Eden Prairie High School
| Eden Prairie High School | |
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17185 Valley View Road , , United States | |
| Coordinates | 44°52′20″N 93°29′40″W / 44.87209°N 93.49431°W |
| Information | |
| Former name | Eden Prairie Senior High School |
| School type | Public, high school |
| Established | 1923 |
| Principal | Jaysen Anderson[2] |
| Teaching staff | 155.15 (FTE) (2022–23)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12[1] |
| Number of students | 2,833 (2022–23)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 18.26 (2022–23)[1] |
| Color(s) | Red White Black |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Rival | Edina High School |
| Newspaper | The Eyrie[3] |
| Website | Official website  |
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Eden Prairie High School (EPHS) is a four-year public high school in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States established in 1923. The present high school opened in 1981 and was significantly added to in 1990, 1994 and 1997. It was named a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 1996 by the United States Department of Education. Eden Prairie High School is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the Minnesota Department of Education.
Demographics
[edit]In 2021–2022 Eden Prairie High School had 2,811 students. 53% of students were White, 17% were African American, 14% were Asian, 9% were Hispanic, and 6% were two or more races.[1]
Academics
[edit]The high school offers over 425 courses, many of which are electives. Language courses include Spanish, French, Sign Language, German and Chinese. Class size ranges from 29 to 34 students.[4]
Facilities
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The school is divided into four wings on three floors. The North Wing is home to the auditorium, Performing Arts Center (PAC), Main Gym, small gym, machine shops, music classrooms and EagleVision television studios. The South Wing contains the Old Commons lunch room, science classrooms and labs, foreign language classrooms, a photography lab, and Special Services facilities. In the East Wing are the New or East Commons lunch room, math classrooms, social studies classrooms, and English classrooms. The West Wing is home of the business classrooms, technology classrooms and labs, health classrooms and economic classrooms. Each department has a resource center near the specific classrooms so that students can work near their teachers when necessary.
Student activities
[edit]Student activities include fine arts; academic teams such as Quiz Bowl, Knowledge Bowl, and Future Problem Solvers; Team 2502, a robotics team; a variety of clubs, including the Eyrie newspaper and eagLIT literary magazine; and both varsity and intramural sports. Eden Prairie boasts a wide variety of extracurricular activities including Band, Ceramics Sculpture, Chess Team, Chorus, Computer Arts, Dance, Drawing Painting, Orchestra, Math Team, Photography, Theater Drama, Bible Study, and Video Film Production.[5]
Athletics
[edit]Eden Prairie High School is a member of the Lake Conference in the Minnesota State High School League. In 2006, the football team was ranked by MaxPreps as the No. 11 team in the nation following a win in the 2006 State Championship.[6] In 2007, Sports Illustrated named Eden Prairie the top high school athletic program in Minnesota.[7] The high school was also recognized by Sports Illustrated as one of the Top Ten Athletic Programs in 2008–09.[8] In the 2001–02 school year, Eden Prairie's athletic budget was $1,460,433, the highest per capita of any high school in Minnesota.[9] Eden Prairie is the only high school in Minnesota to send a team (pom squad) to the UDA National Dance Team Championship, where they have claimed seven national titles (1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011).[citation needed].
| State championships | |||
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| Season | Sport | Number of championships | Year |
| Fall | Soccer, boys' | 2 | 2002, 2011 |
| Soccer, girls' | 2 | 2005, 2010 | |
| Cross country running, boys' | 1 | 2009 | |
| Cross country running, girls' | 3 | 1980, 2008, 2010 | |
| Football | 11 | 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 | |
| Volleyball | 1 | 2011 | |
| Swimming and diving, girls' | 4 | 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999[1] | |
| Winter | Alpine skiing, boys' | 1 | 2005 |
| Nordic skiing, boys' | 3 | 1983, 1984, 2013 | |
| Hockey, boys' | 3 | 2009, 2011, 2021 | |
| Hockey, girls' | 3 | 2006, 2008, 2016 | |
| Competitive cheerleading team | 4 | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 | |
| Dance team, girls' | 5 | 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2003 | |
| Gymnastics, girls' | 5 | 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 2005 | |
| Swimming and diving, boys' | 7 | 2002, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2016,
2023 | |
| Drumline | 7 | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 | |
| Quiz Bowl league | 6 | 1994, 1996, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014 | |
| Spring | Baseball | 3 | 2004, 2010, 2017 |
| Softball | 1 | 2002 | |
| Badminton | 1 | 2001 | |
| NAQT Quiz Bowl State | 5 | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014 | |
| Mock trial | 1 (not varsity) | 1996 | |
| Golf, boys' | 2 | 1999, 2013 | |
| Tennis, boys' | 1 | 2010 | |
| Track, boys' | 2 | 2008, 2010 | |
| Lacrosse, boys' | 4 [2] | 2004, 2012, 2013, 2014 | |
| Lacrosse, girls' | 7 [2] | 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017 | |
| Total | 86 | ||
- ^ The 1999 state championship resulted in a tie between Eden Prairie High School and Edina High School.
- ^ The Minnesota State High School League's first lacrosse tournaments for boys and girls were held in 2007. Prior to that year lacrosse was a U.S. Lacrosse Association certified club sport.
Notable alumni
[edit]- Adam Bartley – actor[10]
- David Baszucki – Roblox co-founder[11]
- Jackson Blake – ice hockey player[12]
- Rachel Bootsma – Olympic gold medalist swimmer[13]
- Carter Bykowski – professional football player[14]
- Blake Cashman – professional football player[15]
- Ryan Connelly – professional football player[16]
- Carter Coughlin - professional football player
- Cole De Vries – professional baseball player[17]
- Jay Foreman – professional football player[18]
- Daerek Hart - Professional esports player[19]
- Jermaine Johnson II - professional football player[20]
- Nick Leddy – professional ice hockey player[21]
- Ken Martin - politician[22]
- Timmy Frederiksen – founder and professional CDL player for DFW HeatWave Gaming
- Casey Mittelstadt – professional ice hockey player[23]
- Lúcia Moniz – Portuguese singer who represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996; attended Eden Prairie High School as a foreign exchange student[24][25]
- Susan Rapp – Olympic swimmer[26]
- Nick Seeler – professional ice hockey player[27]
- Robert Rudolph Remus, retired professional wrestler known as Sgt. Slaughter[citation needed]
- Neil Wagner – professional baseball player[28]
- Antoine Winfield Jr. - professional football player
- Ryan Wittman – basketball player[29]
- Ethan Wragge – basketball player[30]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Search for Public Schools - Eden Prairie Senior High (271422000735)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
- ^ "Staff Directory - Eden Prairie Schools".
- ^ "The Eyrie". Retrieved June 22, 2019.
- ^ "Eden Prairie Schools ISD #272". Archived from the original on October 15, 2009. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
- ^ "General Info / Contact Us". Archived from the original on November 25, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
- ^ High School Football Rankings 06-07 - MaxPreps
- ^ SI.com The top high schools in each of the 50 states and D.C.
- ^ SI.com 2008–2009 top 10 high school athletic programs in the U.S.
- ^ Brackin, Dennis; Rand, Michael (September 23, 2003). "The business of high school sports Success has a price". Star Tribune: Metro 1A.
- ^ "Eden Prairie graduate Adam Bartley stars on 'Longmire'". Shakopee Valley News. Savage, MN. February 26, 2015.
- ^ Vashishtha, Yashica (July 24, 2019). "David Baszucki : Founder of Roblox, the Biggest Video Game Building Platform". Your Tech Story. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
He completed his high school education from Eden Prairie High School in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
- ^ "UND commit Jackson Blake has been a key to his team's success". therinklive.com. February 18, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ Blount, Rachel (May 22, 2012). "Rachel Bootsma dares to dream her Olympic dream". Star Tribune. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
- ^ "Vikings sign Bykowski off the 49ers Practice Squad". Vikings.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2014.
- ^ "Blake Cashman". Minnesota Golden Gophers football. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
- ^ Galloway, Jason (May 22, 2019). "Former Badgers linebacker Ryan Connelly takes unlikely path to becoming NFL draft pick". Madison.com. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
- ^ "Twins, Jason Marquis part ways". ESPN. Associated Press. May 22, 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
- ^ Leighton, Tim (September 6, 2009). "Empire of the son". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
- ^ "LemonNation Official Roster". rostershuffle.com. 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
- ^ "Jermaine Johnson, Eden Prairie , Weak-Side Defensive End". Retrieved January 24, 2023.
- ^ Youngblood, Kent (July 12, 2013). "Nick Leddy brings the Stanley Cup to Minnesota". Star Tribune. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
- ^ "Chairman". The Minnesota DFL. Archived from the original on July 31, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
- ^ Mizutani, Dane (June 24, 2017). "Casey Mittelstadt, at No. 8, is highest-drafted Minnesotan in more than a decade". Pioneer Press. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
- ^ "Turn back the page: In 2004, family recalled 'Love Actually' star as exchange student". January 2014.
- ^ "Lúcia Moniz". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved July 1, 2024.
- ^ "Turn back the page: In 1984, Eden Prairie welcomed home a silver medalist". SWNewsMedia.com. August 7, 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
- ^ "NICK SEELER". gophersports.com. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ^ "Eden Prairie's Neil Wagner Named Toronto Blue Jays Pitcher". Southwest Metro Magazine. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
- ^ Huss, Dan (March 23, 2007). "Wittman Named Ivy Rookie of the Year". Eden Prairie News. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
- ^ "Ethan Wragge Creighton Bluejays bio". Creighton Bluejays. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- EPHS Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)
- EPHS Boosters Association Archived July 14, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- Foundation for Eden Prairie Schools - alumni association
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