Brigham Young High School was a private high school in Provo, Utah, United States, first known as Brigham Young Academy. The school later became attached to Brigham Young University (BYU) with its official name being Brigham Young University High School, and commonly called B Y High. It operated under the Church Educational System of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
When Brigham Young Academy (BYA) was founded in October 1875, it focused on elementary through high school education. It was intended that the independent school's curriculum would be in harmony with the teachings of the LDS Church, in contrast to the expanding state school system. Many of those early-day students were educated to become school teachers. The school closed in 1968 after 93 years. The main school building was renovated and now serves as the Provo City Library at Academy Square.
Edward O. Anderson, architect for the LDS ChurchBrent F. Ashworth, historical documents collectorJae R. Ballif, BYU administratorR. Lanier Britsch, BYU professor of historyTodd A. Britsch, BYU Vice PresidentKim S. Cameron, professor of business at the University of Michigan and Case Western Reserve UniversityOrson Scott Card, popular science fiction novelistBenjamin Cluff, Principal of Brigham Young AcademyJames Smoot Coleman, professor in African Studies at UCLAHenry Aldous Dixon, Utah congressman and president of Weber College and Utah State Agricultural CollegeHoward R. Driggs, author and professor at the University of Utah and New York UniversityPhilo T. Farnsworth, inventor, "father of television"Lynn Fausett, painterHarvey Fletcher, physicist and inventor of hearing loss audio technologiesRobert H. Hinckley, car dealer, also involved with politics and aviation policyMilton R. Hunter, General Authority of the LDS ChurchMickey Ibarra, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs in the Clinton administrationJohn Franklin Lee, General Counsel, F.D.I.C.Fred L. Markham, Utah architectDallin H. Oaks, legal scholar and Apostle of the LDS ChurchRoger B. Porter, Harvard professor and presidential scholarO. Leslie Stone, General Authority of the LDS ChurchBlaine Yorgason, LDS novelist
