Parkway Central High School
| Parkway Central High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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369 North Woods Mill Rd. Chesterfield, Missouri 63017 | |
| Coordinates | 38°39′52″N 90°30′16″W / 38.66438°N 90.50452°WCoordinates: 38°39′52″N 90°30′16″W / 38.66438°N 90.50452°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1954 |
| Principal | Tim McCarthy |
| Number of students | 1,350 |
| Color(s) | Red, black, white |
| Mascot | Colt |
| Newspaper | Corral |
| Website | School website |
Parkway Central High School is a public high school in Chesterfield, Missouri that is part of the Parkway School District. The school runs using an A/B/C-day system, where students have all classes on C days for 50 minutes, and half their classes on A days for 90 minutes, and the other half on B days. A typical M-F week has a CABAB schedule.[1]
History
Five elementary school districts merged to form the Parkway Consolidated School District. The name for the district was proposed by a fourth grader from Barretts Elementary School. The name "Parkway" was in honor of the Daniel Boone Parkway, which is also known as Highway 40 (now I-64). The road passes through the center of the district. The word Consolidated was later dropped as sounding too rural in the rapidly growing and changing district.
Parkway Central was the first high school built in the new district. The original high school was converted to a junior high school when the present high school was built in 1961. There are now a total of five high schools in the district (Central, North, West, South, and Fern Ridge).
Activities
For the 2011–2012 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.[2] The school does not sponsor a boys ice hockey club. The school newspaper is the Corral, which is a member of the High School National Ad Network. There is a marching band, the "Parkway Central Marching Colts" that plays at football games in the fall as well as marching competitions. The band students then play in either a concert or symphonic band after football season ends. The concert band is available during football season as well for those who can not or would prefer not to march.
Parkway Central has a fight song that shares the same tune as the University of Michigan's fight song. The lyrics are as follows:
"Victory for red and white,
The Central Colts will always fight
Until the end, and then you know that we've got what it takes!
No, we're not North or South or West,
We are Parkway's best,
We're Central and we're proud to say say that we're from PCH!
P! C! H! S!
Parkway! Central! Colts!"
The lyrics were rewritten in previous years.
Notable alumni
- Gary Barnett '64, former head football coach at the University of Colorado and Northwestern University
- Isaac Byrd '93, former wide receiver for the Tennessee Titans and Carolina Panthers
- Brad Cohen '92, Author/Motivational Speaker, "Front of the Class - How Tourette Syndrome made me the teacher I never had"
- Mark Fauser '79, film and television writer
- Bryan Greenberg '96, actor
- Joel Higgins '62, actor
- James Kerwin '91, independent film director[3]
- David Lordi '73, Electrical Design Engineer of the Year - U.S. Defense Industry 2012[4]
- Amber Lyon '01, three-time Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist and former CNN investigative reporter.[5]
- Robin Lynn Macy '77, one of the original Dixie Chicks
- Glenn Savan '71, author of the book which was the basis of the movie White Palace[6]
- Trista Rehn '91, reality television show star, The Bachelorette
- Bruce Rehnberg '73, Baja 1000 Motorcycle Off-Road Race Winner, Honda XR Series. Developed and holds Patent on Corporate PC Automated Installations[7]
- Max Scherzer '03, starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals, Cy Young Award winner
- Marc Shmuger '76, chairman of Universal Studios
- Dave Silvestri, Former MLB player (New York Yankees, Montreal Expos, Texas Rangers, Tampa Bay Rays, Anaheim Angels)
- Ryan Young '94, former offensive tackle for the New York Jets and Houston Texans
References
- ↑ Archived July 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Parkway Central High School". MSHSAA.org. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
- ↑ "James Kerwin, Class of 1991 - Parkway Central High School". Classmate.com. 2000-11-03. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
- ↑ "Tester of the Year Award". Ndia.org. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
- ↑ "Amber Lyon, CNN Reporter and Native St. Louisan, Blasted by Village Voice Media". Riverfront Times. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
- ↑ "Glenn Savan, 49, the Author of 'White Palace'". NYTimes.com. 2003-04-17. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
- ↑ "Bruce Rehnberg - Patents". Freshpatents.com. Retrieved 2015-04-30.