Leavenworth High School is a public high school located in Leavenworth, Kansas, operated by Leavenworth USD 453 school district. The school was established in 1865, making it one of the first high schools in Kansas. The school colors are blue and white and the mascot is the "Pioneer". Leavenworth High School offers many extracurricular activities, both athletic and non-athletic.
The district, of which this is the sole comprehensive high school, includes the central portion of Leavenworth city. Additionally, Fort Leavenworth, which is in Fort Leavenworth USD 207, sends its high school students to Leavenworth High (while PK-9 goes to USD 207).
History The school was established in 1865, making it one of the first high schools in the state of Kansas. Students studied Latin, math, rhetoric, science, Caesar and Virgil like their counterparts from the East Coast.
Extracurricular activities Athletics The Pioneers compete in the United Kansas Conference and are classified as a 5A school, the second largest classification in Kansas, according to the Kansas State High School Activities Association. Throughout its history, Leavenworth has won several state championships in various sports.Extracurricular Activities
State championships State Championships Season Sport/Activity Number of Championships Year Fall Cross Country, Boys 2 1975, 1976Winter Wrestling 1 1972 Basketball, Boys 1 2000 Basketball, Girls 4 1988, 1989, 2014, 2015 Bowling, Girls 1 2007 Spring Golf, Boys 2 1968, 1981 Track and Field, Boys 4 1974, 1978, 1994, 2001 Track and Field, Girls 11 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008Total 26
Notable alumni
Pat Baldwin, assistant coach for the Valparaiso Beacons, former head coach for the Milwaukee Panthers Mary Byrd, pioneer astronomy professor and astronomer Sharice Davids, United States House Representative for Kansas's 3rd congressional district Murry Dickson, former Major League Baseball pitcher Melissa Etheridge, musician Gary Foster, American instrumentalist Amy Hastings, distance runner, NCAA champion, Olympian, 2017 World Championships marathon medalist Linda Powell, actress Norman Ramsey, awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics Robert A. Rosenberg, U.S. Air Force major general Richard Sanders, Actor, WKRP in Cincinnati Wayne Simien, former All-American basketball player for the Kansas Jayhawks and NBA champion with the Miami Heat Edwin Slosson, editor, author and chemist Theresa Vail, 2013 Miss Kansas J. White Did It, record producer, songwriter, and DJ
See also
List of high schools in Kansas List of unified school districts in Kansas
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