| Robbinsdale Armstrong High School | |
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| Location | |
| Plymouth, Minnesota, United States of America | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1970 |
| Principal | David Dahl |
| Number of students | 2,200[1] |
| Mascot | Falcon |
| Colors | Red, White, and Blue |
| Website | http://ahs.rdale.org |
Robbinsdale Armstrong High School (full name Robbinsdale Neil A. Armstrong Senior High School) (abbr. RAHS or just AHS) is a high school located in Plymouth, Minnesota, a second-tier suburb of Minneapolis. The school serves students from the cities of Robbinsdale, Crystal, New Hope, Plymouth and Golden Valley.
The school offers comprehensive secondary education, including core subjects, technology education, physical education, and the fine arts. Newsweek ranked the school #800 in their "List of the 1500 Top High Schools in America,"[2] and The Washington Post ranked AHS as #9 in Minnesota.[3] In addition to this, Armstrong (along with the Robbinsdale Area School District) has been ranked as one of the "100 Best Communities for Music Education" by the American Music Conference.[4]
The school's athletic programs have made it to state competitions on many occasions. School tradition maintains that the main rival to Robbinsdale Armstrong is Robbinsdale Cooper, the other sizable high school in Robbinsdale Area School District 281, located in the suburb of New Hope. Together, Robbinsdale Armstrong and Robbinsdale Cooper regularly serve the secondary school population of over 4000 traditional students in the district.
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Armstrong is a four year public high school located in Plymouth, Minnesota and it is one of two public high schools in the district. Armstrong has a student population of 2259 and is 1% Native American, 5% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 17% Black, and 69% white as of the 2007-2008 school year.[5]
The school has a large Advanced Placement program with numerous AP Scholars. It also routinely produces National Merit Scholarship award winners and semifinalists. Over 95% of graduating students go on to post-secondary educational institutions. Commonly attended institutions include: University of Minnesota Duluth, Saint Cloud State University, North Hennepin Community College, University of Minnesota, Augsburg College, Hamline, NDSU, University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Kansas, University of North Dakota, and Gustavus Adolphus College .
Robbinsdale Armstrong High School was built in 1970, and it has undergone several renovations and upgrades since its construction, with the most recent major renovation finished in 2003. The campus consists of four interconnected buildings with three+ stories. Armstrong is fully wired for high speed internet and wireless internet.
Armstrong has two lots for paid student parking and one for staff/faculty parking. The Plymouth police department provides a liaison officer for overall school security.
The grounds contain a varsity and a junior varsity football field. In addition, Armstrong has two baseball fields, several enclosed tennis courts, and a padded track. Swim teams utilize the Plymouth Middle School pools and Hosterman facilities for practices and matches.
Armstrong offers the following Advanced Placement courses[6]:
| AP Classes offered | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Name | Year(s) offered | Teacher |
| Science | AP Biology | 10th | R. Lautenschlager D. Shaikoski |
| AP Chemistry | 11th | J. Schreifels | |
| AP Physics B (precalculus-based) AP Physics C (calculus-based) |
12th | S. White | |
| AP Environmental Science | 11th 12th |
K. Kneeland | |
| Mathematics | AP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC |
10th 11th 12th |
C. Blow T. Hartman T. Lloyd |
| AP Statistics | 11th 12th |
K. Jans | |
| Social Studies | AP U.S. History | 10th | J. Hohenstein |
| AP European History | 11th |
M. Quinn | |
| AP U.S. Government & Politics | 12th | J. Claire | |
| AP Macroeconomics AP Microeconomics |
12th | J. Redelsheimer | |
| AP Human Geography | 11th 12th |
G. Miller | |
| AP Psychology | 11th 12th |
J. McLeod G. Miller |
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| Language Arts | AP English Composition | 11th | S. V. Olstadt P. Dotter R. Maas |
| AP English Literature | 12th | J. Lovitt M. Hasapopoulos |
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| AP Art History | 11th 12th |
K. Fuller | |
| Global Language | AP Spanish Literature AP Spanish Language |
11th 12th |
C. Sherry |
| Music | AP Music Theory | 11th 12th |
T. Burkholder |
Armstrong hosts many activities, including (but not restricted to):
The Armstrong Falcons have a heated rivalry with the other team in the Robbinsdale School District, the Cooper Hawks. Other rivalries exist with: the Hopkins Royals, the Wayzata Trojans, and the Minnetonka Skippers. Armstrong's basketball teams are perennially strong; also, Armstrong had a successful football team in the early 2000s. In 2007, Armstrong's boys basketball team made it to the class 4A state championship game, where they were defeated in a close match against the Buffalo Bison.
In 1976, the Men's Gymnastics Team, led by Coach Harlow Beyer, broke a Lake Conference all-sports record when they harvested their eightieth (80th) consecutive dual meet victory and collected their fifth (5th) State Title (1972 through 1976).
Armstrong was once a member of the Classic Lake Conference; however, it was voted out of the conference due to declining enrollment as of 2010. In 2010, Armstrong was admitted to the Northwest Suburban Conference.[7]
| State Team Championships | |||
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| Season | Sport | Number of Championships | Year |
| Fall | Soccer, Boys | 2 | 1979 and 2003(AA) |
| Cross country, Boys | 1 | 1974 | |
| Cross country, Girls | 2 | 1976 and 1978 | |
| Volleyball, Girls | 7 | 80(AA), 81(AA), 82(AA), 83(AA), 84(AA), 00(AAA), 02(AAA) | |
| Winter | Nordic skiing, Boys | 1 | 1980 |
| Gymnastics, Girls | 2 | 1976, 1983 | |
| Gymnastics, Boys | 7 | 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1982 | |
| Spring | Softball, Girls | 1 | 2001(AAA) |
| Track and Field, Boys | 2 | 1985(AA) and 2002(AA) | |
| Total | 25 | ||
Additionally, Armstrong has many club sports, including (but not restricted to) girls' rugby, water polo, and Ultimate Frisbee.
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