Two Rivers High School (formerly known as Henry Sibley High School), located in
Mendota Heights, Minnesota, 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
Inver Grove Heights and
Eagan. It is a member of the Metro East Conference.
It was formerly named for
Henry Hastings Sibley 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
Dakota War of 1862 and
the country's largest mass execution.
Curriculum
Through the Minnesota state
Post Secondary Enrollment Options (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
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Ann Bancroft
Ann Bancroft (born September 29, 1955) is an American author, teacher, adventurer, and public speaker. She was the first woman to finish a number of expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fa ...
, Polar explorer
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Greg Norton, bassist for
Hüsker Dü
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Steve Sack
Steve Sack (born 1953) is an American cartoonist who won a 2013 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. With Chris Foote he draws the cartoon activity panel '' Doodles'' and he is editorial cartoonist for the ''Minneapolis Star Tribune'', where he ...
, longtime editorial cartoonist for the
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Public high schools in Minnesota
Educational institutions established in 1954
Schools in Dakota County, Minnesota
1954 establishments in Minnesota