Charles M. Russell High School

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Charles M. Russell High School
Address
228 17th Avenue Northwest Great Falls , Montana United States
Information
Type	Public secondary
Established	1965
School district	Great Falls Public Schools
Principal	Jamie McGraw[1]
Teaching staff	90.80 (FTE)[2]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,454 (2022-23)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	16.01 [2]
Color(s)	Green and gold     [3]
Mascot	The Rustler
Nickname	Rustlers[3]
Rival	Great Falls High School
Yearbook	Russellog
Website

Charles M. Russell High School (also known as CMR) is a public high school in Great Falls, Montana, in the United States. It is part of the Great Falls Public Schools system. It is one of two public high schools in the city, the other being Great Falls High School. The school opened on September 7, 1965, with about 1,400 students. The school had about 1,515 students enrolled in the 2011–2012 school year. ^[4] CMR was opened in 1965 and the Rustlers have won 13 Montana state AA football championships, the most of any school in that time period.^[5]

Notable alumni

Among its notable alumni are:

Politicians

• Scyller Borglum, former member of the South Dakota House of Representatives^[6][7]
• Melony G. Griffith, former member of the Maryland Senate
• Albert Olszewski, former member of the Montana Senate

Athletes

• Dave Dickenson, University of Montana-Missoula and Canadian Football League (CFL) player
• Patrick Dwyer, former NHL player
• Todd Foster, Olympic boxer^[8]
• Tyler Graham, San Francisco Giants and Arizona Diamondbacks professional baseball outfielder
• Michael Howard, award-winning actor, writer, and filmmaker.
• Josh Huestis, former NBA player
• Ryan Leaf, former NFL quarterback

References

1. "'It feels like coming home': Jamie McGraw selected to be next CMR principal". Great Falls Tribune. March 27, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
2. "C M Russell High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
3. "C.M. Russell High School". Montana High School Association. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
4. "Fall Enrollments by Classification (Size)" (PDF). Montana High School Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
5. "MT Football State Champion History". Glacier WolfPack Football. Retrieved July 28, 2021 – via glacierwolfpackfootball.com.
6. Heisel Jr., Bill (July 3, 1994). "Youth leader bursting with ideas, keen to pursue political career". Great Falls Tribune. p. 9. Retrieved August 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Mansch, Scott (1998-08-13). "A Sport to Crew About". Great Falls Tribune. p. 21. Retrieved 2019-08-16 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Mansch, Scott. "No regrets for boxing legend Todd Foster". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved 1 February 2024.

External links

• CMR High School web site