Draft:Saint Boniface High School (Cold Spring, MN)

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Saint Boniface High School
Address
527 Main St, Cold Spring, MN 56320
Information
Other names	Rocori Middle School
School type	Private
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholic
Established	1926
Founder	Rev. Adolph Dingmann, O.S.B
Closed	1968
Athletics conference	Central Gopher Conference
Mascot	Springer
Yearbook	Sabonite

Saint Boniface High School was a 4-year catholic secondary school in Cold Spring, MN. The school was one of four other high schools run by the sisters of Saint Benedict's Monastery.

History

Prior to 1916, Students in Cold Spring in grades 1-10 attended school in a dated, gray, three story stucco building. In that same year, construction of a new parochial elementary school was completed and the stucco building became a sister's convent. Plans called for several second story rooms to hold high school classes. the school didn't operate as a 4-year high school until 1926 when a new secondary school building was constructed under the oversight of Rev. Adolph Dingmann, O.S.B.

By 1946, The high number of German-Catholic youth from all around the Sauk River valley had caused Saint Boniface's enrollment to far exceed the school buildings capacity. It was determined that interior re-configuration was necessary. 5 additional classrooms were added but this was still not enough, So the sister's convent and former district school was reconfigured to serve as a school once more. All expansion was completed by 1948. In 1958, it was again realized that the schools enrollment and activities had outgrown the building. During the 1960-61 school year, several classrooms, a band room, gymnasium and bowling alley were built almost entirely out of local supplied granite.

1967 marked the end of the era of parochial schools in the region, As financial pressure from residents of 21 rural school districts ultimately caused a return to the tax-payer funded school system and the founding of ISD 750. In the spring of 1968 Saint Boniface graduated its last class. The next year, construction of the new Rocori High School was completed and the district welcomed its first students.

In 1974, the building was sold to Rocori Schools and would serve as Rocori Middle School until the spring of 2011, when the building was demolished.

Extracurriculars

For Athletics, the school offered Football, Basketball, Baseball and Track as well as GAA (Girls Athletic Association) intramural Basketball, Volleyball and Bowling.

Saint Boniface took pride in its concert and marching bands. The band actively participated in local and regional competitions and was a staple at home basketball games.

The school had a very active performing arts program, with fall and spring acts as well as the headlining annual class play.