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Chaska High School
Address
Map
545 Pioneer Trail

Chaska
,
Minnesota,

USA
Information
TypePublic high school
MottoExcellence. Tradition. Community. (Academics) Soar Hawks. (Athletics)
Established1905
School districtEastern Carver Country Schools (ISD 112)
DeanSusana DeLeon, Chuck Nelson
PrincipalJim Bach
Officer in chargeJim Bach, principal
Faculty180
Teaching staff75.07 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,477 (2017-18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio19.67[1]
Color(s)Purple, White, Gold      
MascotHawk
RivalChanhassen High School
Websitechs.district112.org

Chaska Senior High School (CHS) is a public high school located in Chaska, Minnesota, a southwestern suburb of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. CHS is a 9th-12 grade school that is attended by about 1252 students.[2]

The school mascot is the "Hawk," with the school colors being purple, white, and gold.

History

Chaska High School first opened in the early 1900s with its first graduating class in 1906. Since then, Chaska High School has moved to newer facilities three times. Currently, Chaska High School resides at 545 Pioneer Trail. The present facility opened in 1996.[citation needed]

Current facilities

Chaska's current facilities feature auditorium, several gymnasiums, a cafeteria, tech-ed labs, computer labs, a media center, a stadium, and several athletic fields. Originally designed for 1,600 students, the school received a substantial addition in 2004.[citation needed]

Houses

Chaska High School is organized into four main houses:

  • Purple House
  • Blue House
  • Red House
  • Green House

Each house has two stories and similar design. They are connected by one large hallway. This main hallway is a little less than one quarter mile long. There is also a South Wing of the high school, south of the main hallway, which holds the cafeteria and connects to the activities section of the school. Starting 2012, the Green House was converted into the Family Learning Center, a pre-school setting. As of 2017, the Green House returned to a normal high school setting, holding mostly freshmen.[citation needed]

The school's main hallway.

Media center

The Chaska High School media center is the school's library and technology center. It has four separate labs; two of which use Dell PCs and two which use Apple computers. The first floor consists of the library proper, as well as all PCs. Second floor houses the Apple computer labs, as well as Jumpstart studios, the semi-weekly school news program. The media center area also holds the copy room, tech support and all other IT services for the school. During the 2007-2008 school year, the Media Center and 2 engineering labs received brand new computers to help enhance the student experience.[citation needed]

The South Wing

This takes up about half the school's area. It consists of the band room, choir room, cafeteria, the auditorium, two gymnasiums, the weight room, locker rooms, workshops, additional classrooms, the activities office, athletic locker rooms, and other athletic-related areas. It is connected through the blue house and the media center. The cafeteria is one story with a high cone glass roof, but the athletic area is two stories.[citation needed]

Activities

Music

Chaska High School has four choirs, three bands, and many extracurricular groups offer a wide range of music styles and levels. There are four in-school choirs: Cantare, Vivace, Bel Canto, and Concert Choir, and three in-school bands: Concert Band, Symphonic Band and Wind Symphony.[citation needed]

Academic teams

Chaska High School actively participates in several academic competitions, including Knowledge Bowl, Quiz Bowl, Science Bowl, and Math League. It is one of the most successful programs in the state, consistently competing locally and nationally.

Chaska won Knowledge Bowl State Championships in 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2009, 2012.[3]

Sports

Chaska High School is part of the Metro West Conference in the Minnesota State High School League.

State Championships
Season Sport Number of Championships Year
Winter Volleyball 7 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2014
Dance 5 1999, 2012(j), 2012(k), 2013 (j), 2013 (k)
Diving, Boys 1 2008
Basketball, Boys 1 2004
Bowling 1 2008
Spring Golf 1 1979
Total 15


Equity concerns

Inequities

Comparative data indicates the high school ranks highest or closest to highest in disciplining racially minoritized students compared to high schools that the district named as "peers" in its referendum documents.[4]

Students in blackface

The high school was plagued with a series of racist incidents, starting with media coverage in September 2018 of students who attended a home football game in blackface and an African American-style wig.[5] The issue was echoed in 2019 with another blackface incident in February.[6]

Several black students responded by naming themselves Black History Uncensored and leading a peaceful protest on March 1, 2019 at Chaska High School. They created posters that were presented at a community center event later that month. The protest was against what they and others saw as inequitable censorship of their efforts to share what they viewed as important stories in American history.[7][8] While many staff and students were passing in the halls, “Black History Uncensored” had a large peaceful march down the hall with their posters.

"Negro Hill" images

Responding to news media coverage of an image circulating on students' social media and posted to a lacrosse channel by Chaska students, Bach and superintendent of schools Clint Christopher admitted they'd known about the images for "about a week," and apologized for not at the meeting being transparent about it with parents. The image featured the faces of 25 black students photoshopped on a map with "Negro Hill" written on it.[9]

Equity & Inclusion Petition

Nearly 700 parents, alumni, students, staff and community members signed an "ISD112 Equity & Inclusion Petition," [10] which called for, among other things, the removal of principal Jim Bach.[11] Dozens showed up and spoke at a standing-room only April 22, 2019 school board meeting expressing stories and reiterating the demands on the petition.[12] In response, Chaska, Minnesota mayor Mark Windschitl[13] and others stepped forward to publicly express concerns with the issues.

Notable alumni

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References

  • Relerford, Patrice (2008-05-17). "No balancing act for Chaska, Chanhassen". Star Tribune. Chris Harte. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
  1. ^ a b c "CHASKA HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  2. ^ MSHSL [1] September 11, 2015
  3. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_State_Knowledge_Bowl_Meet
  4. ^ http://www.district112.org/needs/
  5. ^ https://kstp.com/news/chaska-high-school-students-painted-faces-black-football-game-friday-/5075696/
  6. ^ https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019/02/19/chaska-high-principal-calls-students-racist-social-media-post-teachable-moment/
  7. ^ https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/video/students-protest-minnesota-high-school-230157310.html?guccounter=1
  8. ^ http://www.fox9.com/news/chaska-high-students-protest-over-censoring-of-black-history-month-posters
  9. ^ https://www.kare11.com/article/news/chaska-high-school-students-create-racist-google-map/89-93d5eab7-50af-49de-9096-300190eac721
  10. ^ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfIa23E7Pn0dH7MYvZqUwG4nCXuoadutFRb5TJmX-qWfzx0Ag/viewform
  11. ^ https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/group-wants-chaska-hs-principal-removed-over-series-of-racist-incidents
  12. ^ https://www.kare11.com/article/news/packed-board-meeting-over-racist-incidents-at-chaska-high-school/89-623b4470-1ab4-4d30-8c0a-e9d27e2115d1
  13. ^ https://www.swnewsmedia.com/chaska_herald/news/opinion/columnists/chaska-mayor-we-cannot-allow-our-community-to-be-defined/article_a79c109e-65ea-5f02-a7b3-9e4f23bbd7fe.html
  14. ^ Olson, Mark W.; Mollee Francisco (January 5, 2012). "Presenting Carver County's A-List". Chaska Herald. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
  15. ^ "Chaska Hall of Fame 2011 class honored at Friday's Gala". Chaska Herald. April 14, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
  16. ^ Hutton, Todd (June 6, 2011). "Marlins call up Brad Hand to face Braves Tuesday". Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
  17. ^ http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/apr/08/padres-claim-marlins-brad-hand-waivers/
  18. ^ Jensen, Sean (April 30, 2008). "Free-agent Stanford center Mattran of Chaska chooses to stay home and try out with Minnesota Vikings". St. Paul Pioneer-Press. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
  19. ^ Francisco, Mollee (November 15, 2012). "On familiar turf". Chaska Herald. Retrieved March 16, 2014.[permanent dead link]
  20. ^ "Ross Travis profile". NFL. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  21. ^ Francisco, Mollee (December 13, 2012). "Unearthing America's secret history". Chaska Herald. Retrieved March 16, 2014.[permanent dead link]
  22. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chaska High School

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