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North High School (North St. Paul, Minnesota)

Field	Value
logo	North High School (North St. Paul, Minnesota) logo.png
image	North High School (North St Paul MN).jpg
caption	North High School from the northeast
established	1905
location	2416 11th Avenue East
North Saint Paul, MN 55119
coordinates
country	United States
grades	912
hours_in_day	6.5
enrollment	1,639 (202324)
ratio	17.20
teaching_staff	95.29 (FTE)
type	Public
mascot	Polar
colors	Red and White
principal	Kevin Wolff
website

North Saint Paul, MN 55119

North High School is a public 9-12 high school in North Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is one of two high schools in the ISD 622 District. The other is Tartan Senior High School, in Oakdale, Minnesota.

History

Founded in 1905, North High School has rebuilt five times due to growing enrollment. In 2005, it celebrated its centennial.

In 2010, Newsweek named North High one of the nation's top 1,300 schools.

Geography

The school is in North St. Paul, across Minnesota State Highway 36 from downtown. Due to the setback in construction of the new building, it has a second campus in the School District 622 Education Building, at the east end of the school's parking lot.

Curriculum

North offers many higher-level classes, including multiple AP courses and PSEO enrollment at multiple colleges. It also participates in the University of Minnesota's College in the Schools program.

Extracurricular activities

North High offers various extracurricular activities. Athletics include volleyball, football, boys' and girls' soccer, boys' and girls' basketball, boys' and girls' cross country, boys' and girls' track, boys' and girls' swim and dive, boys' and girls' tennis, boys' and girls' golf, wrestling, baseball, boy's and girls' lacrosse, softball, boys' and girls' bowling, and boys' and girls' hockey. The boys' soccer team won the state championship in 2013. The volleyball program has also had success, making it to the section finals two years in a row.

Incidents

On June 1, 2012, someone released smoke bombs on the last day of school, which resulted in the evacuation of the entire school for about 90 minutes. Five students were treated by medics but none were hospitalized.

Notable alumni

Clark Shaughnessy, College Football Hall of Fame coach
Kip Sundgaard (1974) Olympic Ski Jumper
Troy G. Ward (1980) Professional hockey coach: Pittsburgh Penguins, Houston Aeros, Abbotsford Heat
Barry Bennett Former NFL defensive tackle
Ira Dean (1987) Bass player and gold record recording artist with the band Trick Pony
Bret Hedican (1988) Professional hockey player, husband of figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi
Nate Richert (1996) Actor (Harvey on Sabrina the Teenage Witch), musician
Allie Thunstrom (2006) NWHL Player for the Minnesota White Caps
Jim O'Brien (ice hockey) (2007) Professional hockey player
Louis Varland (2015) MLB pitcher for the Minnesota Twins

References

[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=2723850&ID=272385001174 NORTH SENIOR HIGH]
[http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_12723507] Newsweek
[http://www.cce.umn.edu/cis/schools.html College in the Schools - Participating Schools] {{webarchive. link. (2006-02-11 University of Minnesota)
(April 2020). "Smoke bombs cloud North High seniors' last day".

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