Parkway North High School is a public

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in west St. Louis County,

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Building architecture

The school extensively used

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s, as the school was originally constructed without walls separating classrooms. This was a trend in

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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

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. 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.

Activities

For the 2019–2020 school year, the school offered 27 activities approved by the

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(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.

Notable alumni

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(1987), American politician,

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(2022-), Member of the

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(2010-2021) * Brad Edelman (1978), former

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player * Ruth Harker (1981), soccer player for the U.S. women's national team * Mary Koboldt (1982), 1988 Olympian, US Field Hockey. 1987 Pan American Field Hockey team * Randy and Jason Sklar (1990),

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s * Tommie Pierson Jr. (1991), state representative *

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(1992), former governor of Missouri * Anne Valente (2000), novelist, short story writer *

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, (2012), record producer * D.J. Johnson (2012), former basketball player for the

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* Sug Sutton, (2016), American basketball player * John Kelly, sports announcer for St. Louis Blues on Fox Sports Midwest * Living Things, band *

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, voice of the

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, television news anchor and former

player

References

External links

Parkway Alumni Association
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