Munster High School
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Munster High School is located at 8808 Columbia Avenue in the town of Munster, Indiana
, in the United States. It is owned and operated by the School Town of Munster
. Munster High School serves as the only high school for the Munster School District and has a long history of educational achievement on both state and national levels. It is a four star school and has been awarded Blue Ribbon status among other honors from the Indiana Department of Education. Munster High is one of seven Indiana schools included in the Newsweek
's 2006 Top Schools list http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12532678?s=1100&np=13&sort=raa at number 1,134. The school also made the list in 2008 (1257), 2010 (1151), and 2011 (302). Athletics play an integral part at Munster High School.
Munster, Indiana
Munster is a town located in North Township, Lake County, in Northwest Indiana in the United States. This bedroom community lies in the Chicago metropolitan area, approximately southeast of the Chicago Loop, and shares municipal boundaries with Hammond to the north, Highland to the east, Dyer and...
, in the United States. It is owned and operated by the School Town of Munster
School Town of Munster
The School Town of Munster is the school district which serves the town of Munster, Indiana. There are 3 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school. There is also 1 early childhood educational center. Known for its excellence, all of the schools in this district are blue ribbon and four...
. Munster High School serves as the only high school for the Munster School District and has a long history of educational achievement on both state and national levels. It is a four star school and has been awarded Blue Ribbon status among other honors from the Indiana Department of Education. Munster High is one of seven Indiana schools included in the 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...
's 2006 Top Schools list http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12532678?s=1100&np=13&sort=raa at number 1,134. The school also made the list in 2008 (1257), 2010 (1151), and 2011 (302). Athletics play an integral part at Munster High School.
Administration
- Steven L Tripenfeldas - Principal
- Dr. Phyllis Gilworth - Guidance Director / Asst. Principal
- Michael Smith - Director of Athletics / Asst. Principal
- Michael Wells - Student Services / Asst. Principal
- Brian Clark - Dean
- Robert Snyder - Asst. Dean
- Dr. Larry A. Brechner - Auditorium / Theatre Director
- Joe Pacheco - School Resource Officer
- Twila Marsh - Media Specialist
- Paulette Libak - Food Services Director
Department Heads
- David Franklin - Science
- Patricia Premetz - Math
- Tammy Daugherty - English
- Paula Malinski- Physical Education
- Paul LaReau- Foreign Language
- Kent Lewis - Business
- Christine Barajas - Westlake
- Marilyn Rizzo - FACS
- Leroy Marsh - Health
- Donald Fortner - Social Studies
- William Woods - Music
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