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Laramie High School (Wyoming)

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Type
  
Public school

Faculty
  
65

Enrollment
  
762

Phone
  
+1 307-721-4420

Mascot
  
Plainsman

Principal
  
Stacy Bush

Grades
  
9–12

Color(s)
  
Maroon, gold and white

Number of students
  
762

Laramie High School (Wyoming)

Address
  
1710 Boulder Dr, Laramie, WY 82070, USA

District
  
Albany County School District #1

Laramie High School (LHS) is a high school (grades 9-12) in Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming, United States. In the Albany County School District, high school begins in the 9th grade (freshman year); 9th grade students are now able to attend high school in Laramie due to the building of a new high school. Many LHS students concurrently attend classes at Laramie County Community College (Albany County Campus), or the University of Wyoming.

Laramie High School has an online newspaper, the CyberPlainsman.

The LHS mascot is the Plainsman (female counterpart: Lady Plainsman).

As of the opening of the new building in the 2015-16 school year, Laramie High School has the highest elevation in the state, at 7280 ft.

Notable alumni

  • John S. Bugas - former FBI agent credited with breaking up two Nazi spy rings and deterring sabotage; former director of industrial relations at Ford Motor Company
  • Richard Honaker (class of 1969) - State Representative; nominee to serve as a U.S. District Judge based in Cheyenne; from Rock Springs
  • Marilyn S. Kite - Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court
  • Wayde Preston - actor
  • Gerry Spence - trial lawyer, author, and television legal consultant
  • References

    Laramie High School (Wyoming) Wikipedia