Osseo Senior High School
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Osseo Senior High school is a three year public high school
located in Osseo
, Minnesota
on 317 2nd Ave. NW.
The principal is Dr. Robert Perdaems and the assistant principals are Diana Bledsoe and Ronnie King.
and is one of three, three-year high schools in the district. The school has a population of 1694 of which 1% are Native American, 3% are Hispanic, 11% are Asian, 18% are black and 67% are white. The team mascot is the Osseo Oriole, and Osseo Senior High School sports teams are known as the Orioles. Osseo Senior High was the first school to open in District 279. The original school building opened in 1928. The school was designated a high school in 1952. An auditorium/gym was added in 1935. Additional classrooms and a lunch room were added to the building in 1948. A high school addition was made to the building in 1952, and another section of the building was added in 1957. In 1959, a new gymnasium was added to the building, and in 1961, the school received a major expansion. Another wing was added to the new building in 1964, and Tech Ed. rooms were added in 1966. In 1975, voters approved a gymnasium and auditorium expansion to the building. The original 1924 building, with its 1935 and 1948 additions, was demolished to make way for the new gymnasium. The school received a library addition in 1988. In 2002, a new gym was added, the 1959 gym converted into a cafeteria, and new offices were built. From 2002-2005, the exterior of the school was renovated and air conditioning was added to the building.
The current layout of Osseo Senior High is notorious for being confusing, since there are two upstairs wings not accessible to one another via the 2nd/3rd floor. The 1st floor's layout resembles a ladder, with a front and back hallway, with smaller hallways connecting the two. The cafeteria was recently renovated and features the "Oriole Cafe," where students have a wide selection of school meals as well as several à la carte options, while enjoying the 1950s architecture surrounding them.
Osseo Sr. High is known for sending its graduates to a wide array of universities. Some of the most popular universities among Osseo students are the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, U-M Duluth, Saint Cloud State, Mankato State, UW-Madison, UW-Eau Claire, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Iowa State, North Dakota State University, Winona State, UW-La Crosse, South Dakota State University, and the University of Michigan.
, but lower than the 44th of Maple Grove Senior High School
. Both notable high schools in the Osseo Area School District 279
.
Starting in 2007, Osseo High School Marching Band hosted the first annual Osseo Marching Band Festival. The Marching Band Festival is a street-marching competition between high school bands. Competition is judged for trophies and prize money within each class. Trophies are also given to overall best color guard, best winds, best drumline and grand champion. The Osseo Marching Band Festival is held at noon on Saturday of the last full weekend in June, the day before the Vikingland Band Festival in Alexandria, MN. Future dates of the Osseo Marching Band Festival are: June 28, 2008; June 27, 2009; June 26, 2010 and June 25, 2011.
Osseo Senior High also has a renowned high school musical which is presented in the fall, a one-act play which often goes to state, and used to also perform a spring play.
and the rivalry begins at the junior high level between Osseo Junior High School and Maple Grove Junior High School
. While Maple Grove football usually has the upper hand, the Orioles won their 2007 homecoming game for the first time in 13 years as well as the following homecoming game in 2008. Another notable rival of Osseo Senior High School is Park Center Senior High School
and the two high schools' football teams compete for the Osspar trophy a local unofficial competition which began in 1990. Osseo students would likely agree that their relationship with the likes of Park Center Senior High School
could be classified as a friendly rivalry while the relationship with Maple Grove Senior High School
is more hostile. One could say the most likely reason for the Maple Grove rivalry's intensity is because of the junior high rivalry between Osseo Junior High and Maple Grove Junior High. Another reason is that the current student population of Maple Grove and Osseo Senior High Schools all attended Osseo Senior High, up until the opening of Maple Grove Senior High in the 1996-1997 school year. Osseo has a rich history in athletics, most notably their state championships in football (1970) and boys basketball (2001). The girls basketball team won the state championship in 2000. The Cross Country team is also very strong, with both the girls and boys teams advancing to state in 2006. In March 2007, the Girls basketball team advanced to the state tournament, but lost a close game to second seeded Minneapolis South. The Boys basketball team lost the state championship to Hopkins High School
on March 16, 2009. In 2008, the boy's soccer team won their first ever state title, led by Minnesota's Mr. Soccer Year Whitney Browne. Also, the 2008-2009 Osseo Football Cheerleading Squad won state, defeating Minnetonka. The squad also had 4 girls make the All-State Team, including Janie Taylor, Kelly Lynch
, Kristen Grabinski, and Jennifer Paphatsalang.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located in Osseo
Osseo, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,434 people, 1,035 households, and 606 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,179.7 people per square mile . There were 1,060 housing units at an average density of 1,384.7 per square mile...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
on 317 2nd Ave. NW.
The principal is Dr. Robert Perdaems and the assistant principals are Diana Bledsoe and Ronnie King.
Overview
Osseo Senior High School is a part of the Osseo Area School District 279Osseo Area School District 279
Osseo Area School District 279 is a school district in Hennepin County, Minnesota providing free public education from the primary level to the secondary level in the following areas: Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Maple Grove, Osseo, Plymouth, Corcoran, Dayton and Hassan. District 279 is the...
and is one of three, three-year high schools in the district. The school has a population of 1694 of which 1% are Native American, 3% are Hispanic, 11% are Asian, 18% are black and 67% are white. The team mascot is the Osseo Oriole, and Osseo Senior High School sports teams are known as the Orioles. Osseo Senior High was the first school to open in District 279. The original school building opened in 1928. The school was designated a high school in 1952. An auditorium/gym was added in 1935. Additional classrooms and a lunch room were added to the building in 1948. A high school addition was made to the building in 1952, and another section of the building was added in 1957. In 1959, a new gymnasium was added to the building, and in 1961, the school received a major expansion. Another wing was added to the new building in 1964, and Tech Ed. rooms were added in 1966. In 1975, voters approved a gymnasium and auditorium expansion to the building. The original 1924 building, with its 1935 and 1948 additions, was demolished to make way for the new gymnasium. The school received a library addition in 1988. In 2002, a new gym was added, the 1959 gym converted into a cafeteria, and new offices were built. From 2002-2005, the exterior of the school was renovated and air conditioning was added to the building.
The current layout of Osseo Senior High is notorious for being confusing, since there are two upstairs wings not accessible to one another via the 2nd/3rd floor. The 1st floor's layout resembles a ladder, with a front and back hallway, with smaller hallways connecting the two. The cafeteria was recently renovated and features the "Oriole Cafe," where students have a wide selection of school meals as well as several à la carte options, while enjoying the 1950s architecture surrounding them.
Osseo Sr. High is known for sending its graduates to a wide array of universities. Some of the most popular universities among Osseo students are the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, U-M Duluth, Saint Cloud State, Mankato State, UW-Madison, UW-Eau Claire, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Iowa State, North Dakota State University, Winona State, UW-La Crosse, South Dakota State University, and the University of Michigan.
Academic Assessment
Osseo Senior High School did not make the AYP for the 2005-2006 school year. The school is ranked 311th out of 453 public high schools in Minnesota and is ranked higher than Park Center Senior High SchoolPark Center Senior High School
Park Center Senior High School is a three-year public high school located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota on 7300 Brooklyn Blvd. The principal is Kelli Parpart and the assistant principals are Heather Miller-Cink and Bart Becker...
, but lower than the 44th of Maple Grove Senior High School
Maple Grove Senior High School
Maple Grove Senior High is a public high school located in Maple Grove, Minnesota at 9800 Fernbrook Lane North.-School history:Maple Grove Senior High was the third public high school built by Osseo School District 279; it opened in 1996...
. Both notable high schools in the Osseo Area School District 279
Osseo Area School District 279
Osseo Area School District 279 is a school district in Hennepin County, Minnesota providing free public education from the primary level to the secondary level in the following areas: Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Maple Grove, Osseo, Plymouth, Corcoran, Dayton and Hassan. District 279 is the...
.
Music and Fine Arts
Osseo Senior High School has a long history of bands, choirs and orchestras. The Osseo Marching Band has historically been successful, winning many 1st place awards in parades and marching band festivals.Starting in 2007, Osseo High School Marching Band hosted the first annual Osseo Marching Band Festival. The Marching Band Festival is a street-marching competition between high school bands. Competition is judged for trophies and prize money within each class. Trophies are also given to overall best color guard, best winds, best drumline and grand champion. The Osseo Marching Band Festival is held at noon on Saturday of the last full weekend in June, the day before the Vikingland Band Festival in Alexandria, MN. Future dates of the Osseo Marching Band Festival are: June 28, 2008; June 27, 2009; June 26, 2010 and June 25, 2011.
Osseo Senior High also has a renowned high school musical which is presented in the fall, a one-act play which often goes to state, and used to also perform a spring play.
Sports and Rivalries
Osseo Senior High School's main rival is Maple Grove Senior High SchoolMaple Grove Senior High School
Maple Grove Senior High is a public high school located in Maple Grove, Minnesota at 9800 Fernbrook Lane North.-School history:Maple Grove Senior High was the third public high school built by Osseo School District 279; it opened in 1996...
and the rivalry begins at the junior high level between Osseo Junior High School and Maple Grove Junior High School
Maple Grove Junior High School
Maple Grove Junior High is a middle/intermediate school located on 7000 Hemlock Lane in Maple Grove, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. The Principal is Laurel Anderson and the Assistant Principal is Jason Harris...
. While Maple Grove football usually has the upper hand, the Orioles won their 2007 homecoming game for the first time in 13 years as well as the following homecoming game in 2008. Another notable rival of Osseo Senior High School is Park Center Senior High School
Park Center Senior High School
Park Center Senior High School is a three-year public high school located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota on 7300 Brooklyn Blvd. The principal is Kelli Parpart and the assistant principals are Heather Miller-Cink and Bart Becker...
and the two high schools' football teams compete for the Osspar trophy a local unofficial competition which began in 1990. Osseo students would likely agree that their relationship with the likes of Park Center Senior High School
Park Center Senior High School
Park Center Senior High School is a three-year public high school located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota on 7300 Brooklyn Blvd. The principal is Kelli Parpart and the assistant principals are Heather Miller-Cink and Bart Becker...
could be classified as a friendly rivalry while the relationship with Maple Grove Senior High School
Maple Grove Senior High School
Maple Grove Senior High is a public high school located in Maple Grove, Minnesota at 9800 Fernbrook Lane North.-School history:Maple Grove Senior High was the third public high school built by Osseo School District 279; it opened in 1996...
is more hostile. One could say the most likely reason for the Maple Grove rivalry's intensity is because of the junior high rivalry between Osseo Junior High and Maple Grove Junior High. Another reason is that the current student population of Maple Grove and Osseo Senior High Schools all attended Osseo Senior High, up until the opening of Maple Grove Senior High in the 1996-1997 school year. Osseo has a rich history in athletics, most notably their state championships in football (1970) and boys basketball (2001). The girls basketball team won the state championship in 2000. The Cross Country team is also very strong, with both the girls and boys teams advancing to state in 2006. In March 2007, the Girls basketball team advanced to the state tournament, but lost a close game to second seeded Minneapolis South. The Boys basketball team lost the state championship to Hopkins High School
Hopkins High School
Hopkins High School is a public high school located in Minnetonka, Minnesota, a southwestern suburb of Minneapolis. It offers classes for grades 10, 11, and 12. Hopkins High School is part of the Hopkins School District 270 and draws students from the city of Hopkins, central and eastern parts of...
on March 16, 2009. In 2008, the boy's soccer team won their first ever state title, led by Minnesota's Mr. Soccer Year Whitney Browne. Also, the 2008-2009 Osseo Football Cheerleading Squad won state, defeating Minnetonka. The squad also had 4 girls make the All-State Team, including Janie Taylor, Kelly Lynch
Kelly Lynch
Kelly Lynch is an American actress. Once a model for the Elite modeling agency, Lynch appeared in the film Drugstore Cowboy which starred Matt Dillon, and the film Road House which starred Patrick Swayze....
, Kristen Grabinski, and Jennifer Paphatsalang.
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| Season | Sport | Number of Championships | Year |
| Fall | Soccer, Boys | 1 | 2008 |
| Soccer, Girls | |||
| Football Cheerleading Cheerleading Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate... |
1 | 2008 | |
| Football American football American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by... |
1 | 1970 | |
| Swimming Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native... and Diving Diving Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one... , Girls |
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| Winter | Alpine Skiing Alpine skiing Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four... , Boys |
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| Basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... , Boys |
1 | 2001 | |
| Basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... , Girls |
2 | 1989, 2000 | |
| Dance Team Dance Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting.... , Girls |
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| Gymnastics Gymnastics Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body... , Girls |
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| Swimming and Diving, Boys | Wrestling |
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| Spring | Baseball Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond... , Boys |
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| NAQT Quiz Bowl | |||
| Golf Golf Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes.... , Boys |
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| Softball Softball Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand... , Girls |
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| Lacrosse Lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh... , Girls |
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Osseo and the community
Osseo Senior High well represents the city of Osseo, and with its combined athletic and academic success, Osseo Senior High is seeing increasing enrollment. The Orioles have been quite successful by winning state championships and well represents its community and students.Notable alumni
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