Princeton High School (Minnesota)
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{{Infobox school
| name = Princeton High School
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| type = Public High School
| district = Princeton Independent School District 477
| grades = 9{{ndash}}12
| principal = Barbara Muckenhirn
| streetaddress = 807 Eighth Avenue South
| city = Princeton
| state = Minnesota
| zipcode = 55371
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{Coord|45.5601|N|93.5856|W|region:US-MN_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| campus type = Suburb
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| enrollment_as_of = 2023-2024
| teaching_staff = 52.51 {{FTE}}
| mascot = Royal Tiger
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| colors = Orange and Black {{Color box|#FFA500|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|#000000|border=darkgray}}
| homepage = [http://www.princeton.k12.mn.us/ Princeton Independent School District]
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Princeton High School is a public secondary school located on 807 Eighth Avenue South in Princeton Minnesota, United States. The school is part of the Princeton Independent School District 477.
Academics
Princeton High School operates on an 7:50 a.m. to 2:40 p.m. schedule, which includes six class periods and a sixty-minute lunch/advisory period. Students may not leave campus during this time due to the school's closed campus policy (with the exception of being taken to lunch by a parent or guardian).{{cite web|title=Princeton High School Code of Conduct|url=http://www.princeton.k12.mn.us/school317/FCK/File/HS%20Handbook/2010-11%20Student%20Handbook.pdf|accessdate=27 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517122127/http://www.princeton.k12.mn.us/school317/FCK/File/HS%20Handbook/2010-11%20Student%20Handbook.pdf|archive-date=17 May 2014|url-status=dead}}
"Coke Geysers" world record attempt
The Princeton High School Student Council organized a community effort to break the world record for simultaneously erupting coke geysers on May 27, 2011. The current record - 2,854 bottles - was set in October 2010 in the Philippines.{{cite web|title=Most Mentos and soda fountains|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/Search/Details/Most-Mentos-and-soda-fountains/65374.htm|accessdate=27 May 2011|publisher=Guinness World Records}} Hundreds of students participated with a goal of setting off a series of 3,000 geysers,{{cite web|title=Students go for world record with Mentos, Diet Coke|url=http://www.todaysthv.com/news/article/158933/70/Students-go-for-world-record-with-Mentos-Diet-Coke|publisher=KTHV Television|accessdate=27 May 2011}} a figure they exceeded with 3,051 total simultaneous eruptions. However, Guinness Book of World Record personnel did not officiate the event and never made the record official.{{cite news |url=http://unioneagle.com/2011/05/3051-bottles-erupt-in-record-attempt/ |accessdate=27 May 2011 |newspaper=Princeton Union-Eagle |title=3,051 bottles erupt in record attempt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531045859/http://unioneagle.com/2011/05/3051-bottles-erupt-in-record-attempt/ |archive-date=31 May 2011}} Students say the idea grew from a plan for a graduation prank into a way to put their small town on the map. A video{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO90m9M9Aro|title=Diet Coke and Mentos World Record!!! - YouTube|website=YouTube}} of the attempt was broadcast on Minnesota NBC News affiliate Kare 11 and edited by a YouTube user named Physics314Nerd.
Notable alumni
- Jerome P. Peterson (1954), former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
- Bob Backlund Former WWF Champion and WWE Hall of Famer
- Charles R. Davis (1963), former member of the Minnesota Senate
- Paul Sather (1990), college basketball coach{{cite web |title=PHS alum gets Division I head coaching job at North Dakota |url=https://www.hometownsource.com/union_times/free/phs-alum-gets-division-i-head-coaching-job-at-north-dakota/article_2ace9cd4-83db-11e9-93ec-d74e1d75b564.html |website=hometownsource.com |accessdate=15 October 2020 |language=en}}
- Clay Matvick (1991), sportscaster{{cite web |title=PHS grad makes it big as broadcaster for ESPN |url=https://www.hometownsource.com/union_times/free/phs-grad-makes-it-big-as-broadcaster-for-espn/article_4907ca4e-d533-11eb-82ed-57ed85b24a22.html |website=hometownsource.com |language=en |date=24 June 2021}}
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