Cedar High School

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Cedar High School
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Address
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703 W 600 S

Cedar City
,
Utah
84720

United States
Coordinates37°39′56″N 113°04′22″W / 37.66556°N 113.07278°W / 37.66556; -113.07278Coordinates: 37°39′56″N 113°04′22″W / 37.66556°N 113.07278°W / 37.66556; -113.07278
Information
Other namesCedar City High School or CHS
TypePublic high school
School districtIron County School District
NCES School ID490039000278[1]
PrincipalTerri Sanders
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,208[1] (2016-2017)
Websitechs.ironk12.org

Cedar High School, also known as Cedar City High School or CHS, is a public high school in Cedar City, Utah, United States.

History[]

Cedar High School Was originally part of Branch Normal School, a branch of the University of Utah. The responsibility for running the school was transferred to Utah State University. When this happened, the school's name was changed to Branch Agricultural College, what is today Southern Utah University. As the town and number of students grew, the need for an independent high school became apparent. Cedar High School was founded in September 1940. The school building was located on Center and 300 West just north of the Randall L. Jones auditorium on the SUU campus. It was designed to house 350 students and became overcrowded as the student body grew to 500. It was torn down in 2000 to make room for a parking lot.

The school was founded in 1941 and incorporated high school students from the nearby Branch Agricultural College. In 1942 CHS got its mascot under President Jay Thorley. Cedar High School belongs to the Iron County School District. The current building was completed for the 1963-1964 Academic year, and was extremely modern for the time. The Building has undergone several expansions over the years. The most recent expansion was completed in 2010, and includes a new commons area, state-of-the-art band room, and an all new counseling center. Current enrollment is approximately 1100. The principal is John Dodds.

Until 1997 Cedar High was the city's only secondary school; for many decades its students participated in a fierce rivalry with Dixie High School in St. George, Utah (another one-high school town until the 1980s). For the past decade the hometown rivals have been the Canyon View High School Falcons.

Cedar High School has a choir, orchestra and band groups, theater program, and art department. CHS has a pep band, which plays at all of the home football and basketball games. CHS also has a jazz band which has won the state championship six times in a row. CHS has also fielded many champion cross-country teams.

Sports[]

The Cedar High School football team has played in the state championship winning all three times.[citation needed]

CHS sports include baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, Mohey Tawa (drill team), soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.

The boys' basketball team won their first 2A State championship in 1975.[citation needed] They won the 3A Utah State Basketball Championship in 1994 and 1995.[citation needed] The boys' baseball team won the 3A Utah State Champtionship in 1975.[citation needed]

Notable alumni[]

Mascot Controversy[]

In early 2019 the mascot "The Redmen" was brought to the Iron County school board for re-consideration to change after an advisory committee voted 17–2 in favor of changing it from the stereotype of Native Americans. In February 2019 the Iron County school board voted 3–2 in favor of retiring the mascot and electing a new one, which was selected by high school students.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Search for Public Schools - Cedar High School (490039000278)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  2. ^ Haymond, Jay M. (1994), "Leavitt, Michael Okerlund", in Powell, Allan Kent (ed.), Utah History Encyclopedia, Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press, ISBN 0874804256, OCLC 30473917
  3. ^ https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/04/13/utah-high-school-has/#:~:text=Cedar%20High%20School%20is%20no,stereotype%2C%20culturally%20appropriated%20and%20racist.

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