Blooming Prairie High School
| Blooming Prairie High School | |
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| Location | |
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202 4th Avenue Northwest Blooming Prairie MN 55917 | |
| Coordinates | 43°52′05″N 93°03′50″W / 43.8680182°N 93.0638099°W[1] |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1868 |
| School district | Blooming Prairie Schools #756 |
| Principal | John Worke |
| Staff | 25.04 (FTE)[2] |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Enrollment | 375 (2022-2023)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.98[2] |
| Color(s) | Black, white and silver [3] |
| Nickname | Awesome Blossoms[3] |
| Website | http://www.blossoms.k12.mn.us/BLOSSOMSK12MN/ |
Blooming Prairie High School is a Public school located in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota. The high school teaches students in grades 7-12, and has a student body of approximately 350, with a student-teacher ratio of 12:1.[4]
School system
[edit]The Blooming Prairie Public School System consists of Blooming Prairie Elementary School and Blooming Prairie High School. The school district consists of a combined student body of approximately 950, with a student-teacher ratio of 14:1.[5] The Minnesota state average is a 16:1.
Athletics
[edit]The High School has a comprehensive, year-round, gender-balanced sports program. This includes football, volleyball, cheerleading, and cross-country in the Fall; wrestling and both boys' and girls' basketball in the Winter; and softball (for girls), baseball (for boys), boys' and girls' golf, and boys' and girls' track teams in the Spring.[6] The Blooming Prairie football team was the 2010 conference champion. They also were State champs in 2019.[6]
School spirit
[edit]Blooming Prairie High showed its school spirit in March 2011 when it showed support for Jordan Ressler, a junior who died in a motor vehicle accident in November 2010, by displaying the University of Texas logo in a human form and by wearing the distinctive orange clothing of the team he loved.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blooming Prairie High School
- ^ a b c "BLOOMING PRAIRIE SECONDARY". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- ^ a b "Blooming Prairie High School". Minnesota State High School League. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ http://www.trulia.com/schools/MN-Blmng_Prairie/Blooming_Prairie_Junior_Senior_High_School/ [dead link]
- ^ http://www.bloomingprairie.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={196628E5-F873-445D-8D02-7B82D8A41BCC} [bare URL]
- ^ a b RS School Today website Blooming Prairie High School Athletics department web page Archived 2015-05-20 at the Wayback Machine. Use drop down boxes to access individual sports. Accessed March 24, 2011.
- ^ See, e.g.: Amanda Lillie, "Showing support for Jordan Ressler," March 7, 2011, Austin (Minnesota) Daily Herald; found at Austin Daily Herald website. AP, "Minnesota town remembers teen with Texas logo", March 7, 2011; found at Associated Press on WBKT-TV website[permanent dead link]. Caitlin Perrone, "Human UT logo honors deceased longhorn fan: Community members from Minnesota gathered Sunday to honor an avid UT fan that passed away in November by creating a human UT logo in the snow." The Horn, March 9, 2011 and updated March 14, 2011; found at Read the Horn website Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine. "Remembering Jordan Ressler," March 6, 2011; found at KAAL-TV website. All accessed March 24, 2011.
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