1945 HARDING SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Pinback BUTTON Pin SAINT PAUL Minnesota ST MN

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Harding Senior High School
is a public comprehensive high school located on the East Side of
Saint Paul, Minnesota
. The school is one of the six high schools in the
Saint Paul Public School District
and is the largest high school in the city of Saint Paul with enrollment at approximately 2400. The school was opened in 1926 as the second high school in the East Side after
Johnson Senior High School
. Harding has an
IB Diploma Programme
and also offers
Advanced Placement
classes. The school is divided into
Small Learning Communities
based on students interests. Harding is a member of the Minnesota State High School League and the athletic teams compete in the Saint Paul City Conference.
Education
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View of Harding High School from the Third Street entrance.
Harding Senior High School is one of several schools participating in smaller learning communities. In a somewhat similar fashion to specific colleges within the
University of Minnesota
, smaller learning communities were implemented in the 2002-2003 school year to group students that had similar interests together for a career. Freshmen are automatically placed in the 9th Grade Academy, and the following year, select to be in the Academy of Fine Arts, the Medical and Environmental Sciences Academy (MESA), the Human Services Academy, or the Science, Engineering, & Information Technology Academy (SEIT). However, the Academies have been facing difficulties with the large student body and change has been slow. While academic performance has improved over the past few years, there is not enough data to associate the increase with smaller learning communities. There is a limit of 500 students per academy, which has presented a dilemma with the Academy of Fine Arts who have had to reject a number of students. A possible cause is the large base of students involved in some form of fine arts. Another challenge is scheduling students to just their academy teachers.
In 2009 the music listening team made up of Matt Howard, Maivboon Vang, and Colton Moyer, took home a second-place finish at the state competition, this was after placing first in sections. The previous year Matt Howard, Connie Sinks, and Colton Moyer, took second in sections and advanced to state. The state placing team of 2009 was featured in the Star Tribune.
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One student from the class of 2006 was the recipient of the Gates Millennium Scholarship, five Harding alumni were named
KARE-11
Academic All-Stars
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and one received a
WCCO-TV
outstanding graduate award.
Electives
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Athletics
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View of Bakken Field, used by the Harding football, soccer, and track teams.
Harding's athletic program offers several sports. The girls badminton team have dominated the sport in the decade of 2000-2009, winning eight state titles (2000, 2002–2004, 2006–2009) in ten years and becoming the first school to win four consecutive team titles. No other Harding sport has won a state title.
In the spring of 2005, freshman Sade Pollard won state titles in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes. In 2006, she swept all of the sprinting events, taking home state titles in the 100m, 200m and 400m runs. Interestingly, she was the only competitor from Harding to participate in the state meet that year, but scored enough points to give Harding a third-place finish in the state tournament. Pollard won the 200m and 400m dashes again in the 2007 state meet.
In the spring of 2002, Sheila Emms broke the Minnesota single season record for strikeouts as a high school fastpitch softball pitcher. During her final season as a Harding Knight she struck out a staggering 353 batters and pitched seven perfect games. Following her high school career she was offered a full tuition scholarship to pitch for
Illinois State University
.
All sports are offered for both boys and girls, with exceptions for football, gymnastics, volleyball, wrestling and badminton. Other sports include soccer, tennis, swimming, cross-country, baseball/softball, Nordic skiing, basketball, hockey and golf.
Its chief rival is
Johnson Senior High School
, also located on the east side of
Saint Paul
. Both football teams have an annual regular-season game where they play for the Hatchet trophy.
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A number of student athletes have, after graduating, found success in collegiate sports (See notable alumni section).
Extracurricular activities
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In addition to sports, Harding offers several, non-athletic related activities for students. They include, but are not limited to, Korean Club, S.E.A. Club, Speech Team, Upward Bound, Comic Club, Music Listening, Harry Potter Club, BOOK CLUB, Madrigals Chamber Choir, Jazz Band, Fresh Force, Math Team, Chess Club, Japanese Club, NHS, Student Council, Earth Club, ASAP, FIRST Robotics, etc. Harding High school also has a Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Jr. Chapter.
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Miscellaneous
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Upon the death of comedian
Mitch Hedberg
, students ran several pictures of him in student of the month columns for various academies along with the inscription "Mitch Hedberg, R.I.P. 1968-2005," to honor him. Hedberg graduated from Harding in 1986.
Reunion Announcements:
See the following St. Paul Schools site for upcoming class reunions for Harding and other St. Paul High Schools -
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Notable alumni
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Ken Dahlberg
, class of 1935, WWII fighter ace, businessman
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Mitch Hedberg
, stand-up comedian.
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Paul Holmgren
, former NHL player who spent his career with the
Philadelphia Flyers
and
Minnesota North Stars
.
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Randy Kelly
, Mayor of Saint Paul from 2002-2006.
[10]
Ken Mauer
,
NBA
referee
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Bill Nygren
, Owner of a multi-billion dollar mutual fund.
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Jason Litzau
, Professional Boxer
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Brett Rogers
, football and basketball player; currently a professional
mixed martial arts
fighter
[14]
Kao Kalia Yang
, Author
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Daniel J Stahley
, Attorney for Provo-Peterson & Associates, P.A.
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