Brigham Young High School

Brigham Young High School
Location
Provo, Utah,
Information
Type Private, High School
Religious affiliation(s) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
Established 1876
Founder Brigham Young
Status Defunct
Closed 1968
Oversight Church Educational System
Website byhigh.org

Brigham Young High School was a private high school in Provo, Utah, first known as Brigham Young Academy, later attached to Brigham Young University (BYU) and operated under the Church Educational System of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon or LDS Church).

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History

When Brigham Young Academy (BYA) was founded in 1876, 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 its students were "Normals" -- educated to become teachers.

As BYA matured, in 1895 a separate High School department was established in the Academy. In 1896, a College Department was added. Though it only had a few college-level students each year beginning in 1881, BYA principal Benjamin Cluff petitioned the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to create and sponsor a new entity to be named Brigham Young University. The modern era began in 1903, when Brigham Young Academy officially ceased to exist. It was replaced by two successor schools, Brigham Young High School and Brigham Young University. However, it was many years before University enrollment exceeded the High School enrollment. For example, in academic year 1903-1904, the school had 14 faculty members, 825 high school students, and 74 collegiate students.

Brigham Young High School classes were taught in the BY Academy building, the Arts Building, College Hall, the Industrial Arts Building and both the Men's Gym and the Women's Gym, all on the "Lower Campus". BYH students also attended some classes on the "Upper Campus" of BYU. BYH continued full strength until 1968, partially as a training facility for student teachers taught by master teachers in the BYU's College of Education, and partially as a school where experimental educational programs could be conceptualized, implemented and analyzed for effectiveness -- or lack thereof.

Notable alumni

Name Class Notability Source
Jae R. Ballif 1949 Physicist and Provost at Brigham Young University [1]
R. Lanier Britsch 1957 Historian at Brigham Young University [1]
Todd A. Britsch 1955 Professor and vice president at Brigham Young University [2]
Orson Scott Card 1969 Award winning science fiction author [1]
Kim S. Cameron 1964 Business professor at the University of Michigan [1]
James Smoot Coleman 1936 Scholar of African studies, UCLA professor [3]
Henry Aldous Dixon 1909 Utah congressman, president of Weber College and Utah State Agricultural College [3]
Mary Ellen Edmunds 1958 Director of Training for the Missionary Training Center, author [1]
Philo T. Farnsworth 1924 Inventor of television [3]
Lynn Fausett 1912 Western painter [3]
Harvey Fletcher 1904 Physicist, hearing aid inventor [3]
Larry C. Ford 1968 Medical researcher, alleged murderer [3]
Franklin S. Harris 1904 President of Brigham Young University and Utah State University [3]
Milton R. Hunter 1924 Member of the LDS Church's First Council of the Seventy [3]
Ardeth G. Kapp 1949 9th general president of the Young Women Organization of the LDS Church [1]
Jon Katzenbach 1950 Senior partner in global management consulting firm Booz & Company [1]
Francis W. Kirkham 1904 Mormon author, educator [3]
Margaret S. Lifferth 1965 Counselor to the general president of the Primary of the LDS Church [2]
Fred L. Markham 1919 Utah architect [3]
Dallin H. Oaks 1950 Apostle of the LDS Church [1]
Robert C. Oaks 1954 U.S. Air Force general, LDS Church general authority [2]
Carol Lynn Pearson 1957 Poet, playwright, author [1]
Ed J. Pinegar 1952 President of the Missionary Training Center, author [1]
Roger B. Porter 1963 Professor at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University [2]
Alma Richards 1913 Olympic gold medalist [4]
Reed P. Smoot 1965 Cinematographer [1]
O. Leslie Stone 1920 LDS Church general authority [3]
Henry D. Taylor 1921 LDS Church general authority [3]
Douglas H. Thayer 1947 Mormon novelist, Brigham Young University professor [1]
Arthur V. Watkins 1906 U.S. Senator from Utah [3]
Blaine M. Yorgason 1961 Mormon novelist [1]
Brent G. Yorgason 1963 Mormon author [1]
Kimball Young 1911 President of the American Sociological Association [3]
Michael K. Young 1967 President of the University of Utah and the University of Washington [2]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Books, Films & Plays by BYH Alumni & Faculty". Brigham Young High School Alumni Association. http://www.byhigh.org/Books-Films-Plays/Recent.html. Retrieved 2011-07-07. 
  2. ^ a b c d e "Notable Living Alumni". Brigham Young High School History. Brigham Young High School Alumni Association. http://www.byhigh.org/History/NotableAlumni/NotableAlumni.html. Retrieved 2011-07-07. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Special BYA ~ BYH Life Stories". Brigham Young Academy & Brigham Young University High School. Brigham Young High School Alumni Association. http://www.byhigh.org/History/Biographies/IndexBYH.html. Retrieved 2011-07-07. 
  4. ^ "Alma W. Richards". Brigham Young High School Class of 1913. Brigham Young High School Alumni Association. http://www.byhigh.org/History/Richards/Alma.html. Retrieved 2011-07-07. 

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