Highland Park High School (Minnesota)
high school in Saint Paul, Minnesota
Highland Park Senior High School is a public secondary school in Saint Paul, Minnesota serving grades 9 through 12. It is in the Highland Park neighborhood.
The school offers the International Baccalaureate program. It is a national Blue Ribbon School. Newsweek ranked the school #973 on its "2005 List of the 1200 Top High Schools in America."
Academics
The school has received grants from the Bush Foundation and Gates Foundation to develop the Small Learning Communities model. Motivated students in all three Communities may take International Baccalaureate courses.
Languages
Highland Park offers a number of foreign languages, including:
Spanish, including the secondary component of Saint Paul Public Schools' Spanish immersion program.
French
Mandarin Chinese, including Chinese immersion program.
Formerly American Sign Language; ASL was offered in the connecting Highland Park Junior High School, but the language does not continue into the high school, and the immersion program for deaf students was removed in 2008.
Athletics
Highland Park has enjoyed moderate success in its athletic program.
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