George S. Parker High School
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George S. Parker High School is a comprehensive public secondary school located in city of Janesville, Wisconsin. The school, named for George S. Parker, founder of The Parker Pen Company, was constructed in 1967. Approximately 1600 students attend it from September through June.
The high school is on the west side of Janesville. The rival east side school is Joseph A. Craig High School.
Under the coaching of Tom Klawitter, the girls basketball team has been a dominant force in the state almost every year since the early 1990s. Since the late 1990s the Parker football team has also been an extremely dominant force in the state.
School snapshot
Parker High School
3125 Mineral Point Avenue
Janesville, Wisconsin 53548
Phone: (608) 743-5600
Website: http://janesville.k12.wi.us/par/
Principal: Dale Carlson
- Charter school: No
- Coeducational: Yes
- Enrollment: 2000
- Grade levels: 9-12
- Magnet school: No
- Mascot: vikings
- Motto:
- Newspaper name: The Odin
- Nickname: Vikings
- School colors: Green and yellow
- School district: School District of Janesville
- Year opened: 1967
- Year-round schedule: No
- Yearbook name: Valhalla
External links
- Parker High School home page (http://www.inwave.com/schools/Parker/)
- School District of Janesville (http://janesville.k12.wi.us/sdj/)
- City of Janesville (http://www.ci.janesville.wi.us/)