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as "Legends of the Game". The ice hockey team won the 1977,1988, 1995, 2004 and 2008 (tied) MHSAA state championships. The girls downhill ski team took the state titles in 1999â2004, 2008, 2009, and 2016. The boys downhill ski team were the state champs in 1997, 2000â2003, 2006, 2009, and 2013â2016.
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board retired the Indian Chief logo but kept the Redmen nickname. In 2023, the school board decided to retire the nickname after a 4â3 vote, completely dissolving the Redmen nickname from the school and all athletic events. The school then called for the community to vote on possible names for the
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donated $ 26,000 to the school board to replace the funds it had spent on land acquisition, so that more money could be spent on construction. In appreciation, the board voted unanimously to name the school after
Kaufman's mother, Juliet Graveraet; they later named the auditorium after Kaufman
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Marquette's first high school was constructed in 1859 on property given to the city by Morgan Hewitt. Located on the corner of Pine and Ridge
Streets, the community initially opposed the project because it was "on the edge of the wilderness." Nevertheless, the red brick building with separate
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There has been controversy about the name for many years. However, it started ramping up in the 1990s when Native
American groups argued that the nickname was offensive and perpetuated negative stereotypes. They also pointed out that the use of Native American mascots and logos is a form of
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The exact origin of the "Redmen" nickname is unknown, with some saying it is from the 1910s and some saying the 1920s. Many sources attribute the origin of the school's red color to the red sweaters worn by athletic participants in the 1920s. These sweaters were inspired by the
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Marquette Senior High School's athletic program is known as the Sentinels. The school's first State Championship award came in the fall of 1976 with the Girls Basketball Team coached by Barb Crill. The team was also honored several years later by the
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son) was constructed in 1902 along with an elementary school and a manual training building. However, the school had been built to accommodate 200 students, but reached an enrollment of nearly 400 by 1915, so the community began a search for a new site.
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Harriet K. Adams, widow of pioneer Sidney Adams, donated land on the corner of Front and Hewitt streets for a new high school, and gave $ 2,500 for gymnasium equipment, but World War I postponed those plans until 1923.
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The demographic breakdown of the 918 students enrolled in 2022-2023 was:
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mascot came around the 1930s or 1940s as an homage to Indian strength.
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962:"Marquette Area Public School Board selects Sentinels as new nickname"
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597:(1988): Olympic silver medalist in luge doubles, Nagano, Japan, 1998.
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988:"Legendary Komets broadcaster dies"
879:"ESPN.com - OTL: What's in a name?"
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1073:Marquette Senior High School
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653:"Kaufman Auditorium History"
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304:11th grade proficiency rates
222:Great Northern UP Conference
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556:cultural appropriation
335:Not Proficient %
327:PR. Proficient %
55:1203 West Fair Avenue
21:Marquette High School
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800:"MHSAA > Schools"
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478:Multiracial â 5.66%
217:Big North Conference
213:Athletics conference
173:918 (2022-2023)
343:Average test scores
279:Student assessments
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170:Enrollment
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1142:Marquette
1137:Kingsford
1132:Gladstone
586:Bob Chase
548:chieftain
516:Athletics
430:himself.
387:Marquette
239:Newspaper
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202:Athletics
150:Principal
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1039:July 25,
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887:Archived
391:Michigan
266:.mapsnet
249:Yearbook
230:Nickname
186:Color(s)
66:Michigan
544:Harvard
405:History
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259:Website
208:Class A
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448:Gender
380:public
302:M-STEP
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268:.org
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