Champlin Park High School is a four-year public

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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. Champlin Park serves the cities of Champlin, Brooklyn Park,

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and

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. In the spring of 2006, Champlin Park was certified to teach the

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. The school principal is Michael George. 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. The school runs on a five-period, trimester curriculum.

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.

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 "

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." 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.

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

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in New York City. The choir program consists of Concert Choir, Treble Choir, Varsity Choir, Bel Canto and Con Brio . There are six bands in the CPHS music program: Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Varsity Band, Jazz Band, Marching Band, and Pep Band.

Controversies

An article involving a few Champlin Park High School students as well as others in the district was published in ''

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'' in February 2012, regarding a number of suicides surrounding the Anoka-Hennepin School district involving

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students.

Notable alumni

* Jamie Hersch –

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* Ramon Humber – NFL

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References

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