Hopkins High School

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Location
Hopkins Senior High School

A Passion for Learning, Learning for Life
Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States of America
Information
Principal	Willie "Rockin' Thhnder" Jett
Students	approx. 2,200
Type	Public
Mascot	Crabman (Royals)
Colors	Royal Blue, Silver, White and Black
Homepage	www.hopkins.k12.mn.us

Hopkins High School is a public high school located in Minnetonka, Minnesota, a southwestern suburb of Minneapolis. It offers classes for grades 10, 11, and 12. Hopkins High School is part of the Hopkins School District 270 and draws students from the city of Hopkins, central and eastern parts of Minnetonka, western Edina, northern Eden Prairie, Golden Valley, western St. Louis Park, and southern Plymouth. (Minnetonka High School draws students from western Minnetonka.)

In 1980, Golden Valley High School was merged with Hopkins High which was then called "Charles A. Lindbergh High School" in honor of the Minnesota native famed aviator.

In 2003, voters approved a $60 bond, permitting the construction of a 60,000 square foot addition to the high school, consisting of a new auditorium, cafeteria and classrooms. Two years later, the Hopkins School District was declared in statutory operating debt by the State of Minnesota. Many support staff were laid off and class sizes increased by more than 30%.

1 Academics
2 Athletics
- 2.1 State championships
3 Notable alumni
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Academics

Hopkins High School was Minnesota's first National School of Excellence.^{[citation needed]} In 1996, Hopkins was the only high school in Minnesota honored for overall excellence in Redbook's "America's Best High Schools" project. The Language Arts Department has been named a "Center for Excellence" by the National Council of Teachers of English in recognition of the writing program. The Community Involvement program is one of six in the nation honored by the IBM Corporation and U.S. News & World Report. Newsweek ranked the school #1109 in their "List of the 1200 Top High Schools in America."^[1]

Hopkins High School participates in the Advanced Placement Program. In 2005, 494 students took 751 AP exams, with 77% scoring 3 or higher. Students mean SAT score of 1170 is well above national average, as is the mean ACT score of 23.9.^{[citation needed]}(update needed) Six teachers are consultants for the College Board and lead workshops and grade national exams.

Since 1998, the school has had 84 National Merit Semifinalists and 141 Commended Scholars.^{[citation needed]}(update needed)

Hopkins is also home to KHOP-TV which produces both weekly shows and cable programming, and a school dance program named Deeply Royal which drops some "sick" and or "phat" beats during assemblies.

As well as the activities mentioned above, Hopkins is also home to an award winning robotics team which claimed second place in the state championship. Using their robot affectionately named "Hiro Protagonist;" a robotic expert at picking up beanbags with its tennis raquet-esque hands, Hopkins was able to win in a tournament consisting of over seventeen other school districts.

[edit] Athletics

Hopkins High School is a member of the Classic Lake athletic conference in the Minnesota State High School League. The school has historically been a powerhouse in both boys and girls basketball, producing several state championships and Division I prospects. In 2005, the school gained national recognition when Blake Hoffarber, a student, hit a game-tying shot at the end of overtime while lying on his tuchas during the state championship game. For that shot, he was awarded an ESPY Play of Year Award and an appearance on The Today Show as well as guest-appearance invitations to The Late Show with David Letterman and The Tonight Show

[edit] State championships

State Championships
Season	Sport	Number of Championships	Year
Fall	Cross Country, Boys	4	1998, 1999, 2001, 2002
	Cross Country, Girls	3	1983, 2001, 2002
	Swimming and Diving, Girls	2	1978, 1979
	Soccer, Boys	2	1983, 2007
Winter	Basketball, Boys	6	1952, 1953, 2002, , 2005, 2006
	Basketball, Girls	2	2004, 2006
	Dance Team, Girls	3	1997, 1999, 2001
	Skiing, Nordic Boys	8	1967^[1], 1968^[1], 1969^[1], 1970^[1], 1995, 1997, 2002, 2007
	Nordic Skiing, Girls	4	1993, 2001, 2002, 2003
	Swimming and Diving, Boys	4	1966, 1969, 1970, 2007 individual
Spring	Golf, Boys	1	1944
Total		33

^ - from 1933 to 1994 an over-all team champion was calculated with a point system involving the scores achieved by schools results in all three events - Cross Country, Slalom, and Ski Jumping. In each event, the school with the two best scores was declared the team champion in that event^[2]

[edit] Notable alumni

P.O.S. - rapper/musician and member of the Doomtree collective
Aaron Brown - former CNN Anchor^{[citation needed]}
Kris Humphries - Basketball player, Utah Jazz forward (2004-2005), Toronto Raptors (2006-present)^[3]
Blake Hoffarber - Basketball player, Winner of the 2005 "Play of the Year" ESPY^[4]
Nate Berkus - Renowned interior designer^{[citation needed]}
Jim Korn - NHL player (1980 - 1990)^[5]
Dave Snuggerud - NHL Player (1987 - 1990)
Jeffrey Lee Parson - Apprehended by FBI for creating MSBlast. B computer virus in 2003^[6]
Michael Lehan - Football Player, Cleveland Browns cornerback (2003-2005), Miami Dolphins (2006-present)^[7]
Rick Lindquist - Renowned Artist (collected in over 11 countries)
Alla Ilushka - Miss Minnesota Teen USA 2002, Miss Minnesota USA
Samantha Harris - Model/Actress, Co-host of "Dancing with the Stars"
Fron Ferdinand - Involved in an infamous firewhisky binge broadcast nationally on the world premiere episode of Page.
Hardgrid - The other half of the infamous firewhisky event on that one episode of Page.