Park Center Senior High School
| Park Center Senior High School | |
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| Address | |
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7300 Brooklyn Blvd. Brooklyn Park, Minnesota 55443 United States |
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| Coordinates | 45°5′17″N 93°20′38″W / 45.08806°N 93.34389°WCoordinates: 45°5′17″N 93°20′38″W / 45.08806°N 93.34389°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Once a Pirate, Always a Pirate |
| Established | 1971 |
| Principal | Heather Miller-Cink |
| Enrollment | 2,000 |
| Color(s) |
Green Gold |
| Mascot | Blackbeard the Pirate |
| Nickname | Pirates |
| Website | School website |
Park Center Senior High School (PCSH) is a four-year public high school located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota on 7300 Brooklyn Blvd. PCSH is located near the border of two northwest twin cities suburbs, Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center, thus the school name "Park Center" is a combination of these city names. The principal is Heather Miller-Cink. Park Center Senior High's mascot is a pirate and the school's sports teams are known as the Pirates. The school's colors are green and gold.
Park Center Senior High School is one of three public high schools in the Osseo Area School District 279 and one of two public high schools located in the city of Brooklyn Park. (Brooklyn Park is served by 3 school districts: Osseo 279, Anoka-Hennepin 11, Robbinsdale 281). In August 2007 Park Center became an official International Baccalaureate (IB) School. This designation as an IB World school means Park Center has joined its partner, North View Junior High as one of only 21 MYP programmes in the state of Minnesota. It is currently offering the Middle Years Programme (MYP) to tenth grade students. The school is new to the Diploma Programme (DP) with its first IB students graduating in 2009. As with North View Junior High, Park Center is a magnet program open to any student in the Northwest Suburban Integration School District (NWSISD.) Park Center is one of only 20 public schools in Minnesota that are authorized to offer the Diploma Programme. In addition to International Baccalaureate classes, Park Center also offers college-level Advanced Placement classes.
The NWSISD is a consortium of seven districts in the northwest suburban area of Minneapolis which has been formed to promote integration and eliminate racial isolation of students in these districts. By creating magnet schools in IB, math & science, and in the arts the NWSISD has begun to bring students of diverse backgrounds together in programs based on academic excellence.
Park Center students represent the growing diversity of America. PC students come from about 20 different countries and speak roughly 35 different languages. Demographic information lists the student population as 36.3% Black, 33.5% Asian, 19.8% White, 9.6% Hispanic, and 0.9% are American Indian. The student population has 1,361 total students.
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