Robbinsdale Armstrong High School (AHS; full name Robbinsdale Neil A. Armstrong Senior High School) is in Plymouth, Minnesota, just outside Minneapolis. The school serves students from Plymouth, Robbinsdale, Crystal, New Hope, and Golden Valley.
The school offers core subjects as well as technology education, physical education, and the fine arts. Newsweek ranked the school 1324th on its "List of the 1500 Top High Schools in America" and The Washington Post ranked it #11 in Minnesota. Armstrong, along with the Robbinsdale Area School District, have also been ranked among the "100 Best Communities for Music Education" by the American Music Conference.
The school's athletic programs have made it to state competitions many times. School tradition maintains that the school's rival is Robbinsdale Cooper. Robbinsdale Armstrong and Robbinsdale Cooper serve the district's more than 4,000 secondary-school students.
Facilities
Robbinsdale Armstrong High School was built in 1969 and has undergone several renovations and upgrades since its construction, with the most recent major renovation finished in 2003. The campus has four interconnected buildings with four stories. The grounds contain a varsity and a junior varsity football field, two baseball fields, several enclosed tennis courts, and a track around the football field.
Athletics and activities Armstrong was once a member of the Classic Lake Conference but was voted out of the conference in 2010 due to declining enrollment and admitted to the Northwest Suburban Conference.
+ State Team Championships Season Sport Number of Championships Year Fall Soccer, Boys 2 1979 and 2003(AA) Cross country, Boys 1 1974 Cross country, Girls 2 1976 and 1978 Volleyball, Girls 7 80(AA), 81(AA), 82(AA), 83(AA), 84(AA), 00(AAA), 02(AAA) Winter Nordic skiing, Boys 1 1980 Gymnastics, Girls 2 1976, 1983 Gymnastics, Boys 7 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1982 Spring Softball, Girls 1 2001(AAA) Track and Field, Boys 2 1985(AA) and 2002(AA) Total 25
+ State Finearts Championships Season Activity Number of Championships Year Winter Lincoln-Douglas Debate 2 2013 & 2014
The Falcons rivalries include the Cooper Hawks, Hopkins Royals, and the Wayzata Trojans.
Notable alumni Lucinda Anderson, member, U.S. Olympic biathlon team Ryan Bauer-Walsh, actor, singer, and visual artist Mo Collins, comedian Tom Dooher, former president, Education Minnesota, David Gilreath, National Football League player Chad Hartman, radio host, son of Star Tribune reporter Sid Hartman Ember Reichgott Junge, politician Evan Kaufmann (born 1984), professional ice hockey player Jordan Leopold, professional hockey player Douglas McCain, jihadist, killed in Syria. Mark Merila, professional baseball player Everette Pedescleaux, NFL player Derek Peltier, professional hockey player Todd Richards, professional hockey player and coach Travis Richards, hockey player for the University of Minnesota Jeff Schuh, NFL player Leah Thorvilson, distance runner Bee Vang, actor Dennis Vaske, professional hockey player
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