Pipestone Area High School

Pipestone Area High School
Location
Pipestone, Minnesota
United States
Information
Type Public
Established 1897
Principal Cory Strasser
Number of students 324 (9-12)
Mascot Arrows
Colors Kelly Green, White, and Black
            
Website www.pas.k12.mn.us

Pipestone Area High School is the only public high school in Pipestone, Minnesota. The high school is part of the Pipestone Area School District, Independent School District #2689. As of August 2017, there were 324 students enrolled in grades 9-12.[1] A new 197,000-square-foot (18,300 m2) facility, which houses grades 5-12 and the school district administration, was opened in January 2003 at the cost of $22.3 million.[2] The campus is located on Minnesota State Highway 30 on the west end of Pipestone.

Academics

Pipestone Area High School does not require the study of a foreign language, although it is highly recommended. Current languages offered are French and Spanish. PAHS also offers a variety of Advanced Placement classes, including AP Calculus, AP Chemistry and AP English Language and Composition. An accelerated math program is offered to selected students, starting in eighth grade. Other classes offered (some required), aside from the general core classes, are technology education, government, sociology, keyboarding, economics, family and consumer science (FACS), agriculture, art, band, choir. PSEO classes can be taken by qualifying students at Minnesota West Community & Technical College, which has a campus in Pipestone.

Extracurricular activities

All students are offered their choice of extracurricular activities, if they choose to participate. Academic extracurricular activities of notable mention include Math Team, Knowledge Bowl, Marching band, Student Council, Peer Helping, One Act Play, Drama, Speech, FFA, among others.

Board of education

The Board of Education is made up of seven people residing within the school district elected by the voters to make major decisions, including financial decisions, personnel authorizations and educational policy.

Athletics

In 2007, the Pipestone Area girls' basketball team defeated the Albany Huskies, 50-49, at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to win its first Minnesota State High School League state championship in school history.[3]

Pipestone Area participates in The Big South Conference.

SportTeam State Appearances (Place) Ref
Baseball1961, 1969, 1977 (3rd), 2005 (2nd), 2006, 2007 (4th), 2008 (6th) [4]
Boys' Basketball1919, 1924, 1989 (5th), 2003 [5]
Girls' Basketball1987 (3rd), 2005, 2007 (1st), 2009, 2010 (4th) [6]
Boys' Cross Country Running1966 (20th) [7]
Girls' Cross Country RunningNone
Football1977, 1980 (2nd), 2014, 2015 (2nd), 2017 (2nd) [8]
Boys' Golf1982 (4th), 1988 (4th)
Girls' Golf1982 (5th), 1983 (4th)
Girls' GymnasticsNone
Girls' Softball2001 (6th), 2003 (2nd), 2006, 2007 (1st), 2008 (2nd), 2009 (3rd), 2010 (6th), 2011 (4th), 2016 (5th), 2017 (5th),2018 (3rd) [9]
Boys' Tennis1975, 2003
Girls' TennisNone
Boys' Track and FieldN/A
Girls' Track and FieldN/A
Girls' Volleyball1977 (6th), 1979 (3rd), 2005 (5th), 2006 (3rd) [10]

References

  1. ↑ "District Enrollment - About Us - Pipestone Area Schools". www.pas.k12.mn.us. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  2. ↑ "New Sustainable Directions in Historic Preservation" (PDF). Preservation Alliance of Minnesota.
  3. ↑ "Arrows are State Champions | Pipestone County Star". Pipestone County Star. 2007-03-17. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  4. ↑ "Baseball Yearbook & Record Book" (PDF). Minnesota State High School League.
  5. ↑ "Boys' Basketball Yearbook & Record Book" (PDF). Minnesota State High School League.
  6. ↑ "Girls' Basketball Yearbook & Record Book" (PDF). Minnesota State High School League.
  7. ↑ "Boys' Cross Country Running Yearbook & Record Book" (PDF). Minnesota State High School League.
  8. ↑ "Football Yearbook & Record Book" (PDF). Minnesota State High School League.
  9. ↑ "Girls' Softball Yearbook & Record Book" (PDF). Minnesota State High School League.
  10. ↑ "Girls' Volleyball Yearbook & Record Book" (PDF). Minnesota State High School League.

Coordinates: 43°59′53.17″N 96°20′22.98″W / 43.9981028°N 96.3397167°W / 43.9981028; -96.3397167

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