St. Johns High School is a high school in
St. Johns, Arizona
Saint Johns ( nv, , )Wilson, A. ''Navajo Place Names'' Audio Forum 1995 is the county seat of Apache County, Arizona, United States. It is located along U.S. Route 180, mostly west of where that highway intersects with U.S. Route 191. As of t ...
. It is the only high school under the jurisdiction of the
St. Johns Unified School District, which also includes Coronado Elementary School and a middle school.
The school moved to its current campus in 1981. The old campus is now county offices.
Their mascot is the Redskin. This rural high school has the longest high school rivalry in Arizona state history with the neighboring high school, Round Valley Elks. This rivalry dates back to 1904.
See also
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Native American mascot controversy
Since the 1960s, the issue of Native American and First Nations names and images being used by sports teams as mascots has been the subject of increasing public controversy in the United States and Canada. This has been a period of rising I ...
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Sports teams named Redskins
Sports teams named Redskins are part of the larger controversy regarding the use of Native American names, images and symbols by non-native sports teams. Teams of this name have received particular public attention because the term ''redskin'' is ...
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St. Johns High School
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Public high schools in Arizona
Schools in Apache County, Arizona
1981 establishments in Arizona