Park City High School

Park City High School, in the state of Utah, USA, ranks 150th on Newsweek's most recent Complete List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools, with an index of 2.494. [cite web | work = MSN.com | title = The Complete List: 1200 Top U.S. Schools | url = http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12532678?s=100&np=13&sort=raa | date = 2006-05-23 | accessdate = 2007-03-06] This is the highest ranking of any school in the state of Utah (second place is West High School in Salt Lake City, at 191st). It is located at 1750 Kearns Blvd in Park City, Utah.

Academic Decathlon

Park City's Academic Decathlon team has been the state champion every year since 2003. They also captured the state championship four straight years from 1997-2001. [cite web | work = utad.org | title = Utah Academic Decathlon | url = http://www.utad.org/ | accessdate = 2007-03-06] They have historically done quite well at the National Finals. Last year, Park City High School's Academic Decathlon team was named the National Small School Champion at the 2006 USAD National Finals, taking home the "Gold Banner" for Division III. Of nine competitors, three took medals for their overall scores. Patrick Patterson also has recently gotten the highest personal score in the state of Utah. [cite web | work = usad.org | title = United States Academic Decathlon: 2006 National Champs! | url = http://usad.org/Competition/Winners.asp | accessdate = 2007-03-06] Park City High School's 2007 Academic Decathlon team was recently named state champion, and took second place in Division III to Madison academic high school by just 23.3 points out of 60,000 possible.

ports

Other programs of historical success include the girl's cross country team, who have won the 3A state competition for the last 5 consecutive years, including two overall state titles (the boys team lost last year to the Ogden High School Tigers); both the boy's and girl's soccer teams, and the golf team. The Park City High School Hockey team was recently crowned the Utah Independent State Champions. The school also has a girls' golf team who won regions this year, a softball team, cheerleaders, and dance team. Plus, a rugby team has been started in 2008. The Swim team, who won first in state in 2008, and water polo team were very good too. Lacrosse has recently become a major sport in Park City and the girls team won second in state. [cite web | work = UHSAA | title = UHSAA - Home | url = http://www.uhsaa.org/info/ | accessdate = 2007-03-06] The girls volleyball team is promising this year, likely to take first place in the region for the first time since 1986. The girls soccer team is one of the best in the state, and a majority of the seniors will play in college.

Clubs

school clubs include:
#~ Medieval Combat Club
#~Interact
#~Environmental Club
#~Key Club
#~NHS
#~Art Club
#~Chess Club
#~Astronomy Club
#~Best Buddies
#~An alleged Secret Society of Phenomenal Women
#~Debate
#~Natural Helpers
#~Academic Decathlon(see above)
#~Social Justice Club

Other Information

Park City High school routinely scores above national and state averages on standardized tests. On the 2005 Iowa Test of Basic Skills, the school scored, on average, 22 percent above the country's average and 13 percent above Utah's average. [cite web | work = PCHS | title = PCHS: Park City High School | url = http://pchs.pcschools.us/ | accessdate = 2007-03-06] The school is part of Park City High School is currently undergoing a reconstruction, which is projected to end in 2008. However, a 2008 exploration led by students into the "in progress" section confirms that construction is far from over. In November of 2006, the construction crew announced that an unexpected delay had set them back 4 weeks.

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