New Prague High School
| New Prague High School | |
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221 12th Street NE New Prague, Minnesota 56071  United States
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| Established | 1999 |
| School district | New Prague Area Schools |
| CEEB code | 241820 |
| Principal | Mr. Lonnie Seifert |
| Teaching staff | 55.47 (FTE) (as of 2011-12) |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,168 (2011-2012 School Year) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 21-1 |
| Color(s) | Cardinal and Black |
| Athletics conference | Wright County Conference |
| Mascot | Trojan |
| Team name | Trojans |
| Newspaper | Trojan Times |
| Website | New Prague High School Home Page |
New Prague High School is a public secondary school in New Prague, Minnesota. The school boasts a ninety-eight percent or better graduation rate on average, and ninety percent of graduates attend a post-secondary institution.
The first high school classes in New Prague were held in a K–12 schoolhouse with the first high school class graduating in 1907. A separate high school building was constructed in 1924 at the corner of 1st Avenue NW and Main Street. An addition to that building opened in 1963, and a new high school opened across the street in 1976. The current high school building opened in 1999 at the corner of Columbus Ave. and 12th St. NE, and that building had an addition added in 2006.
New Prague High School offers over one hundred courses in fourteen different areas of study. There are a variety of required and elective classes for students to choose from. This helps to ensure that students are interested in course topics. To help meet the needs of students of varied abilities, College in the Schools and Advanced Placement classes are offered to the student body.
Independent studies, mentorship, youth service, and extended day programs, are provided for students as well. Courses are delivered using a semester system with seven period school days.
The New Prague High School offers many various fine arts that students can choose from; some examples would be Band, Choir, Art, Drawing, Photography, Graphic Design, Ceramics, Sculpture, Painting and Contemporary Crafts.
Food and Consumer Sciences teaches about cooking and living on a persons own. Some classes include Foods, Fashion, Independent Living, Interior Design, Family Life, Interpersonal Relationships and Child Development.
New Prague High School teaches two foreign languages, which are German and Spanish. Both languages are taught up to college level. The German program allows excelling German students to transfer to Germany to better their German Language skills and learn about German culture. Both offer a club, named "German" and "Spanish", respectively.
New Prague High School teaches many Language Arts classes, some of which are mandatory. They include Composition, Media Studies, US Literature, Journalism, Public Speaking, Creative Writing, Introduction to the Theatre, English Literature, Literature Appreciation and Broadcast Communications.
The New Prague High School teaches many various math classes. They include Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, "Functions, Stats and Trigonometry", AP Statistics, AP Calculus and Integrated I. New Prague requires its students to take at least three years of math, but encourages them to take as many as they want.
The New Prague Science Department has various choices to offer their students. They have Biology, Chemistry, Chemistry in the Community, Fish & Wildlife Studies, Environmental Issues, Inquiry Biology Inside & Outside, Advanced Chemistry, Physics, Wetlands & Field Biology, Human Anatomy & Physiology and Cell Biology.
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