members. The school fields adapted Softball, Soccer, Bowling and Floor Hockey teams for Physically Impaired and Cognitively Impaired students. The PI and CI teams represent the entire Saint Paul City Conference. Mascot Humboldt's teams were formerly stylized as the "Indians". School officials spent months deciding whether to change the school's team name and mascot due to the continuing Native American mascot controversy. In 1988, the school's Parent/Community Advisory Committee decided to keep the name after a 555 to 64 vote (90%). The school then proceeded to add an Indian education curriculum. There were several attempts to convince the Saint Paul School Board to keep the mascot. In 1989, a committee of the school board asked that Humboldt change its logo after the State Board of Education requested all schools in Minnesota change their mascots. Local American Indians viewed the mascot as a "symbol of ethnic and community pride". A week later the school board required Humboldt to change its mascot. The school hosted several rallies to try to save the mascot and held walk outs led by Native American students. After the district asked the state Department of Education for assistance the state department deferred the decision to the district. The district then deferred the change to the community who voted to keep the mascot. The school board attempted to change the mascot again in 1992, when almost 88% of the school's Native American students voted to keep the name. After four years the school board changed the school's name with the new logo, the Hawks, being used in the 1992–1993 school year. Notable alumni Sid Applebaum, American businessman, co-founder of Rainbow Foods. Ernest A. Beedle. Minnesota lawyer and politician Jim Fritsche was a professional basketball player in the NBA (1953–55). Dave Hanson, NHL/WHA player most famous for his role in the 1977 movie Slap Shot. Pao Houa Her (born 1982), photographer Arnold E. Kempe, Minnesota lawyer and politician Raymond J. Kempe, Minnesota lawyer and politician Alfred O. C. Nier was a physicist and pioneer in the field of mass spectrometry. Rollie Seltz, former professional basketball player in the NBA. Harold Stassen (1922) was the Governor of Minnesota (1939–43). Ken Yackel (1949) was an Olympic and professional hockey player who was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame. References External links Humboldt Senior High School High schools in Saint Paul, Minnesota Educational institutions established in 1889 Public high