Stevens High School (South Dakota)
| Stevens High School | |
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| Location | |
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1200 44th Street Rapid City, SD 57702 United States |
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| Coordinates | 44°04′30″N 103°17′23″W / 44.075°N 103.289722°W |
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| Type | High School |
| School district | Rapid City Area Schools |
| Principal | John Julius |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1632 |
| Color(s) | Blue and Silver |
| Athletics | Track & Field, Cross Country, Tennis, Golf, Wrestling, Soccer, Gymnastics, Football, Basketball |
| Athletics conference | Greater Dakota Conference (GDC) |
| Mascot | Raiders |
| Website | http://stevensraiders.com |
Stevens High School is one of two public high schools in Rapid City, South Dakota, United States. The school opened in November 1969 and has an enrollment of approximately 1600 students. Renowned for academics, performing arts, and athletics, the school is situated in the foothills of South Dakota's Black Hills on the city's western outskirts. The school colors are blue and silver, and the school teams and organizations are known as the "Raiders", after the mascot known as "The Raider Guy".
Stevens has had 10 students named as U.S. Presidential Scholars since 1970.
The campus includes an 800-seat theater with state-of-the-art computerized lighting and sound equipment, and a college-class gym complex with multiple basketball courts, dedicated wrestling and weight-training facilities. The Carold Heier Gymnasium seating 5,000+ spectators has hosted a national ESPN broadcast, as well as speakers such as George McGovern, Pat Nixon and President Bill Clinton. Stevens is among a handful of high schools anywhere possessing a large concert organ, a three-manual, 88-stop instrument in the Milo Winter Fine Arts Auditorium.
The marching and concert bands received the John Philip Sousa Foundation's Sudler Flag of Honor, an international award recognizing high school concert bands, in 1985. The "Raider Fight Song", written by band composer Paul Yoder, was premiered by the Rapid City High School Band at nearby Mount Rushmore prior to the schools opening with the composer in attendance. The band has performed concerts in several European countries, as well as at the Rose Parade in Pasadena and at Mile High Stadium for the Denver Broncos.
The 120-member Stevens Symphonic Orchestra has qualified the most participants in the South Dakota All-State Orchestra for 36 of the past 38 years, placing 53 members in the 2001 All-State Orchestra. The Stevens Chamber Orchestra won the Gold Medal at the Young Manhattan Music Festival in 1985, receiving a standing ovation from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, Samuel Adler, who served as head judge. In May 2007, the Jay Sharp Memorial Concert Organ of 100 digital ranks was dedicated in a performance of Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony #3 featuring organist Justin Matters.
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