Stillwater Area High School
Location
Stillwater, Minnesota, USA
Information
Type	Public
Motto	We learn not for school, but for life
Established	1993
Principal	Ryan Laager
Enrollment	2400+
Color(s)	Red and black
Athletics conference	Suburban East
Mascot	Pony
Website	Stillwater Area High School

Stillwater Area High School (SAHS) is a public school located in Oak Park Heights, Minnesota and is part of the Stillwater Area Public Schools [1] - District 834. As the oldest high school in Minnesota and the first accredited by the North Central Association (now known as AdvancED) in 1903, Stillwater Area High School claims a special sense of history. ^[1]

The current campus was built in 1993 thanks to a 28 million dollar bond that was approved by the citizens of District 834^[2]. The previous location is now Stillwater Junior High School. (SJHS). Students from both SJHS and Oak-Land Jr. High School attend Stillwater Area High School.^[3] Newsweek ranked the school #925 in their "List of the 1200 Top High Schools in America."^[4]

Contents 1 Athletics 2 Notable alumni 3 Notable Staff 4 Controversies 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Athletics

State Championships[citation needed]
Season	Sport	Number of Championships
Fall	Girls Swim and Dive[5]	3 State Championships 5 True Team State Championships[6]
	Football	4 State Championships
	Soccer, Boys	2 State Championships
	Soccer, Girls	2 State Championships
	Cross Country, Boys	3 State Championships 1 National Championship,1997[7]
	Adapted Soccer	2 State Championships
Winter	Basketball, Boys	1 State Championship
	Nordic Skiing, Girls	8 State Championships
	Nordic Skiing, Boys	6 State Championships
	Alpine Skiing, Boys	1 State Championship
	Alpine Skiing, Girls	9 State Championships
	Hockey, Girls	2 State Championships[2]
Spring	Baseball	1 State Championship
	Softball	3 State Championships
	Synchronized Swimming	18 State Championships
	Golf, Girls	2 State Championships
	Track and Field, Boys	3 State Championships 3 True Team State Championships
	Track and Field, Girls	1 True Team State Championship
	Tennis, Boys	1 State Championship
Total		71 State Championships 9 True Team State Championships 1 National Championship

[edit] Notable alumni

• Thomas J. Abercrombie — photographer, first journalist to reach the South Pole
• Glen Perkins — pitcher for the Minnesota Twins.
• Kevin Gullikson — basketball player at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
• Butch Thompson — jazz pianist and clarinetist
• E.E. Knight — science fiction and fantasy writer.
• Jeff Schaubschlager — party organizer and fantasy football lover.

[edit] Notable Staff

• Rachel Steil — former Nightline (US news program) Reporter and the adviser of the award winning Pony Express Newspaper .
• Chris Engler — former NBA Player.
• Phil Housley— former NHL Hockey Player, Head Coach of the Stillwater Hockey Team.
• Andy Weaver— Runs the School's Peregrine Falcon propagation program. Weaver is well known in the falconry community for his successful captive breeding program.

[edit] Controversies

In 2003, the school received attention after there were a series of fights stemming from racial prejudice.^[8][9] In 2006, one African American Stillwater student reported finding a pop-bottle bomb in his mailbox.^[10] Another race related incident from February 13, involved a racial slur and a heated argument.^[11] The majority of students are White with minorities comprising 5% of the student body, roughly a quarter of the Minnesota state average.^[12]

In late 2005, Stillwater Area High School received national attention after student journalists from the School Newspaper The Pony Express uncovered Joshua Gardner, a registered sex offender posing as British Royalty at the school.^[13] The journalists who helped uncover the true identity of Gardner were interviewed on Fox News, CNN, Good Morning America, MSNBC, and participated in a number of radio and newspaper interviews.^[14]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Fight Song
• Stillwater Area High School Class of 1997