Spring Lake Park High School (SLPHS) is a public high school in Spring Lake Park,

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and is the only high school serving

Spring Lake Park School District 16 Spring Lake Park School District 16 is a Minnesota school district serving 5,500 students from the cities of Blaine, Spring Lake Park, and Fridley Fridley is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 29,590 at the 2 ...

. In the 2020 - 2021 school year, The school enrolled about 1,850 students drawn primarily from the

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suburb of Spring Lake Park as well as parts of the suburbs of Blaine and

Fridley Fridley is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 29,590 at the 2020 census. Fridley was incorporated in 1949 as a village, and became a city in 1957. It is part of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area as ...

. The Spring Lake Park Panthers are part of the North Suburban Conference.

History

The first Spring Lake Park Junior/Senior High School opened for the 1955–56 school year. "In 1976, Spring Lake Park became the first high school in the nation to provide Emergency Medical Services training. As a result of a Title III grant, the Opportunities in Emergency Health Care Program started training high school students to become Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT’s)." The campus was renovated throughout the 2008–09 school year. Kenneth Hall Elementary School, which was located on the high school campus, was torn down and the land converted into a parking lot.

Athletics

The school sponsors the following varsity athletic teams and competes in the North Suburban Conference of the

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: *Fall ** Soccer (boys) ** Football ** Cross country ** Soccer (girls) ** Swimming and diving (girls) ** Tennis (girls) ** Volleyball ** Dance Team (noncompetitive) *Winter ** Dance team ** Gymnastics ** Hockey (boys) ** Hockey (girls) ** Nordic skiing ** Swimming and diving (boys) ** Basketball (boys) ** Basketball (girls) *Spring ** Tennis (boys) ** Softball ** Golf (girls) ** Lacrosse (girls) ** Lacrosse (boys) ** Baseball ** Golf (boys) ** Track and field

Notable alumni

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player for the

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, and previously the

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: professional golfer who has played on the

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Brian Leonhardt Brian Leonhardt (born April 2, 1990) is a former American football tight end. He is a native of Spring Lake Park, Minnesota. He was signed by the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent in 2013. He played college football at Bemidji State Uni ...

: professional football player for

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References

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