Technical Senior High School

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Technical High School
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Technical Senior High School
4200 S. 33rd St
St. Cloud, Minnesota 56301

United States
Coordinates 45°30′49″N94°12′37″W / 45.51361°N 94.21028°W / 45.51361; -94.21028
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Type Public
MottoA Tradition of Excellence since 1917
Established1917
School district ISD 742
PrincipalMolly Kensy
Staff85.36 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Number of students1,543 (2017-18) [1]
Student to teacher ratio18.08 [1]
Color(s)  
Athletics conferenceCentral Lakes
MascotTiger
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Technical High School is a public high school in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, United States. It is one of St. Cloud Area School District's two major public high schools; the other is Apollo. The school's first building was built in 1917 at 233 12th Avenue South. Another building was added in the 1970s to accommodate the student population. A new facility was completed in 2019.

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In addition to sections of St. Cloud, the high school's attendance boundary includes [2] Clearwater, most of Clear Lake, most of St. Augusta, and parts of Rockville. [3] [4] [5]

Former St. Cloud Tech High School St. Cloud Tech High School.jpg
Former St. Cloud Tech High School

Academics

St. Cloud Tech offers Advanced Placement courses. Students have a wide variety of choices for Advanced Placement, including math, science, language, and social sciences, with a total of 19 AP courses. Students at both Apollo and Technical High Schools have performed very well on AP Exams, with approximately 70% of students receiving college credit for their scores. Other options for additional rigor are available as well, including Senior to Sophomore, the state's Post Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO), articulated college credit, Discovery Academy, SciGals, and Upward Bound.

In the 1980s and 1990s, Tech served as both a senior and junior high school, with grades 7–12 in attendance. The class of 1994 was the last to attend Tech from grade 7 through grade 12. [6]

Sports

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, competing against other high schools in and around central Minnesota, including its crosstown 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 formerly played across the street from the school at Clark Field, which was affectionately nicknamed "The Pit" or "The Hole" by opposing school's players.

In September 2012, it was announced that Clark Field would be temporarily but indefinitely closed because of poor conditions, including mold and lead. Varsity events that would have been held there are held at Saint Cloud State University. The field is still used for smaller events. Tech's new sports complex is on the same grounds as the new high school. As a result, athletic activities occur on site on the new complex of fields for baseball, football, soccer, and tennis.

Music

Tech High School has a music program, with orchestra, band, and choir as the three major components. The orchestra program is broken into three groups, by their ability: Concert Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, and Chamber Orchestra. The Chamber Orchestra is a smaller elite group of musicians who have volunteered to practice before school one day a week. It performs at special events in the community, as well as at Tech. The Symphony Orchestra is the primary orchestral group, and the Concert group comprises mostly freshman and sophomore students. A notable previous director of the orchestra program is Steven Eckblad, now retired, who is still a prominent musician in the St. Cloud area, teaching cello and bass while playing bass in the St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra. Some Tech students also participate in the St. Cloud Symphony. The band is conducted by Jessica Scherer, the choir by Victoria Hedtke, and the orchestra by Carlin Mayhew.

The Tech Band and Orchestra have a tradition of going on tour every two years to a major U.S. city. Some recent destinations have been Orlando in 2014, New Orleans in 2012, and New York City in 2010.

Activities

A variety of extracurricular activities are offered at St. Cloud Tech, including Speech, TARGET, Math Team, Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), Knowledge Bowl, Music Listening Contest, the Economics Challenge, VEX Robotics, and National Honor Society. These programs have helped students develop leadership skills. At the 2013 Econ Challenge, Tech senior Tyler Benning was named the #1 Econ student in the state. Led by head coach Karmin Schraw, the speech team placed 8th at the 2013 National Forensics League national tournament in Alabama. Phillip Hoelscher, a 2013 graduate, placed 8th in the Drama category, beating out hundreds of kids from around the nation. The previous year he placed 2nd in Drama at the Harvard Invitational while his teammate, Maria Null, took 5th place in Drama that same year. The speech team has won the Central Lakes Conference title 21 years in a row.

Tech's VEX Robotics team has also seen notable success, reaching the state competition every year since its founding. Tech team 98377G also reached the VEX World Championship in 2022 and 2023, and set the state records for awards won in a season (24), matches won in a season (113), and longest winning streak (55 matches).

New building

After a referendum on November 8, 2016, it was announced that the school would move to a new building and be renamed Tech High School.

The 100-year-old school building celebrated its last school year in June 2019. Athletic facilities at the new school include a pool, three court main gyms and one court auxiliary gym, a multipurpose activities room, fitness room, multipurpose outdoor stadium, four multipurpose grass fields, three softball fields, two baseball fields, and an eight-court outdoor tennis facility. New Tech features an 900-seat auditorium; choir, orchestra, and band ensemble rooms; small group practice rooms; and 2D and 3D art studios.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "TECHNICAL SENIOR HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  2. ↑ "TECH Versatrans Base Map" (PDF). St. Cloud Area School District . Retrieved 2022-11-08. - linked from here - Compare to census maps.
  3. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Stearns County, MN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2022-11-07. - This map shows most of the communities served by Tech High. Compare to the high school boundary.
  4. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Sherburne County, MN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2022-11-07. - This map shows the majority portion of Clear Lake. Compare to the high school boundary.
  5. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Wright County, MN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2022-11-07. - This map shows portions of Clearwater. Compare to the high school boundary.
  6. ↑ "Former Tech Building". District 742. Archived from the original on 7 August 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
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