Apollo High School (St. Cloud, Minnesota)

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Location
Apollo Senior High School
St.Cloud, Minnesota USA
Information
Principal	Charles Eisenreich
Students	About 1200
Type	Public
Mascot	Eagles
Established	1970

Apollo Senior High School is a high school located at 1000 44th Ave N. in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States. Apollo is one of two public high schools in St. Cloud, Minnesota, the other being Technical Senior School.

1 Meaning of name
2 History
3 Academics
4 Sports
5 References

[edit] Meaning of name

Apollo received its name from the NASA Apollo space program. In front of the school there is a space capsule from NASA that was used by frogmen to train, usually for hooking up the capsule to a helicopter after splashdown.

[edit] History

Apollo High School opened in the fall of 1970 with the new Mod system in St. Cloud, Minnesota. However, the Mod system no longer exists.

[edit] Academics

Academics at Apollo have increased in recent years, with multiple acceptances to the Ivy League and other high caliber schools including Princeton University, The University of Pennsylvania, MIT, Harvard College, Stanford University, Grinnell College, Carleton College, and Cornell University. Apollo offers a large variety of AP (Advanced Placement) classes.

[edit] Sports

The men's soccer program has a history of success. Recent highlights include a State Tournament appearance in the 2006-7 school year. The adaptive hockey team, the Slapshots, won the State Championship during the 2006-7 school year.

[edit] References

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