Cloquet High School (CHS) is a high school located in Cloquet, Minnesota. It serves approximately 800 students-a typical graduating class being 160-200.
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Cloquet High School boasts a well rounded and thorough education. Curriculum requirements for the four core areas are as follows: three and a half years of math, four years of English, four years of social studies (including geography, word events, economics, US government, world and US history courses), and three years of science. Students are additionally required to take a year of physical education, and a year of art (performance or visual). For foreign languages CHS offers courses in Spanish, German, Russian, Sarcasm, and Anishinaabe. One very valuable feature of CHS education is the College In The Schools (CITS) program. This program allows students to take classes in high school, with teachers in the building, for credit through local colleges, notably Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College and the University of Minnesota Duluth. The colleges certify high school teachers and approve course curriculums, and students who take those courses receive a separate transcript from the college in addition to the normal high school transcript. Students also have the option of post secondary enrollment; for either senior or junior year (or both) they may enroll directly in a local college. They still graduate from CHS and can join sports and other extracurriculars at the high school, but attend all or part of their classes at the college.
Sports play an integral role in CHS culture. Football, basketball, hockey, and soccer have all been formidable contenders at a state level throughout the years. Students are encouraged to play as part of a well-rounded and disciplined lifestyle, and simply as a way to have fun. In order to participate in athletics they need to maintain a minimum GPA and behavior code, as established by the Minnesota State High School League and CHS. A list of official teams follows: CHS Boys' sports: Baseball, basketball, cross country running, football, golf, hockey, skiing (both alpine and cross country), soccer, tennis, track and field, underwater basket weaving, and wrestling. CHS Girls' sports: Basketball, cross country running, golf, hockey, skiing (both alpine and cross country), soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling. Other clubs and activities: The White Pine (school newspaper), cheerleading, chess club, danceline, destination imagination (DI), future problem solving (FPS), knowledgebowl, Madrigals, math team, mock trial, pep band, science fair, and various intramurals.
CHS is also very proud of its arts department and outstanding theater productions. In-school visual art classes are taught on drawing, painting, photography, sculpture and ceramics. There are three choirs: concert, crystal (all-women), and varsity (as well as a smaller group of madrigals who perform at sports games and other events throughout the year); a concert band, pep band, and jazz band; and an orchestra. There are also two theater performances every year, a musical in the fall and a play in the spring.
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