Cotter High School (Winona, Minnesota)

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Winona Cotter High School is the sole Roman Catholic High School in Winona, Minnesota, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona, and one of the first in the state. The school opened its doors on September 5, 1911. Cotter, named for the diocese’s first bishop, Bishop Joseph Cotter, was a boy's school directed by the Christian Brothers of St. 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 the 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 College of St. Teresa, allowing it to add a boarding school component.

1 Cotter Family
2 Relationship in the Winona Area Catholic Schools
3 Cotter Presidents
4 Trivia
5 External links

[edit] Cotter Family

The term "Cotter Family" refers to 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 forth generation. 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 St. Teresa campus.

[edit] 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 who run St. Stanislaus Middle School, Cathedral Grade School, and St. Mary's Primary.

[edit] Cotter Presidents

James. G. Devine, 1991-1995 (Skyway and Golf Tournament Memorials)
Dr. Jeanne-Marie Fauller 1995-1999
Sandi Blank, interm, 1999-2000
Craig Junker, 2000-present

[edit] Trivia

Average class size of 16:1 and 92% college placement
General study and advanced placement curriculum
Minnesota Academy of Math and Science is located on the Campus
Minnesota Conservatory of the Arts (dance & theatre)
Award winning Math team
Award winning marching band lead by Dave Gudmastad
Two dozen sports and 23 organizations.
90% of students participate in one or more extracurricular activities
Cross Cultural Ministry/Community service (recent student trips to the Philippines, New York, Chicago, Saint Louis, Washington, D.C. and Appalachia)
Student Exchange program with Shogaku High School in Okinawa, Japan and Liebenfrauschule High School in Cologne, Germany.
International student population that includes students from Japan, China, South Korea, Mexico, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Germany.
5-day and 7-day boarding in a safe, modern, family-like dormitory