Cheyenne Central High School

Cheyenne Central High School
Address
5500 Education Drive
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009
United States
Coordinates 41°42′31″N 104°50′13″W / 41.7087°N 104.837°W / 41.7087; -104.837Coordinates: 41°42′31″N 104°50′13″W / 41.7087°N 104.837°W / 41.7087; -104.837
Information
School type Public, high school
Opened 1904
School district Laramie County SD #1
Superintendent John Lyttle[1]
CEEB code 510063[2]
Faculty 96[3]
Grades 9–12
Gender Coed
Color(s) Red and black          
Mascot Indian
Team name Indians
Average ACT scores 22.1 average as of 2014
Newspaper CHS Lariat[4]
Yearbook POW-WOW[5]
Website http://central.laramie1.org/
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Map of Cheyenne, Wyoming

Cheyenne Central High School is a public secondary school (grades 9-12) located in Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States. It serves Laramie County School District #1. The high school serves students who attended McCormick JHS, Clawson ES, Davis ES, Deming/Miller ES, Freedom ES, Gilchrist ES, Hobbs ES, Jessup ES, Pioneer Park ES, Willadsen ES, and Saddle Ridge ES in Cheyenne. The current principals are Dr. Stephen Newton, Brian Cox, Fred George, and Kristen Siegel.

History

Cheyenne High School, the predecessor of Cheyenne Central High School, was the first high school in Wyoming, founded in 1868. The school is a charter member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Cheyenne Central High School was first accredited in 1904 and continues to be accredited by that organization and by the Wyoming State Department of Education.

Academics

Cheyenne Central offers 21 Advanced Placement programs. For the 2012-2013 school year, Cheyenne Central made "Adequate Yearly Progress" in accordance with the Federal No Child Left Behind Act.

JROTC

Cheyenne Central is home to the second oldest JROTC unit in the United States, behind Fort Leavenworth, Kansas (1897; officially formed in 1917). The program was started in 1903, originally offering the class at Cheyenne High School (now called Cheyenne Central High School). It was initially run as a cooperative effort between the Wyoming National Guard and the Laramie County School Board. Since 1916, the program has been a cooperative effort between the school district and the U.S. Army. This unit is currently a Honor Unit (top 50% in the nation).[6]

Student life

Athletics

The school offers competitive sports including men's basketball, women's basketball, cheerleading, cross country, dance, football, golf, men's soccer, women's soccer, men's swimming & diving, women's swimming & diving, tennis, track (indoor and outdoor), volleyball, and wrestling.

Extracurricular Activities

Activities and clubs include Art Club, "C" Club, Change Attitudes Now (CAN), Centralaires, Cheerleaders/Dance, Close-up, DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, FFA, Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA), Green Club, Health Occupations, International Club, Interact, International Thespians, Key Club, Lariat (school newspaper), Math Club, Mock Trial, National Forensics League, National Honor Society, POW WOW (Yearbook), ROTC, Science Olympiad, Ski Club, Skills USA, Sound Connection/Chorale, Student Senate, Student Trainers, Tomahawks, United Way, We the People, WHAM, and Writing Club.

Central Indians Band

The Central Indians Band is directed by Kevin Madigan. The school has multiple bands, including Percussion, Guitar, Jazz Band, Jazz Orchestra (a more vigorous course of Jazz Band), Concert Band, and Wind Ensemble. During the summer, members of the band voluntarily march during the months of June and July. The group marches in the Cody Stampede Parades around Independence Day and during their hometown's own celebration of Frontier Days, a week-long rodeo known as "the daddy of them all."

The band also competes at the Wyoming High School Association's State Marching Band Competition held in October each year. In recent years, the Central Marching Indians received a Superior Ranking for their outstanding performance:

2015: "The Civil War 150th Anniversary" led by drum majors Karen Russell and Jared Leuquire
Caption Awards: Outstanding Drum Majors and Outstanding General Effect
Trooper's Outstanding Leadership Award: Low Brass and Low Woodwind Sections

2014: "Welcome to the Jungle" led by drum majors Bailey Hamman and Keahi Purdy
Caption Awards: Percussion and General Effect
Trooper's Outstanding Leadership Award: Section Leaders

2013: "Cirque du Soleil's Journey of Man" led by drum major Kristina Edwards
Caption Award: Drum Major
Trooper's Outstanding Leadership Award: Flute Section

This band has also played at Walt Disney World multiple times, most recently in the spring of 2014.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "LCSD1 Superintendent of Schools". Laramie County School District Number 1. 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  2. ↑ "Cheyenne Central High School". Cheyenne Central High School. 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  3. ↑ "Teacher Information". Directory. Cheyenne Central High School. 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  4. ↑ "CHS Lariat". activity homepage. Cheyenne Central High School. 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  5. ↑ "POW-WOW". activity website. Cheyenne Central High School. 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  6. ↑ http://www.fortleavenworthmwr.com/index.php/child-youth-school-services/school-support-services/14-child-youth-school-services/92
  7. ↑ "Shirley Flynn". Wyoming Tribune-Eagle. Retrieved December 13, 2013.

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