Park Center Senior High School (PCSH) is a four-year public

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located in

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, United States, on 7300 Brooklyn Blvd. PCSH is located near the border of two northwest twin cities suburbs, Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center, thus the school name "Park Center" is a combination of these city names. The principal is Heather Miller-Cink. Park Center Senior High's mascot is a pirate and the school's sports teams are known as the Pirates. The school's colors are green and gold.

School overview

Park Center Senior High School is one of three public high schools in the Osseo Area School District 279 and one of two public high schools located in the city of Brooklyn Park. (Brooklyn Park is served by 3 school districts: Osseo Area School District 279, Anoka-Hennepin School District 11,

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). In August 2007 Park Center became an official International Baccalaureate (IB) School. This designation as an IB World School means Park Center has joined its partner, North View Junior High as one of only 21 MYP programmes in the state of Minnesota. It is currently offering the

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(MYP) to ninth and tenth grade students. The first IB students graduated in 2009. As with North View Junior High, Park Center is a magnet school open to any student in the Northwest Suburban Integration School District (NWSISD.) Park Center is one of only 20 public schools in Minnesota that are authorized to offer the Diploma Programme. In addition to International Baccalaureate classes, Park Center also offers college-level Advanced Placement classes. The NWSISD is a consortium of seven districts in the northwest suburban area of Minneapolis which has been formed to promote integration and eliminate racial isolation of students in these districts. By creating magnet schools in IB, math & science, and in the arts the NWSISD has begun to bring students of diverse backgrounds together in programs based on academic excellence. PCSCH students come from about 20 different countries and speak roughly 35 different languages. Demographic information lists the student population as 36.3% Black, 33.5% Asian, 19.8% White, 9.6% Hispanic, and 0.9% are American Indian. The student population has 1,361 total students. Departments: Arts, Business Education, Career and Technology Education, Cooperative Education, EL Department, Family & Consumer Science, Individuals & Societies(Social Studies), Language and Literature (English), Language Acquisition(Spanish, French, Hmong), Mathematics, Music, Physical and Health Education, Sciences, Social Work, Special Education.

Athletics and activities

Basketball

The Pirates girls' basketball team won the 2014 and 2015

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AAA state championship.

Hockey

The Pirates boys' hockey team won the 2000

state championship.

Musical

Park Center also offers a yearly Musical produced by the school.

Notable alumni

* Jon Borchardt - Former starting tackle for the Buffalo Bills and Seattle Seahawks. *

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- United States Congressman from Virginia's 7th district * Amani Hooker - Class of 16 safety, played football for Iowa University, and currently #37 for the Tennessee Titans. *

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(born 1995) - basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Tim Jackman - Former NHL right wing for the Anaheim Ducks *

Tim Laudner Timothy Jon Laudner (born June 7, 1958) is an American former professional baseball catcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins from to . Playing career After playing baseball for Park Center Senior High School ...

- Former Minnesota Twins catcher. *

Pat Neshek Patrick John Neshek (pronounced NEE-shehk; born September 4, 1980), is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, San Diego Padres, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals, ...

- Former professional Major League Baseball player * Ansu Toure - Professional soccer player (footballer), formerly of the

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. *

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(Pohl) - Former Women's Hockey Olympic silver medalist (Salt Lake City), two-time NCAA Champion University of Minnesota (2004 and 2005)

References

External links

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Park Center Senior High's Official District Fact SheetOsseo Area Schools - District 279 Official WebsitePCSH Activities CalendarPCSH Activities and Athletics webpage
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