Caledonia High School (CHS) is a public high school

High school

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 located in Caledonia, Minnesota

Caledonia, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,965 people, 1,223 households, and 754 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,037.1 people per square mile . There were 1,286 housing units at an average density of 449.8 per square mile...

. Caledonia High School serves Caledonia as well as the surrounding communities of Brownsville

Brownsville, Minnesota

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, Eitzen

Eitzen, Minnesota

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, Freeburg and Reno

Reno, Minnesota

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. Caledonia High School's mascot is the "Warrior" and the school colors are black and gold.

History

The original Caledonia High School building now serves as the grade school. The new Middle School/High School opened for the 2002-2003 school year. In the 2009-2010 year, Paul DeMorrett took over administration of the school.

Schedule Changes

As a budget-cutting measure, DeMorrett and the school board heavily altered the school's daily schedule. The former block schedule was replaced by a seven-period schedule. This move has been criticized by parents and students concerned about the loss of potential credits for students and the reduction in time for laboratory periods in science classes such as chemistry

Chemistry

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 and biology

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Sports

Caledonia High School has coaches who do not have any other interests or occupations, which allows them to focus entirely on their sport and create "successful" teams.

Notable athletic performances include:

• 1974 - Class B Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) State Football Runner-up.
• 1975 - Football - Undefeated, but not selected for playoffs.
• 1976 - Class B MSHSL State Football Champions, undefeated.
• 1997 – Class AA MSHSL Men's Basketball State Champions, undefeated.
• 1998 – Class AA MSHSL Women's Basketball State Runner-up, 28-1 record
• 2000 – Baseball - Undefeated Southeast Conference Champions. (First as well as last in conference history, as it was disbanded in 2003).
• 1970 - Wrestling - MSHSL State Champions
• 1984 - Wrestling - MSHSL Class A State Runner Up
• 1967-1974 - Wrestling - Caledonia won 83 consecutive dual meet matches. This was a state record that held for 36 years, The record was broke by Apple Valley on January 9, 2010.
• 2010-2011 Austin Gorgen won Back to back State Championships in wrestling.
• 2011 - Track & Field - MSHSL Class A State Champions
• 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 MSHSL Class AA Football Championship
• 2009 MSHSL AA Girl's basketball state championship

External links

• Caledonia High School website
• School district website