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Leavenworth High School

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.

Leavenworth High School

1865

Open

Mike Roth [1]

James Vanek

107

9 to 12

approximately 1400 (2018-19)

approximately 14:1

Block

7 hours

  Blue
  White

Home of the Pioneers

KSHSAA 5A

United Kansas Conference

Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball, Wrestling

Pioneer Pete

LV, LHS

Pioneers or Lady Pioneers

Junebug

Leavenworth, Fort Leavenworth

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,[2] sends its high school students to Leavenworth High (while PK-8 goes to USD 207).[3]

History[edit]

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[edit]

Athletics[edit]

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.[4]

assistant coach for the Georgetown Hoyas, former head coach for the Milwaukee Panthers

Pat Baldwin

pioneer astronomy professor and astronomer

Mary Byrd

former Major League Baseball pitcher

Murry Dickson

musician[5]

Melissa Etheridge

American instrumentalist[6]

Gary Foster

distance runner, NCAA champion, Olympian, 2017 World Championships marathon medalist[7]

Amy Hastings

actress

Linda Powell

awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics

Norman Ramsey

U.S. Air Force major general

Robert A. Rosenberg

former All-American basketball player for the Kansas Jayhawks and NBA champion with the Miami Heat[8]

Wayne Simien

editor, author and chemist[9]

Edwin Slosson

2013 Miss Kansas[10]

Theresa Vail

record producer, songwriter, and DJ[11]

J. White Did It

Actor, WKRP in Cincinnati

Richard Sanders

List of high schools in Kansas

List of unified school districts in Kansas

Official website