Hopkins High School

Infobox_School2 | name = Hopkins Senior High School


motto = A Passion for Learning, Learning for Life
established =
type = Public
head_name = Principal
head = Willie Jett
students = approx. 2,200
mascot = Lion (Royals)
free_label = Colors
free = Royal Blue, Silver, White and Black
city = Minnetonka
state = Minnesota
country = United States of America
website = [http://www.hopkins.k12.mn.us www.hopkins.k12.mn.us]

Hopkins High School is a public high school located in Minnetonka, Minnesota, a southwestern suburb of Minneapolis. It offers classes for grades 10, 11, and 12. Hopkins High School is part of the Hopkins School District 270 and draws students from the city of Hopkins, central and eastern parts of Minnetonka, western Edina, northern Eden Prairie, Golden Valley, western St. Louis Park, and southern Plymouth. (Minnetonka High School draws students from western Minnetonka.)

In 1980, Golden Valley High School was merged with Hopkins High which was then called "Charles A. Lindbergh Senior High School" in honor of the Minnesota native famed aviator.

In 2003, voters approved a $60 bond, permitting the construction of a 60,000 square foot addition to the high school, consisting of a new auditorium, cafeteria and classrooms. Two years later, the Hopkins School District was declared in statutory operating debt by the State of Minnesota. Many support staff were laid off and class sizes increased by more than 30%.

Academics

Hopkins High School was Minnesota's first National School of Excellence.Fact|date=October 2007 In 1996, Hopkins was the only high school in Minnesota honored for overall excellence in Redbook's "America's Best High Schools" project. The Language Arts Department has been named a "Center for Excellence" by the National Council of Teachers of English in recognition of the writing program. The Community Involvement program is one of six in the nation honored by the IBM Corporation and U.S. News & World Report. "Newsweek" ranked the school #1109 in their "List of the 1200 Top High Schools in America." [cite web| title =The Top of the Class| work =The complete list of the 1,200 top U.S. schools| publisher = MSNBC| date =2007| url =http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12532678/site/newsweek/| accessdate =2007-05-23]

Hopkins High School participates in the Advanced Placement Program. In 2005, 494 students took 751 AP exams, with 77% scoring 3 or higher. Students mean SAT score of 1170 is well above national average, as is the mean ACT score of 23.9.Fact|date=October 2007(update needed) Six teachers are consultants for the College Board and lead workshops and grade national exams.

Since 1998, the school has had 84 National Merit Semifinalists and 141 Commended Scholars.Fact|date=October 2007(update needed)

Hopkins is also home to KHOP-TV which produces both weekly shows and cable programming, and a school dance program named Deeply Royal. Members of Deeply Royal include Theodore Pearson and Benjamin Jolson.

As well as the activities mentioned above, Hopkins is also home to an award winning robotics team which claimed second place in the state championship. Using their robot affectionately named "Hiro Protagonist;" a robotic expert at picking up beanbags with its tennis raquet-esque hands, Hopkins was able to win in a tournament consisting of over seventeen other school districts.

Athletics

Hopkins High School is a member of the Classic Lake athletic conference in the Minnesota State High School League. The school has historically been a powerhouse in both boys and girls basketball, producing several state championships and Division I prospects. In 2005, the school gained national recognition when Blake Hoffarber, a student, hit a game-tying three-point shot, just after tripping and falling to the ground, at the end of overtime during the state championship game. For that shot, he was awarded an ESPY Play of Year Award and an appearance on The Today Show as well as guest-appearance invitations to The Late Show with David Letterman and The Tonight Show

tate championships

# - from 1933 to 1994 an over-all team champion was calculated with a point system involving the scores achieved by schools results in all three events - Cross Country, Slalom, and Ski Jumping. In each event, the school with the two best scores was declared the team champion in that event [ [http://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/publications/code/yearbook/NordicBoys.pdf State Championships PDF] ]

Notable alumni

*P.O.S. - rapper/musician and member of the Doomtree collective
*Aaron Brown - former CNN AnchorFact|date=February 2007
*Joan Guetschow - Olympic athlete (1985 graduate)
*Kris Humphries - Basketball player, Utah Jazz forward (2004-2005), Toronto Raptors (2006-present) [ [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/kris_humphries/index.html Kris Humphries Profile] ]
*Blake Hoffarber - Basketball player, Winner of the 2005 "Play of the Year" ESPY [ [http://espn.go.com/espy2005/s/05nomineesindex.html Blake Hoffarber ESPY winner] ]
*Nate Berkus - Renowned interior designerFact|date=February 2007
*Jim Korn - NHL player (1980 - 1990) [ [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=00002790 Jim Korn Profile] ]
*Dave Snuggerud - NHL Player (1987 - 1990)
*Jeffrey Lee Parson - Apprehended by FBI for creating MSBlast. B computer virus in 2003 [ [http://minneapolis.about.com/cs/crime/a/blasterworm.htm Jeffrey Lee Parson Profile] ]
*Michael Lehan - Football Player, Cleveland Browns cornerback (2003-2005), Miami Dolphins (2006-present) [ [http://www.nfl.com/draft/profiles/lehan_michael Mike Lehan Profile] ]
*Rick Lindquist - Renowned Artist (collected in over 11 countries)
*Alla Ilushka - Miss Minnesota Teen USA 2002, Miss Minnesota USA
*Samantha Harris - Model/Actress, Co-host of "Dancing with the Stars"
*Michael Krisch - Long Distance Runner, Georgetown Track and Field

ee Also

*Hopkins Public Schools
*Minnetonka, Minnesota
*Hopkins, Minnesota

References

External links

* [http://www.hopkins.k12.mn.us/pages/high/hhs.lasso Official Website]
* [http://www.hopkins.k12.mn.us/default.lasso Hopkins School District 270]
* [http://www.hopkinsgirlsbasketball.com Hopkins Girls Basketball Website]