Stillwater Area High School
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| Stillwater Area High School | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Stillwater, Minnesota, USA | |
| Information | |
| Principal | Chris Lennox |
| Enrollment |
2400+ |
| Type | Public |
| Athletics conference | Suburban East |
| Mascot | Ponies |
| Color(s) | Red and black |
| Established | 1993 |
| Homepage | Stillwater Area High School |
Stillwater Area High School (SAHS) is a public school located in Oak Park Heights, Minnesota. The current campus was built in 1993 thanks to a 28 million dollar bond that was approved by the citizens of District 834[1]. The previous location is now Stillwater Junior High School. (SJHS). Graduating students from both SJHS and Oak-Land Jr. High School attend Stillwater Area High School.[2] Newsweek ranked the school #925 in their "List of the 1200 Top High Schools in America."[3]
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[edit] Controversies
In 2003, the school received attention after there were a series of fights stemming from racial prejudice.[citation needed] In 2006, one African American Stillwater student reported finding a pop-bottle bomb in his mailbox.[citation needed] Another race related incident from February 13, involved a racial slur and a heated argument.[4]
In late 2005, Stillwater Area High School received national attention after student journalists from the School Newspaper The Pony Express accidentally uncovered Joshua Gardner, a registered sex offender posing as British Royalty at the school.[5] The journalists who helped uncover the true identity of Gardner were interviewed on Fox News, CNN, Good Morning America, MSNBC, and participated in a number of radio and newspaper interviews.[6]
[edit] Athletics
| State Championships[citation needed] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Season | Sport | Number of Championships |
| Fall | Girls Swim and Dive[7] | 2 State Championships
4 True Team State Championships[8] |
| Football | 4 State Championships | |
| Soccer, Boys | 2 State Championships | |
| Soccer, Girls | 2 State Championships | |
| Cross Country, Boys | 3 State Championships | |
| Adapted Soccer | 2 State Championships | |
| Winter | Basketball, Boys | 1 State Championship |
| Nordic Skiing, Girls | 8 State Championships | |
| Nordic Skiing, Boys | 6 State Championships | |
| Alpine Skiing, Boys | 1 State Championship | |
| Alpine Skiing, Girls | 9 State Championships | |
| Hockey, Girls | 1 State Championship | |
| Spring | Baseball | 1 State Championship |
| Softball | 3 State Championships | |
| Synchronized Swimming | 18 State Championships | |
| Golf, Girls | 2 State Championships | |
| Track and Field, Boys | 3 State Championships
3 True Team State Championships |
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| Track and Field, Girls | 1 True Team State Championship | |
| Tennis, Boys | 1 State Championship | |
| Total | 69 State Championships
8 True Team State Championships 1 National Championship |
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[edit] Notable alumni
- Thomas J. Abercrombie — photographer, first journalist to reach the South Pole
- Glen Perkins — pitcher for the Minnesota Twins.
- Kevin Gullikson — basketball player at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Robert McGarry IV — member of the 2003 Suburban East Conference winning football team.
- Butch Thompson — jazz pianist and clarinetist
- E.E. Knight — science fiction and fantasy writer.
Brad McDonald — International Monetary Fund representative to the World Trade Organization in Geneva Switzerland. Class of 1977.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.stillwater.k12.mn.us/sahs/sahs/
- ^ School Demographics Info
- ^ The Top of the Class. The complete list of the 1,200 top U.S. schools. MSNBC (2007). Retrieved on 2007-05-23.
- ^ Stillwater Gazette - News
- ^ I'm the Duke of Cleveland, said schoolboy with a guilty secret - Telegraph
- ^ ABC News: Student Reporters Expose 'Royal' Sex Offender
- ^ Boys' swimming: Still water? Hardly
- ^ Stillwater Gazette - Sports
- ^ Team USA MN > Athletes >
