Pine City High School

Pine City High School (officially "Pine City Junior/Senior High School") is a six-year public high school located in Pine City, Minnesota, a fourth-tier suburb (exurb) of Minneapolis. The school was founded in 1910 and has a current enrollment of approximately 800 students.

History

Pine City High School was established in the year 1910, although the first graduating class from what is now Pine City High School was June 1, 1903 (the newly constructed Webster School). When the school was first built, many children that lived outside the city of Pine City attended local country schools and then in their later grades attended PCHS.

Pine City High School Auditorium

Extracurricular

Pine City is noted for its strong tradition in the fine and performing arts, and in 2010, 2011, and 2012 was named to the NAMM Foundation's list of "Best Communities for Music Education in America." Both the Concert Band and Concert Choir consistently receive Superior ratings at Large Group Contests, and several All-State Band and Choir students have been selected from Pine City music ensembles in recent years. The One-Act Play won their Sub-Section in 2009 with All in the Timing and in 2010 with The Exonerated; in 2011 they placed 2nd in the Section Finals (out of 18) with The Arkansaw Bear and 3rd in 2012 with slasreveR neveS; the Speech Team is 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 Two Rivers Conference Champions. Extra-curricular activities include:

Athletics

Fun School Weeks

The students and staff look forward to Homecoming Week and Snow Week all year. During these weeks, students and staff get to dress up in silly and odd ways to coordinate with each dress up day. Each day of the week has a different and cool, new theme, and winners for each day are picked for having the best outfit. A few of the dress up days from past years include "Zombie Day", "70s Day", "Wacky Tacky Wednesday", "Students Dress Like Teachers and Teachers Dress Like Students Day", "Color Day (each grade chooses a color)", "Spirit Day", and "Make-It-Yourself Day".

During this week students also get to attend fun seminars such as a hypnotist or an acrobatic show. The weeks are also always ended on Friday with a pep fest that is created by the cheerleaders and Student Council.

Notable alumni (Class of)

Dragon Mascot

• Zach Hammill (1999),^[1] director
• Karla Nelsen – bodybuilder; 1993 AAU Ms. America
• Allison Rosati (1981), reporter WMAQ-TV
• Jon Rydberg (1996), Paralympian

References

External links

• Pine City High School website
• SchoolTree Statistics

Coordinates: 45°48′37.16″N 92°58′6.07″W / 45.8103222°N 92.9683528°W / 45.8103222; -92.9683528