Bozeman High School (or BHS) is a public high school for grades 9 through 12 located in Bozeman, Montana. It is the second-oldest high school in the state of Montana.[1] In 2011, it had an enrollment of roughly 1,829 students[2], and was accredited by the Northwest Accreditation Association.[3]
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Bozeman established its high school in 1877, housing it (along with other grades) in the newly-built West Side School at 300 West Babcock.[4] Students were few, and due to dropouts the high school did not graduate its first class until 1882.[1][5] In 1937, a new high school building was constructed at 205 North 11th Avenue.[6] Later renamed the Willson School (after its architect, Fred Willson), Bozeman constructed a new high school at mile west at 205 North 11th Avenue in 1956.[6] This building serves as the current Bozeman High School, while the 1937 building used to house Bridger Alternative High School. Bridger Alternative now resides in an old wing of the high school after the school district removed Cheif Joseph Middle School, which was connected to the high school, to a different location. The old middle school was remodeled slightly with a new cafeteria and main offices and library, now called north campus, or to students "N Wing."
In 2002, BHS employed four administrators and 129 teachers and support staff.[3] Most of the teaching faculty have master’s degrees.[3]
Bozeman High School offers two diplomas: the General Diploma and the College Prep Diploma.[3] More half of the students in 2002 graduated with the College Prep Diploma.[3] BHS offers courses in art, business education, English literature and composition, foreign languages, "health enhancement" (health education and physical education), home economics, industrial arts, mathematics, music, science, and social studies.[7] It also offers Advanced Placement courses in American history, art, calculus, English literature and composition, French, German, government, music, physics, psychology, Spanish, and world history.[7] In the early 2000s, Bozeman High School students scored consistently higher than on the SAT that other students in Montana and nationally.[7]
In 1989 and again in 1993, Bozeman High School was named a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the United States Department of Education.[3] In 1994 and 1996 Redbook magazine named Bozeman High School one of the best high schools in the nation.[3]
The 54-acre (22 ha) campus includes a 50-metre (160 ft) swimming pool that, by a lease arrangement from the city, provides swimming opportunities for students. The campus has a 10-lane all-weather running track for use in the health enhancement curriculum as well as in extracurricular activities. The school's mascot is the hawk.
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