| Twin Falls High School | |
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| Location | |
| 1615 Filer Ave. East Twin Falls, Idaho United States [1] |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public [2] |
| Established | 1907 [2] |
| Principal | Ben Allen [1] |
| Faculty | 72 [2] |
| Grades | 9-12 [2] |
| Number of students | 1,152 |
| Color(s) | Columbia, Navy & White [1]
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| Nickname | Bruins [1] |
| Newspaper | The Bruin News |
| Yearbook | Bruin |
| IHSAA Division | 4A [1] |
| Website | tfhsbruins.com |
Twin Falls High School is a public high school in Twin Falls, Idaho, United States. It is one of two regular high schools operated by the Twin Falls School District.[3]
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Twin Falls High School was founded in 1907. Citizens passed a bond in 1909 to construct the high school building and a supplemental bond in 1911 to complete construction. Formal dedication of the original high school school, located on Shoshone Street next to the Twin Falls County Courthouse, occurred in February 1912.
The current Twin Falls High School on Filer Avenue opened in September 1954. The original high school building became Twin Falls Junior High School (now O'Leary Middle School). The original building was condemned and torn down in the early 1980s after O'Leary moved to a new location in 1979.
Twin Falls High School's yearbook is the Bruin. The Bruin News is the school's student newspaper and received the Idaho Journalism Advisers Association Best in Show for large high school award in 2002, 2005, and 2006.
Until 2009, TFHS was one of the largest high schools in the state, classified as 5A (enrollment over 1,280 students) by the IHSAA. With the opening of Canyon Ridge High School in western Twin Falls as of the 2009-10 school year, both schools were classified as 4A (four-year enrollment between 640 and 1,279).[4] TFHS and CRHS have since enjoyed a spirited rivalry.[5]
Twin Falls High School currently competes in the Great Basin (West) Conference against Canyon Ridge, Burley, Jerome, Minico and Wood River, all located in south central Idaho's Magic Valley.[6]
The Bruin has been TFHS's mascot since the 1920s, when it replaced the coyote. Twin Falls won the 5A state championship in football in 2004, and the 5A state title in boys' basketball in 2006. After dropping to the 4A level, the Bruins won the boys' state basketball championship in 2010. The water polo team and bowling team won state championships in 2007. The boys' cross country has won three state titles in a row since 2007, and both golf teams have won many state titles, as well. The Bruin track team won many championships in the 1970s and continue to be a state power. The last state team track championship was in 1997. The boys' soccer team became state champions in 1992, only three years after it was founded.
After over a century of hegemony in the city, Twin Falls High School's final year as the only regular public high school in Twin Falls was 2008-09. The 2008-09 school year also represented the final year Twin Falls High School did not include 9th grade. Beginning in 2009-10, both Twin Falls and Canyon Ridge included grades 9 through 12. Twin Falls High School draws its students from the eastern half of the city.[7]