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Champlin Park High School
Address
6025 109th Avenue North

Champlin
,
Minnesota
55316

United States
Coordinates 45°09′01″N 93°21′18″W / 45.1501415°N 93.3548980°W / 45.1501415; -93.3548980
Information
Type Public
Established1992
PrincipalMichael George
Staff136.96 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment2,836 (2018–19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio20.71 [1]
Color(s)Navy blue, silver, and white
   
Athletics conference Northwest Suburban Conference
NicknameRebels
NewspaperRebel Report
Website www.anoka.k12.mn.us/cphs
[2]

Champlin Park High School is a four-year public high school in Champlin, Minnesota, United States.

The school's name comes from the combination of Brooklyn Park and Champlin.

Champlin Park's first graduating class was in 1993. CPHS is the third-largest high school in the state, with a student population of 2975. [3]

Champlin Park serves the cities of Champlin, Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center and Dayton. In the spring of 2006, Champlin Park was certified to teach the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program.

The school principal is Michael George. [4] [5]

In 2012, 2013 and 2014, Champlin Park High School received recognition as a “Newsweek Top School,” a distinction recognizing the top high schools across the country. [6]

The school runs on a five-period, trimester curriculum. [7]

Sports

Champlin Park competes in the Northwest Suburban Conference.

In 2018 the Champlin Park volleyball team won the school’s first state championship in any sport. [8] [9]

In school

During the 2010-11 school year, the students held a blanket drive (collecting blankets for those in need) for "Blankets for Bridging" and won a concert by " The Ready Set." [10]

The school has a reading program each summer called the Red Hot Rebel Read. The book for 2011 was Hold Still by Nina LaCour. She visited the school on October 13 and 14. The program was cancelled in 2021 when Garfield At Large was selected as the Red Hot Rebel Read. [11]

Other activities

Tennis (men's and women's), Ice hockey (men's and women's), Lacrosse (men's and women's), Football, Basketball (men's and women's), Baseball, Softball, Soccer (men's and women's), Volleyball, Disc Golf, Track, Cross Country, Golf, Bowling, Swimming (men's and women's), Golf, Tennis, Alpine & Nordic Ski, Adapted Floor Hockey, Cheerleading, Dance Team, Gymnastics, Strength Training, Wrestling, Speech, Art, Debate and more.

Music and fine arts

In 2009, the Champlin Park Orchestra earned a spot in the Field Studies International Band and Orchestra Festival, performing at Carnegie Hall in New York City. [12] The choir program consists of Concert Choir, Treble Choir, Varsity Choir, Bel Canto and Con Brio . [13] There are six bands in the CPHS music program: Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Varsity Band, Jazz Band, Marching Band, and Pep Band. [14]

Controversies

An article involving a few Champlin Park High School students as well as others in the district was published in Rolling Stone in February 2012, regarding a number of suicides surrounding the Anoka-Hennepin School district involving LGBT students. [15]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c "Champlin Park High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Champlin Park High School
  3. ^ "Champlin Park High School". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
  4. ^ "Champlin Park High School". Archived from the original on 2008-10-25. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
  5. ^ "Staff Directory". Champlin Park High School. Archived from the original on 2008-09-03. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  6. ^ "All about our school". Champlin Park High School. Anoka Hennepin School District. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  7. ^ "School Board chooses new high school schedule". Archived from the original on 2009-04-20. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
  8. ^ "Champlin Park edges Eagan for Class 3A volleyball state title". 11 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Champlin Park girls volleyball wins first state title; Blaine High School football comes up short".
  10. ^ "Champlin Park High School students win contest, concert with The Ready Set". A-H Newsroom. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
  11. ^ "redhotrebelread". Champlin Park High School. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
  12. ^ "Practice does get students to Carnegie Hall". Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  13. ^ "Champlin Park Vocal Music". Retrieved 2014-10-14.
  14. ^ "Champlin Park Bands". Retrieved 2014-10-14.
  15. ^ Rubin Erdely, Sabrina (February 2, 2012). "One Town's War on Gay Teens". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  16. ^ "Timberwolves Sign Nathan Knight and McKinley Wright IV to Two-Way Contracts". Minnesota Timberwolves. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
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