Public high school in Princeton, Minnesota, United States
| Princeton High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
| 807 Eighth Avenue South Princeton, Minnesota 55371 United States | |
| Coordinates | 45°33′36″N 93°35′08″W / 45.5601°N 93.5856°W / 45.5601; -93.5856 |
| Information | |
| Type | Public High School |
| School district | Princeton Independent School District 477 |
| Principal | Barbara Muckenhirn |
| Teaching staff | 52.51 (on an FTE basis) |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 974 (2023-2024) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 18.55 |
| Campus type | Suburb |
| Color(s) | Orange and Black |
| Mascot | Royal Tiger |
| Website | Princeton Independent School District |
Princeton High School is a public secondary school located on 807 Eighth Avenue South in Princeton Minnesota, United States. The school is part of the Princeton Independent School District 477.
Academics
Princeton High School operates on an 7:50 a.m. to 2:40 p.m. schedule, which includes six class periods and a sixty-minute lunch/advisory period. Students may not leave campus during this time due to the school's closed campus policy (with the exception of being taken to lunch by a parent or guardian).
"Coke Geysers" world record attempt
The Princeton High School Student Council organized a community effort to break the world record for simultaneously erupting coke geysers on May 27, 2011. The current record - 2,854 bottles - was set in October 2010 in the Philippines. Hundreds of students participated with a goal of setting off a series of 3,000 geysers, a figure they exceeded with 3,051 total simultaneous eruptions. However, Guinness Book of World Record personnel did not officiate the event and never made the record official. Students say the idea grew from a plan for a graduation prank into a way to put their small town on the map. A video of the attempt was broadcast on Minnesota NBC News affiliate Kare 11 and edited by a YouTube user named Physics314Nerd.
Notable alumni
- Jerome P. Peterson (1954), former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
- Charles R. Davis (1963), former member of the Minnesota Senate
- Paul Sather (1990), college basketball coach
- Clay Matvick (1991), sportscaster
References
- ^ "Princeton High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- "Princeton High School Code of Conduct" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- "Most Mentos and soda fountains". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- ^ "Students go for world record with Mentos, Diet Coke". KTHV Television. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- "3,051 bottles erupt in record attempt". Princeton Union-Eagle. Archived from the original on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- "Diet Coke and Mentos World Record!!! - YouTube". YouTube.
- "PHS alum gets Division I head coaching job at North Dakota". hometownsource.com. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- "PHS grad makes it big as broadcaster for ESPN". hometownsource.com. 24 June 2021.
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