| Tech Senior High School | |
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| Location | |
| St.Cloud, Minnesota United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | public |
| Motto | A Tradition of Excellence since 1917 |
| Established | 1917 |
| School district | ISD742 |
| Principal | Roger Ziemann |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | approx. 1500 |
| Athletics | Both Boys & Girls |
| Athletics conference | Central Lakes |
| Mascot | Tiger |
| Website | http://isd742.org/~tech/ |
Technical Senior High School is located at 233 12th Avenue South in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. It is one of St. Cloud's two major public high schools, the other being Apollo. The school's first building was built in 1917, with another building added in the 1970s to handle the student population. There has been talk of replacing the old building.
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St. Cloud Tech offers advanced placement courses, and has the highest-ranked AP test scores in Minnesota. THS also offers the Senior to Sophomore program together with SCSU. Computer class sizes usually range from 15 to 33.[1]
Tech currently serves as a senior high school, with grades 9-12 attending. In the 1990s, Tech served as both a junior and senior high school, with grades 7-12 in attendance. The graduating class of 1994 was the last class to attend Tech from grade 7 through grade 12.
St. Cloud Tech has a number of boys and girls sports programs, including football, baseball, basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, golf, softball, hockey, alpine skiing, lacrosse, nordic skiing, wrestling, soccer, tennis, swimming, cross-country running, track and field and adaptive sports. Tech is in the Central Lakes Conference (www.centrallakesconference.org), competing against other high schools in and around central Minnesota, to include their cross-town rival Apollo. Tech's mascot is the Tiger, with its athletic teams sporting the tiger's colors of black and orange. Tech's football team plays across the street from the school at Clark Field, which has been affectionately nicknamed "The Pit" or "The Hole" by opposing school's players.