Pipestone Area High School is the only public high school in Pipestone

Pipestone, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 4,280 people, 1,900 households, and 1,138 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,090.8 people per square mile . There were 2,097 housing units at an average density of 534.4 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...

, in the southwestern corner of the state. The high school is operated under the Pipestone Area School District

Pipestone Area School District

Pipestone Area School District, Independent School District 2689 serves the communities of Pipestone, Woodstock, Hatfield, Trosky, Holland, Ihlen and Jasper. The district superintendent is Jim Lentz.-District schools:...

. As of August, 2007, there were 336 students enrolled in grades 9-12 for the 2006-2007 school year. http://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/enrollments07.asp
Pipestone Area High School is housed in the same building as the Pipestone Area Middle School (grades 5-8) and the Pipestone Area School District, ISD #2689 administration. A new 197000 square feet (18,301.9 m²) school was opened in January 2003 at the cost of $22.3 million. The new building replaced the old "Central" school, which was more than 80 years old. The current campus is located on Minnesota State Highway 30

Minnesota State Highway 30

Minnesota State Highway 30 is a highway in southwest and southeast Minnesota, which runs from South Dakota Highway 34 at the South Dakota state line near Airlie and Pipestone, and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with Minnesota Highway 43 in Rushford.Highway 30 is in...

 on the west end of Pipestone.

Academics

Each student has the identical schedule each day for each semester, although the some student's schedules slightly vary from quarter to quarter.
Pipestone Area High School does not require the study of a foreign language

Foreign language

A foreign language is a language indigenous to another country. It is also a language not spoken in the native country of the person referred to, i.e. an English speaker living in Japan can say that Japanese is a foreign language to him or her...

, although it is highly recommended. Current languages offered are French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 and Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

. PAHS also offers a variety of Advanced Placement classes, including AP Calculus

AP Calculus

Advanced Placement Calculus is used to indicate one of two distinct Advanced Placement courses and examinations offered by the College Board, AP Calculus AB and AP Calculus BC....

, AP Chemistry

AP Chemistry

Advanced Placement Chemistry is a course and examination offered by the College Board as a part of the Advanced Placement Program to give American and Canadian high school students the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities and earn college-level credit.-The course:AP Chemistry is a course...

 and AP English Language and Composition

AP English Language and Composition

Advanced Placement English Language and Composition is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program....

. An accelerated math program is offered to selected students, starting in eighth grade. Other classes offered (some required), aside from the general core classes, are technology education

Technology education

Technology education is a study of technology, in which students "learn about the processes and knowledge related to technology". As a study, it covers the human ability to shape and change the physical world to meet needs, by manipulating materials and tools with techniques.-External links:...

, government, sociology

Sociology

Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...

, keyboarding, economics

Business education

Business education involves teaching students the fundamentals, theories, and processes of business. Education in this field occurs at several levels, including secondary education and higher education or university education. Approximately 38% of student enroll in one or more business courses...

, family and consumer science

Family and consumer science

Family and consumer sciences is an academic discipline that combines aspects of social and natural science. Family and consumer sciences deals with the relationship between individuals, families, and communities, and the environment in which they live...

 (FACS), agriculture

Agricultural education

Agricultural education is instruction about crop production, livestock management, soil and water conservation, and various other aspects of agriculture. Agricultural education includes instruction in food education, such as nutrition...

, art

Art education

Art education is the area of learning that is based upon the visual, tangible arts—drawing, painting, sculpture, and design in jewelry, pottery, weaving, fabrics, etc. and design applied to more practical fields such as commercial graphics and home furnishings...

, band

Band (music)

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, choir

Choir

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. PSEO classes can be taken by qualifying students at Minnesota West Community & Technical College

Minnesota West Community & Technical College

Minnesota West Community and Technical College is a community and technical college with five campuses in southwestern Minnesota, United States: Canby, Granite Falls, Jackson, Pipestone and Worthington and four learning centers in Fairmont, Luverne, Marshall and Redwood Falls...

, which has a campus in Pipestone.

Extracurricular activities

All students are offered their choice of extracurricular activities, if they choose to participate. Academic extracurricular activities of notable mention include Math Team

Mathlete

A mathlete is a person who competes in mathematics competitions at any level or any age. The term is a portmanteau of the words math and athlete.Top mathletes in the United States compete on the AIME, USAMO, and ARML...

, Knowledge Bowl

Knowledge Bowl

Knowledge Bowl is an interdisciplinary academic competition involving teams of four to six students trying to answer questions in a written round and several oral rounds. No team is eliminated in this event, and every team participates in every round...

, Marching Band

Marching band

Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...

, Student Council

Student council

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, Peer Helping

Peer support

Peer support occurs when people provide knowledge, experience, emotional, social or practical help to each other. It commonly refers to an initiative consisting of trained supporters, and can take a number of forms such as peer mentoring, listening, or counseling...

, One Act Play

One act play

A one-act play is a play that has only one act, as distinct from plays that occur over several acts. One-act plays may consist of one or more scenes. In recent years the 10-minute play known as "flash drama" has emerged as a popular sub-genre of the one-act play, especially in writing competitions...

, Drama

Drama

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, Speech

Minnesota High School Speech

Minnesota High School Speech refers to the competitive forensics system in the state of Minnesota. These activities are currently coordinated and organized by the Minnesota State High School League, otherwise known as the MSHSL....

, FFA

National FFA Organization

The National FFA Organization is an American youth organization known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, based on middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education...

, among others.

Board of education

The Board of Education

Board of education

A board of education or a school board or school committee is the title of the board of directors or board of trustees of a school, local school district or higher administrative level....

 is made up of seven members of within the school district

School district

School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...

 elected by the voters to make major decisions, including financial decisions, personnel authorizations and educational policy.

(Term expiration date)

Susan Cooper, Chairman (2012)

Linda Halbur, Vice Chairman (2012)

Jeff Baatz, Clerk (2012)

Dawn Schneider, Treasurer (2014)

Nils Nelson, Director (2014)

Kris Ploeger, Director (2014)

Dennis Tinklenberg, Director (2012)

Athletics

Until 2007, Pipestone Area had never won a state championship

State Championship

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 as a team; however, many individuals have been awarded state championships from Pipestone. Then, on March 18, 2007, the Pipestone Area girls' basketball team defeated the Albany

Albany, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,796 people, 708 households, and 436 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,287.6 people per square mile . There were 732 housing units at an average density of 524.8 per square mile...

 Huskies 50-49 at the Target Center

Target Center

The Target Center is an arena in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is sponsored by Target Corporation. The arena has a capacity of 20,500 people. It contains 702 club seats and 68 suites....

 in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...

 in the Minnesota State High School League

Minnesota State High School League

The Minnesota State High School League is a voluntary, non-profit association for the support and governance of interscholastic activities at high schools in Minnesota, United States. The association supports interscholastic athletics and fine arts programs for member schools...

 Class AA state championshiphttp://www.startribune.com/10156/story/1062163.html to earn the school's first ever team title. This seemingly opened the floodgates for Pipestone Area, as the Arrow softball team won a state title in the Class AA state fastpitch softball tournament, with a 1-0, 17-inning, victory over Saint Anthony Village High School.
The Arrows have been in four other state championship games:

Football - 1980 (loss to Crookston High School

Crookston High School

Crookston High School is a public high school located in Crookston, Minnesota. The school serves about 600 students in grades 7 through 12....

, 32-6, in Crookston, Minnesota

Crookston, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 8,192 people, 3,078 households, and 1,819 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,658.8 people per square mile . There were 3,382 housing units at an average density of 684.8 per square mile...

)

Softball - 2003 (loss to Winona Cotter High School, 5-4, at Caswell Park in Mankato, Minnesota

Mankato, Minnesota

Mankato is a city in Blue Earth, Nicollet, and Le Sueur counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 39,309 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth largest city in Minnesota outside of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. The county seat of Blue Earth County, it is located...

)

Baseball - 2005 (loss to Paynesville Area High School, 8-3, at Dick Putz Field

Dick Putz Field

Dick Putz Field is a stadium in St. Cloud, Minnesota. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the former home of the St Cloud Rox of the defunct Class C Northern Lg and also the St. Cloud River Bats baseball team. They currently play at Joe Faber Field. It was built in 1971. It holds 2,200 people...

 in Saint Cloud, Minnesota)

Softball - 2008 (loss to Orono High School

Orono High School

Orono High School is a high school in Orono, Maine.-Academics:Orono High School has been praised on numerous occasions for its academic excellence. Orono High School students generally test very high on standardized tests.- Fall Sports :...

 4-3, at Caswell Park in Mankato, Minnesota

Mankato, Minnesota

Mankato is a city in Blue Earth, Nicollet, and Le Sueur counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 39,309 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth largest city in Minnesota outside of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. The county seat of Blue Earth County, it is located...

)

Pipestone Area is part of the Southwest Conference in the Minnesota State High School League

Minnesota State High School League

The Minnesota State High School League is a voluntary, non-profit association for the support and governance of interscholastic activities at high schools in Minnesota, United States. The association supports interscholastic athletics and fine arts programs for member schools...

. According to the League's classification system, the Arrows are in Region 3A.

Sports Offered
Sport	Team State Appearances (Place)
Baseball	1961, 1969, 1977 (3rd), 2005 (2nd), 2006, 2007 (4th), 2008 (6th)
Boys' Basketball	1919, 1924, 1989 (5th), 2003
Girls' Basketball	1987 (3rd), 2005, 2007 (1st), 2009, 2010 (4th)
Boys' Cross Country Running	1966 (20th)
Girls' Cross Country Running	None
Football	1977, 1980 (2nd)
Boys' Golf	1982 (4th), 1988 (4th)
Girls' Golf	1982 (5th), 1983 (4th)
Girls' Gymnastics	None
Girls' Softball	2001 (6th), 2003 (2nd), 2006, 2007 (1st), 2008 (2nd), 2009, 2010
Boys' Tennis	1975, 2003
Girls' Tennis	None
Boys' Track and Field	N/A
Girls' Track and Field	N/A
Girls' Volleyball	1977 (6th), 1979 (3rd), 2005 (5th), 2006 (3rd)