Two Rivers High School (formerly known as Henry Sibley High School), located in

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, United States, was founded in 1954. The current school was built in 1971 to serve students in grades 9–12. Today, it serves students in grades 9–12 and houses the district’s administrative offices. It underwent extensive remodeling of several areas in the school thanks to passage of a facilities and technology referendum in 2004. It serves as the public high school for the communities of Mendota Heights, Mendota, Sunfish Lake, Lilydale, West St. Paul and parts of

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and

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. It is a member of the Metro East Conference. It was formerly named for

Henry Hastings Sibley Henry Hastings Sibley (February 20, 1811 – February 18, 1891) was a fur trader with the American Fur Company, the first U.S. Congressional representative for Minnesota Territory, the first governor of the state of Minnesota, and a U.S. mil ...

and in 2021, the District 197 School Board voted to change the name to Two Rivers High School. The change was prompted by the reexamination of Sibley's role in the

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and the country's largest mass execution.

Curriculum

Through the Minnesota state

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(PSEO) program, students are eligible to take classes at state colleges and universities.

Demographics

For the 2014-2015 school year, Henry Sibley High School had 1,387 students. The ethnicity breakdown is as follows: * American Indian/Alaskan Native - 1% * Asian - 5% * Black - 8% * Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander - 0.2% * Hispanic - 27% * White - 56% * Other - 3%

Notable alumni

* Ann Bancroft, Polar explorer *

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, bassist for

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* Steve Sack, longtime editorial cartoonist for the

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References

External links

* {{authority control Public high schools in Minnesota Educational institutions established in 1954 Schools in Dakota County, Minnesota 1954 establishments in Minnesota