Parsons Senior High School

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Parsons Senior High School
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"Victor The Viking"
Address
Parsons Senior High School
3030 Morton Avenue [1]

Parsons
,
Kansas
67357

United States
Coordinates 37°19′58″N95°16′57″W / 37.332905°N 95.282427°W / 37.332905; -95.282427
Information
School type Public, High school
School board Board website
School district Parsons USD 503
SuperintendentLori Ray
CEEB code 172343 [2]
Principal Eric Swanson
Teaching staff28.90 (FTE) [3]
Grades 9 to 12
Gender coed
Enrollment394 (2022–2023) [3]
Student to teacher ratio13.63 [3]
Schedule7:55am to 3:15pm
Campus type Urban
Color(s)  Blue
  Gold
Athletics conferenceSoutheast Kansas League
MascotViking
RivalLabette County High School
Website School website

Parsons Senior High School is a public secondary school in Parsons, Kansas, United States. It is operated by Parsons USD 503 school district, and serves students of grades 9 to 12. It is the sole high school in the school district. The school colors are blue and gold and the school mascot is "Victor the Viking". It is a member of the Kansas State High School Activities Association and offers a variety of sports programs. Activities teams compete in the 4A division, except football which competes in the 3A division. [4] Extracurricular activities are also offered in the form of performing arts, school publications, and clubs.

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History

In 1882, some of the first high school classes offered at Parsons were held at McKinley School. The first Parsons High School building was built in 1893 and cost $30,000. It was located on the southwest corner of Twenty-sixth and Main Streets. The building served the city in its original capacity for just over 30 years. When the new high school / junior college was built on Main Street in the late 1920s, the old high school became West Junior High School. By the 1950s, voters agreed that a new secondary school should begin construction. In the late 50s, the current Parsons High School building was completed. In 2009, a major renovation project was undertaken for Parsons High School and was completely finished before the start of the fall semester. It gave Parsons High School the modern look that can be observed today.[ citation needed ]

Academics

Parsons Senior High School has a 93% graduation rate. [5] In addition to this, 77% of graduates continue to post-secondary education. [5] PHS offers general education classes as well as CTE programs such as Automotive Technology, Graphic Design, Health Science, Welding and more.[ citation needed ]

Extracurricular activities

Debate and Forensics

Parsons High School is well-noted for its excellence in debate and forensics, having won several individual and team state championships in both debate and forensics. Parsons was the first school to win the 4-speaker and 2-speaker state debate championships in the same year, doing so in 1993, the first year that the 2-speaker championships existed. [6] In 1990, PHS became the only school ever to place two students (Ajit Pai and Michael Monninger) in the top four National Forensic League (NFL) point leaders in the same year. [7] For several years, PHS also led the nation in most NFL All-Americans produced, and had more students amongst the all-time NFL point leaders than any other school from Kansas. [8] Between 1985 and 2019 Parsons has been represented at the National Speech and Debate Tournament 31 out of those 34 years, and was recognized as a 30-year milestone school at the 2018 tournament. In 2012, Steven Wood, the former debate and forensics coach at Parsons High School was inducted into the National Forensic League Hall of Fame, which is the highest honor for a high school speech and debate coach. [9] [10] While Mark Harris was the coach from 1985 to 1997 the program was particularly successful, winning state championships in 1991, 1993, 1994 and 1995.

Athletics

The Vikings compete in the Southeast Kansas League and are classified as a 4A school. Throughout its history, Parsons has won several state championships in various sports.

Tennis

Parsons Senior High School is well-noted[ citation needed ] for its excellence in a variety of sports, especially in boys' and girls' tennis. The boys' team has won four state championships in tennis, while the girls' teams has won five.[ citation needed ]

State championships

State Championships [11]
SeasonSportNumber of ChampionshipsYear
Fall Tennis, Girls 51994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2005
Winter Basketball, Boys 31973, 1975, 1987
Spring Tennis, Boys 41999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Golf, Boys 51970, 1971 (2-Man), 1994, 1995, 2000
Track & Field, Boys 11991
Total18

Parsons Senior High School offers the following sports:

Notable alumni

See also

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