Metro Alliance

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Metro Alliance
Classification MSHSL
RegionFlag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota
Founded1997
Ceased2005
Members
No. of members8

The Metro Alliance was a Minnesota State High School League-sanctioned athletics conference that existed from 1997 to 2005. The conference was formed for the 1997-98 school year by seven schools. The majority of the schools came from the Tri-Metro Conference and included Brooklyn Center High School, Mahtomedi High School, Mound Westonka High School, Orono High School, and St. Anthony Village High School. [1] Columbia Heights High School and Fridley High School, the other two founding members of the conference, left the North Suburban Conference to join. [2] Farmington High School declined an invitation to be an eighth founding member; [3] however, Benilde-St. Margaret's ultimately joined the conference as final school. [4]

Minnesota State High School League organization

The Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) 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. Membership includes nearly 500 schools, including special schools, home schools, and 435 high schools. The State High School League is an affiliate of the National Federation of State High School Associations.

Brooklyn Center High School is a public high school located in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.

Mahtomedi High School Public school in Mahtomedi, Washington County, Minnesota, USA

Mahtomedi Senior High School is a four year public high school located in Mahtomedi, Minnesota. The school houses grades 9-12 with a total population of approximately 1,146 students. About 22% of this population are from surrounding districts due to open enrollment. The school colors are blue and gold, and the athletic teams are known as the Zephyrs. The district was created in 1870, and the original high school was built in 1930. In 1970 a new high school building was constructed several miles south east of the original building and this remains the current high school campus. Based on standardized test scores the State of Minnesota has awarded the school a five-star rating, the highest level that can be achieved. In 2006, Newsweek ranked the school #675 in its "List of the 1200 Top High Schools in America." The school has also made adequate yearly progress in compliance with No Child Left Behind standards. As of 2015 the school had a demographic of 91% Caucasian, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more races, 2% Hispanic or Latino, and 1% Native American. Finally, out of the total population, only 9% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Mahtomedi competes in the Metro East Conference, having joined that conference at its inception in 2001 soon after being a founding member of the Metro Alliance in 1997. Prior to 1997, Mahtomedi was a member of the Tri-Metro Conference.

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The break-up of the short-lived conference began soon after it formed. Mahtomedi left the Metro Alliance to join the new Classic Suburban Conference at the end of the 2000-01 school year. [5] When the conference broke up in 2005, Fridley and Benilde-St. Margaret's joined the North Suburban Conference. [6] St. Anthony and Brooklyn Center returned to the Tri-Metro after being placed by the Minnesota State High School League. [7]

Membership history

Benilde-St. Margaret's is a Catholic, co-educational private prep school for grades 7–12 located in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, that draws its over one thousand students from throughout the Twin Cities Metro Area. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

Fridley High School is one of the high schools in Fridley, Minnesota. The high school itself is part of Minnesota School District 14, though much of Fridley falls into other districts. The high school shares a street corner with Fridley Middle School. Both facilities operate together and provide mixed curriculum. For instance, the middle school houses the pool and provides "field experience" for seniors thinking about going into education. The high school houses the auditorium which is used by Substance Church and the Fridley Community Theatre as well as the school district.

Mound Westonka High School is a grades 8–12 public high school in Mound, Minnesota. Mound Westonka competes in the Wright County Conference. Mound Westonka, located west of Lake Minnetonka, serves the westernmost portion of the lake and is located west of Minnetonka and south of Orono. Mound Westonka houses over 900 students in grades 8-12. It began as Mound Consolidated High School, which opened in the fall of 1917 in downtown Mound as part of District 85. In 1958, District 85 became Westonka District 277. In the fall of 1971, Mound High School was relocated several miles to a new building at its present location in Minnetrista and “Westonka” was added to its name. Mound High School adopted the “Mohawk” mascot in the 1930s, in part because Mound was named for the ancient Indian mounds located within its borders. In the fall of 1997, the school mascot was changed to the White Hawks.

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References

  1. ↑ "New seven-team Metro Alliance to begin play in fall." St. Paul Pioneer Press , January 28, 1997, pg. 7D
  2. ↑ "New seven-team..."
  3. ↑ "New seven-team..."
  4. ↑ "Boys' Basketball History." Benilde-St. Margaret's. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-06. Retrieved 2008-06-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ Leighton, Tim. "It's bye-week for 6 SPS schools," St. Paul Pioneer Press , February 3, 2000, pg. 1D
  6. ↑ Haggstrom, Ron. "Season Preview: Metro Alliance." Minneapolis Star-Tribune , September 1, 2004.
  7. ↑ "Teams Headed for New Homes." Minneapolis Star-Tribune , April 27, 2005.
  8. ↑ La Vaque, David. "Revived Highway 65." Minneapolis Star-Tribune, September 28, 2005.
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