Stillwater Area High School
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| Stillwater Area High School | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Stillwater, Minnesota, USA | |
| Information | |
| Principal | Chris Lennox |
| Type | Public |
| Athletics conference | Suburban East |
| Mascot | Ponies |
| Color(s) | Red and black |
| Established | 1993 |
| Enrollment | 2400+ |
| 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 2004, 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 | 2 State Championships
3 True Team State Championships. |
| 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 | 7 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 | |
| Track and Field, Girls | 1 True Team State Championship | |
| Tennis, Boys | 1 State Championship | |
| Total | 68 State Championships
7 True Team State Championships 1 National Championship | |
[edit] Notable alumni
- Thomas J. Abercrombie — photographer, first journalist to reach the South Pole
- Glen Perkins — pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization.
- 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
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.stillwater.k12.mn.us/sahs/sahs/
- ^ http://oakland.stillwater.k12.mn.us/School_Demographics_Info.html
- ^ The Top of the Class. The complete list of the 1,200 top U.S. schools. MSNBC (2007). Retrieved on 2007-05-23.
- ^ http://stillwatergazette.com/articles/2007/02/22/news/news220.txt
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/01/19/wduke19.xml
- ^ http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/LegalCenter/story?id=1501916
- ^ http://www.teamusaminnesota.org/athlete_bio.asp?id=24
