Forest Lake Area High School, also known as Forest Lake High School, is a public three-year high school in Forest Lake, Minnesota founded in 1909. The school is a member of Minnesota Independent School District 831 (Forest Lake Area School District). The school competes in the Suburban East Conference of the Minnesota State High School League
Forest Lake High School was named one of the top 1,500 high schools in the country by Newsweek Magazine in 2013.
Feeder schools
Bohemian Rhapsody Forest Lake High School Pops Concert 2016 - Forest Lake Minnesota Cantorei Choir singing Bohemian Rhapsody - with some awesome soloists!
The following junior high schools feed to Forest Lake Area High School:
- Century Junior High School
- Southwest Junior High School
Athletics
Forest Lake High School consists of approximately thirty athletic teams. All teams are under the watch of Athletic Director, Aaron Forsythe.
Forest Lake Area High School has won state team championships in:
- Wrestlingâ€"1993,
- Boys' True Team Track & Fieldâ€"1993,
- Boys' Nordic Skiingâ€"2005,
- Boys' Nordic Skiingâ€"2006,
- Boys' Nordic Skiingâ€"2008,
- Boys' Nordic Skiingâ€"2009,
- Boys' Nordic Skiingâ€"2014,
- Boys' Nordic Skiingâ€"2015,
- Boys' Alpine Skiingâ€"2015
Basketball great Hal Haskins was the basketball coach at Forest Lake High School for the 1955-56 (a team which had a 19-game winning streak during the season) and 1956-57 seasons.
Former major league baseball player Brian Raabe was head baseball coach 2001-2011.
Notable alumni
- Tim Robinson, a Gustavus Adolphus College professor of psychology from 1967 to current, chaired the college's internationally Nobel Conference from 1999 to 2008. (1961)
- James B. Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. (1979)
- Rick Bayless, All-Big 10 and Minnesota Vikings running back. (1983)
- Jeff Graba, head coach of Auburn Tigers women's gymnastics. (1987)
- Christopher Sieber, Two-Time Tony Award nominated actor from such productions as Spamalot and Shrek the Musical. (1988)
- Dave Menne, the first UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) middleweight champion. (1993)
- Patrick Gleason, comic book artist. (1995)
- Nora Greenwald, known as Molly Holly during her career as a WWE world champion pro wrestler. (1996)
- Adam Haayer, former Tennessee Titans, Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals lineman. (1996)
- Pete Hegseth, former Executive Director of Vets For Freedom. (1999)
- Jordis Unga, popular singer, (Rock Star: INXS) and The Voice attended Forest Lake High School through 1999.
- Leif Nordgren, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympic Games athlete in biathlon. (2007)
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