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, United States. It serves as the primary high school for the Stillwater Area Public School District (834), the oldest public school district in Minnesota. The current campus was built in 1993 thanks to a 28 million dollar bond that was approved by the citizens of District 834. The previous location is now Stillwater Middle School. (SMS). Students from both SMS and Oakland Middle School attend Stillwater Area High School. ''

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'' ranked the school #326 in their "List of the 500 Top High Schools in America in 2015." Stillwater was designed by the architecture firm ATS&R. In 2017, the school completed a $97 million dollar renovation, involving the construction of a new 9th grade wing, a new gym and Pony Activity Center (PAC).

Athletics

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Notable alumni

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Notable staff

* Chris Engler — former

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Controversies

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

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posing as British royalty at the school. The journalists who helped uncover the true identity of Gardner were interviewed on

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, and participated in a number of radio and newspaper interviews.

References

External links

''The Pony Express'' (school newspaper)
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