Eden Prairie High School
Eden Prairie Senior High School | |
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Address | |
17185 Valley View Road Eden Prairie, Minnesota United States | |
Information | |
Type | Public Secondary |
Established | 1923 |
Principal | Robb Virgin |
Teaching staff | 193 |
Grades | 9-12 |
Number of students | 2,804[1] |
Color(s) |
Red, Black, and White |
Mascot | Eagles |
Newspaper | Eyrie |
Website | http://ephs.edenpr.org/ |
Eden Prairie Senior High School (EPHS) is a four-year public high school located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota established in 1923. The present high school opened in 1981 and was significantly added to in 1990, 1994 and 1997. The school 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
With 2,804 students,[2] Eden Prairie High School is the third largest high school in Minnesota by enrollment in 2017-18.[3] In the 2010-11 school year, 79% of students were White, 9% were African American, 8% were Asian, and 4% were Hispanic.[4]
Academics
The high school offers over 350 courses, many of which are electives. Offered language courses include Spanish, French, Sign Language, German and Chinese. Class size ranges from 29-34 students.[4]
Facilities
The school is divided into four wings on three floors. The North Wing is home to the Auditorium, Performing Arts Center (PAC), the 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 of Eden Prairie High School is the New or East Commons lunch room, Math classrooms, Social Studies classrooms, and English classrooms. Lastly, the West Wing is home of the Business classrooms, Technology classrooms and labs, Health classrooms and the Economic classrooms. Also, each department has a resource center near the specific classrooms so that students can work in close proximity to their teachers when necessary.
Student activities
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 the eagLIT literary magazine; and both varsity and intramural sports. Eden Prairie high school boasts a wide variety of extracurricular activities which include: 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
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 2008-2009.[8] In the 2001-2002 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 also the only high school in Minnesota to send a team (pom squad) to the UDA National Dance Team Championship, where they have claimed 7 national titles (1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011). Rachel Bootsma, a 2012 Olympic gold medalist, is an Eden Prairie graduate.
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 | 12 | 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 | |
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 | 2 | 2009, 2011 | |
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 | 6 | 2002, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2016 | |
Quiz Bowl league | 6 | 1994, 1996, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014 | |
Spring | Baseball | 3 | 2004, 2010, 2017 |
Softball | 1 | 2002 | |
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 | 2004, [2]2012, 2013, 2014 | |
Lacrosse, Girls | 7 | 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017
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Total | 85 | ||
- ^ The 1999 state championship was 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
- Adam Bartley - actor notable for television's Longmire.[10]
- Rachel Bootsma - Olympic gold medalist swimmer[11]
- Carter Bykowski - former NFL player[12]
- Cole De Vries - Minnesota Twins pitcher[13]
- Ben Husaby - 1992 and 1994 Cross Country Olympic Skiing[14][15]
- Jay Foreman – NFL linebacker; transferred to Minnetonka High School[16]
- Nick Leddy- NHL player for the New York Islanders[17]
- Casey Mittelstadt - Drafted 8th overall in the 2017 NHL Draft by the Buffalo Sabres[18]
- Nick Seeler, professional ice hockey player [19]
- Neil Wagner - Major League Baseball pitcher[20]
- Ryan Wittman - basketball player[21]
- Ethan Wragge - basketball player[22]
References
- ↑ Minnesota State High School League
- ↑ http://www3.edenpr.org/public/headlines/info.aspx%7Cdate=March 2011
- ↑ http://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/enrollments17.asp?sort=2
- 1 2 Eden Prairie Schools ISD #272
- ↑ http://www.edenpr.org/domain/276
- ↑ 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 (2003-09-23). "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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Twins, Jason Marquis part ways". ESPN.com. Associated Press. May 22, 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
- ↑ Rotundo, Tony. "Local Olympians Reminisce about Their Time on the World's Stage". southwestmetromag.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
The 1984 Eden Prairie High School graduate competed in the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, France, and the 1994 games in Lillehammer, Norway.
- ↑ https://www.olympic.org/benjamin-husaby
- ↑ Leighton, Tim (September 6, 2009). "Empire of the son". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
- ↑ Youngblood, Kent (July 12, 2013). "Nick Leddy brings the Stanley Cup to Minnesota". Star Tribune. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.