Parkway North High School

Parkway North High School
Location
12860 Fee Fee Road St. Louis County , Missouri 63146 United States
Coordinates	38°41′25″N90°28′6″W / 38.69028°N 90.46833°W / 38.69028; -90.46833
Information
Type	Public
Motto	"Head North for Excellence!"
Established	1971
School district	Parkway School District
Principal	David Jones
Teaching staff	80.05 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment	1,074 (2022-23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	13.42 [1]
Color(s)	Purple and White
Athletics conference	Suburban XII (South)
Mascot	Viking
Website	parkwayschools.net/Domain/33

Parkway North High School is a public high school in unincorporated ^[2] St. Louis County, Missouri.

Demographics

The student body is about 36% White, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 38% Black, and 7% Asian. ^[3]

Building architecture

The school extensively used open classrooms, as the school was originally constructed without walls separating classrooms. This was a trend in architecture in 1971 when the building was constructed. However, the infeasibility of this design was discovered ten years later, and plaster walls were inserted between classrooms, resulting in an eclectic mix of architectural styling, as well as the logistical problems with these newly created rooms receiving proper HVAC ventilation. The new science department contains traditional classrooms with walls, moving the school away from its original architecture. The school features a main upper gym on the 1st floor and a smaller gym in the basement. Most of the classrooms are located in the 2nd floor.^{[ citation needed ]}

Activities

For the 2019–2020 school year, the school offered 27 activities approved by the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA): baseball, boys and girls basketball, cheerleading, boys and girls cross country, dance team, football, boys and girls golf, girls lacrosse, music activities, scholar bowl, boys and girls soccer, softball, speech and debate, boys and girls swimming and diving, boys and girls tennis, boys and girls track and field, boys and girls volleyball, water polo, and wrestling. ^[4]

Notable alumni

• Brad Edelman (1978), former NFL player
• Ruth Harker (1981), soccer player for the U.S. women's national team ^[5]
• Randy and Jason Sklar (1990), twin comedians
• Tommie Pierson Jr. (1991), state representative
• Eric Greitens (1992), former governor of Missouri
• Anne Valente (2000), novelist, short story writer
• Metro Boomin, (2012), record producer
• Sug Sutton, (2016), American basketball player
• John Kelly (sportscaster), sports announcer for St. Louis Blues on Fox Sports Midwest
• Living Things, band
• Steve Savard, Voice of the St. Louis Rams, television news anchor and former NFL player.
• Mary Koboldt (1982), 1988 Olympian, US Field Hockey. 1987 Pan American Field Hockey Team.

References

1. "NORTH HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
2. "Townships and Municipalities". data.stlouisco.com. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
3. https://drive.google.com/file/d/10jCWLFmtMGwrAbonSjaXg_jyjiOeXSRW/view?usp=sharing
4. "MSHSAA Parkway North High School" . Retrieved 16 September 2019.
5. Noss, Dan (September 5, 1985). "Ruth Harker: UMSL Riverwomen's World Class Soccer Goalkeeper" (PDF). The Current . No. 519. University of Missouri–St. Louis. pp. 7–8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 22, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2020.

External links

• Parkway Alumni Association