Wayzata High School
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Wayzata High School is located in Plymouth
, Minnesota
, a suburb of Minneapolis-St. Paul. The high school
, operated by the Wayzata School District
, has approximately 3,060 students in grades 9 to 12 (2011), making it the largest secondary school
by enrollment in Minnesota
. It is also the largest Minnesota
secondary school
by structural size, with an interior of 487000 square feet (45,243.8 m²). The school is part of the Lake Conference, an athletic conference that also includes Minnetonka High School
, Eden Prairie High School
, Edina High School
, and Hopkins High School. Its current principal is Mike Trewick.
In 2008, Newsweek
ranked the school #940 "List of the 1300 Top High Schools in America."
Classes are run on a block schedule of four periods of approximately 86 minutes each, starting at 7:30 a.m. and ending at 2:20 p.m. Each block consists of one class. The length of class time in the block schedule allows students to complete courses in one semester, rather than a whole school year. At other high schools, where students have to study for eight or nine classes at a time, students attending Wayzata High School focus on four classes. It also allows students to "double up" and take two years worth of a subject in one year. The majority of students have the same four classes every day during a semester, though many may have some changes between terms due to one-term courses or three-term courses. Some exceptions to this are students in some band, orchestra, and choir classes, who alternate one class with their respective music class every other day throughout the year.
As of the 2010-2011 school year, Wayzata High School offers 26 Advanced Placement
classes and 1 Advanced Placement Pilot course (AP Accounting). An advantage to using the block schedule is the ability to take essay tests in class that are composed of questions from past Advanced Placement exams, giving a feel for what the actual tests will be like.
, DECA
, BPA
, Science Olympiad
, Science Bowl
, Knowledge Master Open
, and Quiz Bowl. All of these teams have high rankings in state leagues. The Wayzata Math Team won championships in the Minnesota State High School Mathematics League in 1996, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011, and was runner-up in 1999 and 2007. In 2006, the Wayzata Math Team placed third in state. It has also won the conference for the past 16 years. In 2006-07, the Wayzata Debate Team also won the Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Novice State Debate Tournaments. In 2007-08 the Wayzata Debate Team won the Varsity State Debate Tournament, and in 2008-09 they won the Junior Varsity State Debate Tournament.
team has earned six state titles, the most of any Trojan team. The most recent was in 2010. The team qualified for the Nike Cross Nationals meet in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 and are widely regarded as the top Minnesota
XC team.
The Wayzata Trojans have also won three state football titles. The first in 2005 ended in a 28-24 victory over Cretin-Derham Hall High School
the second, in 2008, saw the Trojans defeat Blaine High School
27-7, capping an undefeated season. In 2010, the Trojans defeated Rosemount 31-14 in the Prep Bowl to win their third state championship and complete their second perfect season.
In 2009, the Wayzata Trojet Dance Team won the Jazz/Funk Class AAA State Championship, receiving a total of 785 points out of 800 (the highest score ever seen at a State Dance Team Tournament).
Wayzata is part of the Lake Conference and in the Minnesota State High School League
. Wayzata was in the Classic Lake Conference
prior to the 2010-2011 athletic year.
Plymouth, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 65,894 people, 24,820 households, and 17,647 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,002.0 persons per square mile . There were 25,258 housing units at an average density of 767.4 per square mile...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, a suburb of Minneapolis-St. Paul. The high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
, operated by the Wayzata School District
Wayzata School District
Wayzata Public Schools is an American public school district in the northwestern area of Hennepin County, Minnesota, serving all or part of the cities of Corcoran, Maple Grove, Medicine Lake, Medina, Minnetonka, Orono, Plymouth, and Wayzata....
, has approximately 3,060 students in grades 9 to 12 (2011), making it the largest secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
by enrollment in Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. It is also the largest Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
by structural size, with an interior of 487000 square feet (45,243.8 m²). The school is part of the Lake Conference, an athletic conference that also includes Minnetonka High School
Minnetonka High School
Minnetonka High School is a public comprehensive high school that is located in Minnetonka, Minnesota, a western suburb of Minneapolis-St. Paul. With almost 3,000 students, it is the 3rd largest high school in Minnesota behind neighboring Wayzata and Eden Prarie high schools...
, Eden Prairie High School
Eden Prairie High School
Eden Prairie High School is a four-year public high school located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The present high school opened in 1981 and was significantly added to in 1990, 1994 and 1997. Eden Prairie High School has been graduating students for over seventy years. The school was named a Blue...
, Edina High School
Edina High School
Edina High School is a three-year public high school located in Edina, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. The school was founded in 1949 and is the main high school in the Edina School District....
, and Hopkins High School. Its current principal is Mike Trewick.
In 2008, Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
ranked the school #940 "List of the 1300 Top High Schools in America."
Academics
As of the 2010-2011 school year, Wayzata High School offers 26 Advanced Placement
Advanced Placement Program
The Advanced Placement program is a curriculum in the United States and Canada sponsored by the College Board which offers standardized courses to high school students that are generally recognized to be equivalent to undergraduate courses in college...
classes and 1 Advanced Placement Pilot course (AP Accounting). An advantage to using the block schedule is the ability to take essay tests in class that are composed of questions from past Advanced Placement exams, giving a feel for what the actual tests will be like.
Extracurricular Activities
Academic extracurricular activities of notable mention include Debate Team, Math Team, SkillsUSASkillsUSA
SkillsUSA is a United States career and technical student organization serving more than 320,000 high school and college students and professional members enrolled in training programs in technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations. Since 2010, SkillsUSA has had Thomas...
, DECA
DECA (organization)
DECA, also known as Collegiate DECA on the college level) is an international association of students and teachers of marketing, management and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality, and marketing sales and service . DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing,...
, BPA
Business Professionals of America
Business Professionals of America is a career and technical student organization that is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. BPA aims to develop leadership, academic, and technological skills in the workplace among students and leaders within the community...
, Science Olympiad
Science Olympiad
Science Olympiad is an American elementary, middle, or high school team competition which tests knowledge of various science topics and engineering ability. Over 6,200 teams from 49 U.S. states compete each year. Most teams compete in three levels of competition: regionals, states, and nationals...
, Science Bowl
Science Bowl
Science Bowl is a high school and middle school academic competition, similar to Quiz Bowl, held in the United States. Two teams of four students each compete to answer various science-related questions. In order to determine which student has the right to answer the question, a buzzer system is...
, Knowledge Master Open
Knowledge Master Open
The Knowledge Master Open is a computer-based semiannual worldwide academic competition in which teams of students from many schools earn points by answering multiple-choice questions quickly and accurately...
, and Quiz Bowl. All of these teams have high rankings in state leagues. The Wayzata Math Team won championships in the Minnesota State High School Mathematics League in 1996, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011, and was runner-up in 1999 and 2007. In 2006, the Wayzata Math Team placed third in state. It has also won the conference for the past 16 years. In 2006-07, the Wayzata Debate Team also won the Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Novice State Debate Tournaments. In 2007-08 the Wayzata Debate Team won the Varsity State Debate Tournament, and in 2008-09 they won the Junior Varsity State Debate Tournament.
Athletics
The Wayzata Men's Cross CountryCross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
team has earned six state titles, the most of any Trojan team. The most recent was in 2010. The team qualified for the Nike Cross Nationals meet in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 and are widely regarded as the top Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
XC team.
The Wayzata Trojans have also won three state football titles. The first in 2005 ended in a 28-24 victory over Cretin-Derham Hall High School
Cretin-Derham Hall High School
Cretin-Derham Hall High School is a private, co-educational Catholic high school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, it is co-sponsored by the Brothers of the Christian Schools and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet...
the second, in 2008, saw the Trojans defeat Blaine High School
Blaine High School (Minnesota)
Blaine High School is a high school in Blaine, Minnesota: part of the Anoka-Hennepin School District 11. The school was opened in 1972, as part of the Blaine Project. The current principal is John Phelps. The school colors are blue and white, and the mascot is the Bengal Tiger.-Academics:Blaine...
27-7, capping an undefeated season. In 2010, the Trojans defeated Rosemount 31-14 in the Prep Bowl to win their third state championship and complete their second perfect season.
In 2009, the Wayzata Trojet Dance Team won the Jazz/Funk Class AAA State Championship, receiving a total of 785 points out of 800 (the highest score ever seen at a State Dance Team Tournament).
Wayzata is part of the Lake Conference and in the Minnesota State High School League
Minnesota State High School League
The Minnesota State High School League is a voluntary, non-profit association for the support and governance of interscholastic activities at high schools in Minnesota, United States. The association supports interscholastic athletics and fine arts programs for member schools...
. Wayzata was in the Classic Lake Conference
Classic Lake Conference
The Classic Lake Conference, sometimes just referred to as the Classic Lake, is the conference for five high schools in the west metro area of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Much like the divisions in professional sports, such as football and baseball, the Classic Lake Conference is one of many in the...
prior to the 2010-2011 athletic year.
State Championships
| State Championship | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Sport | Fall | Football American football American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by... |
3 | 2005, 2008, 2010 |
| Soccer, Boys | 2 | 1985, 2005 | |||
| Cross Country, Boys | 6 | 1992, 1993, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010 | |||
| Soccer, Girls | 6 | 1991, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2009, 2011 | |||
| Winter | Basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... , Boys |
1 | 1959 | ||
| Wrestling Scholastic wrestling Scholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially Collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications. It is currently... |
4 | 1941, 1951, 1952, 1977 | |||
| Dance Team J/F | 5 | 1993, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 | |||
| Skiing Nordic skiing Nordic skiing is a winter sport that encompasses all types of skiing where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski, as opposed to Alpine skiing.... , Nordic Girls |
1 | 1980 | |||
| Spring | Golf Golf Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes.... , Boys |
5 | 1994, 1998, 2009,2010,2011 | ||
| Synchronized Swimming Synchronized swimming Synchronized swImming is a hybrid form of swimming, dance and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronized routine of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music.... |
5 | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 | |||
| Tennis Tennis Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all... , Boys |
2 | 1993, 1999 | |||
| Track and Field Track and field Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area... , Boys |
4 | 1977, 1980, 1984, 1995 | |||
| Track and Field, Girls | 1 | 2007 | |||
| Adapted Bowling | 4 | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 | |||
| Total | 47 | ||||
Politicians/public servants
- Amy KlobucharAmy KlobucharAmy Jean Klobuchar is the senior United States Senator from Minnesota. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, an affiliate of the Democratic Party...
, (1978) U.S. SenatorUnited States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
(DFL) representing MinnesotaMinnesotaMinnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state... - David Gaither, former Minnesota State Senator, and former GovernorGovernorA governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
Tim PawlentyTim PawlentyTimothy James "Tim" Pawlenty , also known affectionately among supporters as T-Paw, is an American politician who served as the 39th Governor of Minnesota . He was a Republican candidate for President of the United States in the 2012 election from May to August 2011...
's Chief of Staff
Athletes
- Marion Barber IIIMarion Barber IIIMarion Sylvester Barber III is an American football running back for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Minnesota....
(2001), former running back for the Minnesota Golden GophersMinnesota Golden GophersThe Minnesota Golden Gophers are the college sports team for the University of Minnesota. The university fields both men's and women's teams in basketball, cross country, gymnastics, golf, ice hockey, swimming, tennis, and track and field. Men's-specific sports include baseball, football, and...
and current running back for the Chicago BearsChicago BearsThe Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... - Dominique BarberDominique BarberDominique J. Barber is an American football safety for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Texans in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Minnesota....
(2004), former safety for University of MinnesotaUniversity of MinnesotaThe University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
, younger brother of Marion, drafted by Houston TexansHouston TexansThe Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The team is currently a member of the Southern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
, and is starting strong safety. - François-Henri DeserableFrançois-Henri DeserableFrançois-Henri Deserable is a professional ice hockey player. He is currently a defenceman for the Lyon Hockey Club.- Career :...
(2005), French author and professional ice-hockey player - Andrew PetersonAndrew Peterson (soccer)Andrew Peterson is an American soccer player, currently without a club.-Youth and College:Peterson attended for Wayzata High School in Plymouth, Minnesota from 1999 to 2003, where he was an All-Conference and All-State player his senior year...
(2003), Defender for the Columbus CrewColumbus CrewThe Columbus Crew is an American professional soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada... - Dick BeardsleyDick BeardsleyDick Beardsley is an American long-distance runner best known for his close finish with Alberto Salazar in the 1982 Boston Marathon.-Running career:...
, marathon runner, 2nd place in 1982 Boston MarathonBoston MarathonThe Boston Marathon is an annual marathon hosted by the U.S. city of Boston, Massachusetts, on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897 and inspired by the success of the first modern-day marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics, the Boston Marathon is the world's oldest... - Ben HamiltonBen HamiltonBenjamin "Ben" Thomas Hamilton is a retired American football guard and center, who played for the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft...
(1996), drafted by the Denver BroncosDenver BroncosThe Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
in 2001, signed with the Seattle SeahawksSeattle SeahawksThe Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team...
in 2010. - Shawn DaivariShawn DaivariDara Daivari is an Iranian American professional wrestler, currently performing on the American independent circuit as Shawn Daivari. He is best known for his work with World Wrestling Entertainment as simply Daivari and with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Sheik Abdul Bashir.-Career:Daivari...
(2002), professional wrestler - Mark Schulz (1992), professional snowboarder, X-games Silver Medalist 2001
- James LaurinaitisJames Laurinaitis-St. Louis Rams:Laurinaitis was drafted in the 2nd round 35th overall by the St. Louis Rams. On July 29, 2009, he signed a four-year, $5.1 million contract. The deal contained $3.3 million guaranteed...
(2005), LinebackerLinebackerA linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...
, Ohio State BuckeyesOhio State Buckeyes footballThe Ohio State Buckeyes football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of The Ohio State University. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference of the NCAA, playing at the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, formerly Division I-A, level. The team nickname is derived from the state...
, 20062006 NCAA Division I-A football seasonThe 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on August 31, 2006 and, aside from all-star exhibition games that followed, concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game on January 8, 2007 in Glendale, Arizona, where the #2 Florida...
Bronko Nagurski TrophyBronko Nagurski TrophyThe Bronko Nagurski Trophy has been awarded annually since 1993 to the collegiate American football player adjudged by the membership of the Football Writers Association of America to be the best defensively in the National Collegiate Athletic Association; the award is presented by the Charlotte...
Winner, Drafted by St. Louis RamsSt. Louis RamsThe St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Rams have won three NFL Championships .The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland,... - Tim HerronTim HerronTimothy Daniel Herron is an American professional golfer.Herron was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father and grandfather, both named Carson Herron, were professional golfers who played the U.S. Open. Tim Herron attended the University of New Mexico and played on the 1993 United States Walker...
, professional golfer
Actors & musicians
- Benjamin SalisburyBenjamin SalisburyBenjamin David Salisbury is an American actor best known for playing the role of Brighton Sheffield on the CBS television sitcom The Nanny from 1993 to 1999.-Biography:...
(1998), former child actor - Kirsten Gronfield (1996), actress
- Patty McLain (1989), Radio Announcer, local talent, former Hostess of 102.9 WLTE "Flashback Saturday Night"
- Kimberly EliseKimberly EliseKimberly Elise is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her role in the films Set It Off, Beloved, John Q, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, and For Colored Girls...
, (1985), actress (John QJohn QJohn Q is a 2002 film directed by Nick Cassavetes starring Denzel Washington as John Quincy Archibald, a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it...
, The Manchurian CandidateThe Manchurian Candidate (2004 film)The Manchurian Candidate is a 2004 American thriller film based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Richard Condon, and a reimagining of the previous 1962 film....
) - David BromstadDavid BromstadDavid Reed Bromstad is an American designer and television personality. In 2006, he became the winner of the debut season of HGTV Design Star...
(1992), interior designer and HGTVHGTVHGTV , is a cable-television network operating in the United States and Canada, broadcasting a variety of home and garden improvement, maintenance, renovation, craft and remodeling shows...
television show host