Stillwater Area High School
Stillwater Area High School (SAHS) is a public school located in Oak Park Heights, Minnesota, United States, and is part of the Stillwater Area Public Schools, District 834. As the oldest high school in Minnesota and the first accredited by the North Central Association (now known as AdvancED) in 1903, Stillwater Area High School claims a special sense of history. The current campus was built in 1993 thanks to a 28 million dollar bond that was approved by the citizens of District 834. The previous location is now Stillwater Middle School. (SMS). Students from both SMS  and Oakland Middle School attend Stillwater Area High School. "Newsweek" ranked the school #326 in their "List of the 500 Top High Schools in America in 2015." Stillwater was designed by the architecture firm ATS&R. The school recently underwent a $97 million dollar renovation, involving the construction of a new 9th grade wing, a new gym and Pony Activity Center (PAC). Athletics. The 2016 boys' soccer team finished the season ranked fourth in the nation by "USA Today" on its final Super 25 Expert Rankings. Controversies. In late 2005, Stillwater Area High School received national attention after student journalists  from the School Newspaper "The Pony Express" uncovered Joshua Gardner, a registered sex offender posing as British royalty at the school. The journalists who helped uncover the true identity of Gardner were interviewed on Fox News, CNN, Good Morning America, MSNBC, and participated in a number of radio and newspaper interviews.