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Type
  
Public high school

Grades
  
7-12

Phone
  
+1 218-283-2571

Color
  
Purple and Yellow

Principal
  
Tim Everson

Nickname
  
Broncos

Mascot
  
Broncos

Website
  
www.isd361.k12.mn.us/schools/fhs/

Address
  
1515 11th St, International Falls, MN 56649, USA

District
  
International Falls School District

Similar
  
Fort Frances High Sch, 361 Independ School Di, Internatio Falls Public Works, Bronco Arena, KGHS

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Falls High School is a public high school located in International Falls, Minnesota. The school's class ring design is the oldest class ring tradition in the United States, dating back to 1929. As of 2014 approximately 600 students attend classes in the school. Every grade level ranges from 70-100 students. In the Fall of 2014 the school changed polices and changed over from a 6 period day to a 7 period day. The students have 5 minutes between each class to maneuver to the next one.

Contents

Included on campus are a sports arena for hockey (also used for spring and fall sports training), football practice fields, and track field, several baseball and softball diamonds, and a swimming pool. There is a parking lot for students who use their own vehicles to travel to school (all it requires is a sticker in the window that students can sign up for in the office). There is also a separate lot for teachers parking.

The current principal is Tim Everson and the athletic director is Beth Shermoen.

Falls high school is on the border of the U.S. and Canadian at the most northern part of Koochiching County.

The Falls' rival school is variant for different sports, but typically a good battle between the Hibbing High School in Hibbing, Minnesota.

As of the 2010-11 school year, the school had an enrollment of 658 students and 34 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 20.08.

Clubs

Clubs offered at Falls High School include:Bowling, FACS, Fall Musical, Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Class Committees, Knowledge Bowl, Math Team, National Honor Society, Newspaper, Recycling Club, Spanish Club, Speech Team, Spring Play, Student Ambassador (Peer Leaders), Student Council, Super Mileage, World Culture Club, YMCA, and Youth In Government.

Sports

Sports offered by the school include cheerleading, swimming and diving, basketball, volleyball, cross country, hockey, football, baseball, softball, track and field. Athletes have the name Broncos, named after Falls High graduate Bronko Nagurski. The colors are purple, gold, and white.

Fall Sports Offered

Girls: Cross Country, Volleyball, Swimming and Diving Boys: Cross Country, Football (Cheerleader)

Winter Sports Offered

Girls: Hockey, Basketball Boys: Hockey (Cheerleader), Basketball (Cheerleader), Swimming and Diving

Spring Sports Offered

Girls: Track and Field, Softball, Golf Boys: Track and Field, Baseball, Golf

References

Falls High School Wikipedia