Pipestone Area High School

Pipestone Area High School
Location
Pipestone, Minnesota United States
Information
Type	Public
Established	1897
Principal	Cory Strasser
Number of students	336 (grades 9-12 07-08)
Mascot	Arrows
Colors	Kelly "Bob Nangle" Green, White, and Black
Website	www.pas.k12.mn.us

Pipestone Area High School is the only public high school in Pipestone, Minnesota, in the southwestern corner of the state. The high school is operated under the Pipestone Area School District. As of August, 2007, there were 336 students enrolled in grades 9-12 for the 2006-2007 school year. Pipestone Area High School is housed in the same building as the Pipestone Area Middle School (grades 5-8) and the Pipestone Area School District, ISD #2689 administration. A new 197,000-square-foot (18,300 m²) school was opened in January 2003 at the cost of $22.3 million. The new building replaced the old "Central" school, which was more than 80 years old. The current campus is located on Minnesota State Highway 30 on the west end of Pipestone.

Academics

Each student has the identical schedule each day for each semester, although the some student's schedules slightly vary from quarter to quarter.

Pipestone Area High School does not require the study of a foreign language, although it is highly recommended. Current languages offered are French and Spanish. PAHS also offers a variety of Advanced Placement classes, including AP Calculus, AP Chemistry and AP English Language and Composition. An accelerated math program is offered to selected students, starting in eighth grade. Other classes offered (some required), aside from the general core classes, are technology education, government, sociology, keyboarding, economics, family and consumer science (FACS), agriculture, art, band, choir. PSEO classes can be taken by qualifying students at Minnesota West Community & Technical College, which has a campus in Pipestone.

Extracurricular activities

All students are offered their choice of extracurricular activities, if they choose to participate. Academic extracurricular activities of notable mention include Math Team, Knowledge Bowl, Marching band, Student Council, Peer Helping, One Act Play, Drama, Speech, FFA, among others.

Board of education

The Board of Education is made up of seven people residing within the school district elected by the voters to make major decisions, including financial decisions, personnel authorizations and educational policy. On January 7, 2013, the Board of Education met for their annual organizational meeting to organize for the 2013 year.^[1]
(Term expiration date)
Lance Oye, Chair (2016)
Dennis Tinklenberg, Vice Chair (2016)
Dawn Schneider, Clerk (2014)
Nils Nelson, Treasurer (2014)
Wendy Claussen-Schoolmeester, Ed.D., Director (2016)
Marcy Pals, Director (2016)
James Skyberg, Director (2014)

Athletics

In 2007, the Pipestone Area girls' basketball team defeated the Albany Huskies 50-49 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the Minnesota State High School League Class AA state championship to earn the school's first ever team title. This seemingly opened the floodgates for Pipestone Area, as the Arrow softball team won a state title in the Class AA state fastpitch softball tournament, with a 1-0, 17-inning, victory over Saint Anthony Village High School. The girls' track and field team also won a state title in 2007 at the True Team state meet after going to the meet as a wildcard. Then, in 2010, the boys' track and field team won the True Team state title. As True Team track and field is not a Minnesota State High School League sanctioned event, these titles are not counted on the table of championships.

Pipestone Area is part of The Big South Conference in the Minnesota State High School League. According to the League's classification system, the Arrows are in Region 3A.

External links

• Pipestone Area School District Official Website

References

Coordinates: 43°59′53.17″N 96°20′22.98″W / 43.9981028°N 96.3397167°W / 43.9981028; -96.3397167