Type Public Principal Heather Miller-Cink Mascot Blackbeard the Pirate Number of students 2,000 | Established 1971 Enrollment 2,000 Phone +1 763-569-7600 Colors Green, Gold | |
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Motto Once a Pirate, Always a Pirate Address 7300 Brooklyn Blvd, Brooklyn Park, MN 55443, USA District Osseo Area School District 279 Similar Champlin Park High School, Osseo Education Center, Brooklyn Center High Sch, Osseo Area School W, Robbinsd Armstrong Senior Hi Profiles | ||
Park Center Senior High School (PCSH) is a four-year public high school located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota on 7300 Brooklyn Blvd. PCSH is located near the border of two northwest twin cities suburbs, Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center, thus the school name "Park Center" is a combination of these city names. The principal is Heather Miller-Cink. Park Center Senior High's mascot is a pirate and the school's sports teams are known as the Pirates. The school's colors are green and gold.
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School Overview
Park Center Senior High School is one of three public high schools in the Osseo Area School District 279 and one of two public high schools located in the city of Brooklyn Park. (Brooklyn Park is served by 3 school districts: Osseo 279, Anoka-Hennepin 11, Robbinsdale 281). In August 2007 Park Center became an official International Baccalaureate (IB) School. This designation as an IB World school means Park Center has joined its partner, North View Junior High as one of only 21 MYP programmes in the state of Minnesota. It is currently offering the Middle Years Programme (MYP) to tenth grade students. The school is new to the Diploma Programme (DP) with its first IB students graduating in 2009. As with North View Junior High, Park Center is a magnet program open to any student in the Northwest Suburban Integration School District (NWSISD.) Park Center is one of only 20 public schools in Minnesota that are authorized to offer the Diploma Programme. In addition to International Baccalaureate classes, Park Center also offers college-level Advanced Placement classes.
The NWSISD is a consortium of seven districts in the northwest suburban area of Minneapolis which has been formed to promote integration and eliminate racial isolation of students in these districts. By creating magnet schools in IB, math & science, and in the arts the NWSISD has begun to bring students of diverse backgrounds together in programs based on academic excellence.
Park Center students represent the growing diversity of America. PC students come from about 20 different countries and speak roughly 35 different languages. Demographic information lists the student population as 36.3% Black, 33.5% Asian, 19.8% White, 9.6% Hispanic, and 0.9% are American Indian. The student population has 1,361 total students.
Basketball
The Pirates girls' basketball team won the 2014 and 2015 MSHSL AAA state championship.
Hockey
The Pirates girls' hockey team won the 2000 MSHSL state championship.
Sports Teams and Rivalries
Park Center's traditional rivals within the Osseo School District are Osseo Senior High School (the two teams compete for the OssPar trophy in football) and Maple Grove Senior High School (the two teams compete for the Thunder Bolt trophy in football). Park Center's primary other local rival is Champlin Park High School, a District 11 (Anoka-Hennepin) school located in Brooklyn Park, adjacent to the city's border with Champlin.