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Sisseton High School

Sisseton High School
Address
Map
516 8th Avenue West

Sisseton
,
South Dakota
57262

United States
Coordinates45°39′53″N 97°03′46″W / 45.6647°N 97.0627°W / 45.6647; -97.0627
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtSisseton School District 54-2
NCES District ID4600053[1]
SuperintendentMichael Neil Terhune[2]
NCES School ID460005301239[3]
PrincipalJim Frederick[4]
Teaching staff17.70 (FTE)[3]
Enrollment296[3] (2022-2023)
Campus typeRural
Color(s)    Red and black
Athletics conferenceSDHSAA NE-A
Team nameRedmen[5]
Websitesisseton.k12.sd.us/shs/SitePages/Home.aspx

Sisseton High School (SHS) is a public high school in Sisseton, South Dakota and the only high school in the Sisseton, South Dakota school district. The school reported 250 students for the 2014-2015 school year.[3] The school's athletic teams play as part of the SDHSAA Northeast Conference as the "Redmen".[4]

In 2010 a student was arrested for stockpiling weapons and bomb-making materials in his bedroom. He had also written about wanting to blow up the school.[6] He was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2011.[7]

Veblen High School was merged with SHS at some point in the past.[citation needed]

Redmen team name

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For the 2014-2015 school year, of the 250 students, 110 were Native American.[3] Disagreements and controversy among Native American students and community members over the school's use of a Native American mascot has received media attention.

In 2015 a group of girls' basketball players who were students of the nearby school Tiospa Zina Tribal School wore shirts saying "Not your Mascot" to a game at SHS.[8] The students had previously attended SHS but had later transferred to the tribal school in Agency Village on the Lake Traverse Reservation. Several of the students' grandparents had previously protested the mascot in the 90s. The schools superintendent Stephen Schulte has said that there is support for the name.[9][10] The T-shirts sparked at least one fight.[11]

In September 2016, the school board voted to remove all native imagery from Homecoming from that year forward, although the school would continue to use the name. The decision was opposed by the school's student homecoming committee.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Sisseton School District 54-2". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Mondesir, Pascale (September 13, 2016). "Native American imagery removed from Sisseton homecoming". KSFY. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Search for Public Schools - Sisseton High School - 01 (460005301239)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Member School Directory - Sisseton High School". SDHSAA. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Redmen Athletics". Sisseton High School. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  6. ^ "S.D. teen planned to bomb school, police say". Boston.com. Associated Press. 10 September 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  7. ^ Dunsmoor, Ben (17 February 2011). "Sisseton Student Going To Prison For Bomb Plot". Keloland.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  8. ^ Skytta, Rachel (3 February 2015). "Push To Change Sisseton 'Redmen' Mascot". KDLT News. NBC News. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  9. ^ "Girls lobby to change 'Redmen' school nickname in Sisseton". The Daily Republic. Associated Press. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  10. ^ Grandstrand, Katherine (6 February 2015). "Teens rally for name change". Aberdeen News. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  11. ^ "According to student, fight broke out over t-shirt". ksfy.com. ABC News. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.