Hopkins High School

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Hopkins Senior High School
HHSLogo.jpg
A Passion for Learning, Learning for Life
Location
Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States of America
Information
Type Public
Principal Willie Jett
Number of students approx. 2,200
Mascot Lion (Royals)
Colors Royal Blue, Silver, White and Black
Website 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 (5,600 m2) 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%. In 2007/08, the statutory label was removed and Hopkins was again placed in good financial standing, and is now again considered one of the premier schools and districts in Minnesota.[citation needed]

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[edit] Academics

Hopkins High School was Minnesota's first National School of Excellence.[citation needed] 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."[1]

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.[citation needed](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.[citation needed](update needed)

Hopkins is also home to KHOP-TV which produces both weekly shows and cable programming, and a school dance program called the Royelles, and a Hip-Hop team named Deeply Royal.

[edit] 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 2006, the boys and girls basketball teams won state championships. This was the first time in MN Division 4A Basketball that both teams from the same school won. In 2005, the school gained national recognition when Blake Hoffarber, a student, hit a game-tying two-point shot, just after tripping and falling to the floor, 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

[edit] Rivalry

The Royals have a huge rivalry with the Minnetonka Skippers from Minnetonka High School

[edit] State championships

State Championships
Season Sport Number of Championships Year
Fall Cross Country, Boys 4 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002
Cross Country, Girls 3 1983, 2001, 2002
Swimming and Diving, Girls 2 1978, 1979, 2007 individual
Soccer, Boys 2 1983, 2007
Winter Basketball, Boys 6 1952, 1953, 2002, 2005, 2006 , 2009
Basketball, Girls 2 2004, 2006
Dance Team, Girls 3 1997, 1999, 2001
Skiing, Nordic Boys 8 1967[1], 1968[1], 1969[1], 1970[1], 1995, 1997, 2002, 2007
Nordic Skiing, Girls 4 1993, 2001, 2002, 2003
Swimming and Diving, Boys 7 1966, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 2007 individual
Spring Golf, Boys 1 1944
Ultimate Frisbee, Open 3 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009(also UPA Western Nationals Champions)
Total 48
  1. ^  - 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[2]

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "The Top of the Class". The complete list of the 1,200 top U.S. schools. MSNBC. 2007. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12532678/site/newsweek/. Retrieved 2007-05-23. 
  2. ^ State Championships PDF
  3. ^ Kris Humphries Profile
  4. ^ Blake Hoffarber ESPY winner
  5. ^ Jim Korn Profile
  6. ^ Jeffrey Lee Parson Profile
  7. ^ Mike Lehan Profile
  8. ^ "Wrestling Hall of Fame" [1]

[edit] External links

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Classic Lake Conference Teams

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