, hockey, gymnastics, basketball, Nordic skiing, boys' swimming and diving, and wrestling.

Spring
Baseball, boys' tennis, track and field, and lacrosse.

All Year
Dance, weight training, and cheerleading.

The school sponsors many activities that students in which students can become involved, including: Cardinal Image (school store) management, choir, orchestra, band, drum-line, debate, speech, Amnesty International, marching band, drama club, step drill team, fine arts, Link Crew, robotics team, student council, and winter color-guard. Coon Rapids High School has seen great success in various competitions since its inception.

The school offers a special education program, a student work program, peer mediation, student clubs, national honor society, Advanced Placement classes and honors courses, student elective classes, and school within a school alternative program.

Link Crew

Also known as 'Students Helping Students'. Link Crew is a program that has members of the Senior class offer help and advise to the new Freshmen. They meet with the Freshmen almost every Wednesday to answer any questions that they may have.

School song

Written by Gwen Swanson

Fight on, Let's go Cardinals, Keep our colors waving high, Go Coon Rapids High School, We shall win this game tonight! (RAH RAH RAH) Win Win Coon Rapids High School for we know we got the team. We will Fight! Fight! Fight! for the Red and White. Fight Cardinals Fight.

Fight on, let's go Cardinals, Keep our colors waving high. Go Coon Rapids High School, We shall win this game tonight! (RAH RAH RAH) Win Win Coon Rapids High School, for we know we got the team. We will Fight! Fight! Fight! for the Red and White. Fight Cardinals Fight!

C-A-R-D-I-N-A-L-S C-A-R-D-I-N-A-L-S Cardinals, Cardinals, Go Cardinals

References

1. ^ College in the Schools - Participating Schools

External links

• Coon Rapids High School Home Page

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