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School type
  
Secondary

Principal
  
David Lawrence

Enrollment
  
1,545 (as of 2012-13)

Phone
  
+1 218-284-2300

Established
  
1883

Grades
  
9-12

Mascot
  
Spuddy

Number of students
  
1,545

Teaching staff
  
87.06 (FTE) (as of 2012-13)

Address
  
2300 4th Ave S, Moorhead, MN 56560, USA

District
  
Moorhead Public School District

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Moorhead High School is a public high school in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. Established in 1883, the school serves approximately 1600 students in grades 9-12.

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Extracurricular activities

Student groups and activities at Moorhead High School include Destination Imagination, Apollo Strings, Business Professionals of America, carolers, drama, Key Club, Knowledge Bowl, newspaper, pep band, Science Olympiad, speech, debate, student council, and yearbook.

Athletics

The school's athletic teams, known as the Moorhead Spuds, compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, dance team, football, golf, gymnastics, hockey, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling.

State championship titles held by the school include:

  • Basketball, boys': 1928, 1929
  • Football: 1971, 1987 (AA)
  • Golf, boys: 2012 (AAA), 2015 (AAA)
  • Track and field, boys': 1929, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973 (AA), 1987 (AA), 1993 (AA)
  • Track and field, girls': 1973, 1974, 1975, 1999 (AA), 2001 (AA)
  • Volleyball: 1988 (AA)

    • Notable alumni

  • Jason Blake, professional ice hockey player
  • Ada Comstock, women's education pioneer
  • Brian Coyle, three-term Minneapolis City Council member
  • Mark Cullen, professional ice hockey player
  • Matt Cullen, professional ice hockey player
  • Becky Gulsvig, actress
  • Mark Ladwig, member of 2010 U.S Olympic team-figure skating
  • Morrie Lanning, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
  • Brian Lee, professional ice hockey player
  • Warren Magnuson, US Senator from Washington 1944-1981
  • Olaus Murie, naturalist
  • Arlan Stangeland, member of the United States House of Representatives 1977-1991
  • Chris VandeVelde, professional ice hockey player

    • References

    Moorhead High School Wikipedia
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