| Apollo Senior High School | |
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| Location | |
| St.Cloud, Minnesota United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1970 |
| School district | 742 |
| Principal | Charles Eisenreich |
| Staff | 200 [1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | About 1200 |
| Athletics conference | Central Lakes Conference |
| Mascot | Eagles |
| Website | http://isd742.org/~apollo/index.htm |
Apollo Senior High School is a high school located at 1000 44th Ave N. in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. Apollo is one of St. Cloud's two public high schools, the other being Technical Senior High School.
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Apollo received its name from the NASA Apollo space program. In front of the school there is a NASA space capsule that navy frogmen used for training, usually for hooking up to a helicopter after splashdown. Apollo colors are green and blue.
Apollo has seen its graduates accepted by Ivy League and other high-caliber schools including Northwestern University, Macalester College, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, MIT, Harvard College, Stanford University, Grinnell College, Georgetown University, Carleton College, Rice University, and Cornell University. Apollo offers a wide variety of Advanced Placement classes, including the following (as of the 2009-2010 school year).
The men's soccer program has a history of success. Recent highlights include a state tournament appearance in the 2006–07 school year.
The adaptive hockey team, the Slapshots, won the state championship during the 2006–07 school year.
The boys' basketball team has enjoyed success as well in the past decade, making the Section finals in 2006-07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009-10. and 2010-11.
The boys' basketball team has made two state tournament appearances (1973 and, 2011).
The school's football team has had a poor record for several years now, garnering infamy for their seemingly uncharacteristic bad luck. From the 1999-2000 school year through the 2002-2003 school year, the varsity football team did not win a single game. The next year the team managed a 4-4 record, a relatively incredible feat compared to their previous half decade of play.
In the 2009–10 season the men's swim team was 4-6.
In 2008 and 2009, the mock trial team qualified and participated in the state competition, receiving 3rd place overall the latter of the two years.[1] The mock trial team went on to qualify for the state competition in 2010, but was unable to attend. In 2011, the team returned to state and placed 7th overall.[2] Additionally, Apollo's Future Problem Solving Program International team competed at the national competition after qualifying in the state competition in 2009.
The Apollo High School Book Club is an organization that meets monthly at 7:35 a.m. on the second Wednesday of the month. Meetings are held in the Apollo Resource Center and feature a buffet breakfast and discussion on a different book each month. Contact the Apollo Media Specialist for more information.
Stephen Sommers-Screenwriter and film director, best known for The Mummy and G.I. Joe.