| Cheyenne Central High School | |
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| Address | |
| 5500 Education Drive Cheyenne, Wyoming, 82009 United States |
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| Information | |
| School type | public, high school |
| Opened | 1909 |
| School district | Laramie County SD #1 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Mark Stock[1] |
| CEEB Code | 510063[2] |
| Principal | Matt Strannigan[3] |
| Faculty | 96[4] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | coed |
| Color(s) | red black |
| Team name | Indians |
| Newspaper | 'CHS Lariat[5] |
| Yearbook | 'POW-WOW[6] |
| Website | http://central.laramie1.org/ |
Cheyenne Central High School is a public secondary school (grades 9-12) located in Cheyenne, Wyoming and 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 the yet-to-be-named "North" ES in Cheyenne. The current principal is Matt Strannigan.
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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 1909 and continues to be accredited by that organization and by the Wyoming State Department of Education.
Cheyenne Central offers over 15 Advanced Placement programs. For the 2009-2010 school year, Cheyenne Central made Adequate Yearly Progress in accordance with the Federal No Child Left Behind Act.
Cheyenne Central is home to the oldest JROTC unit in the United States. The program was started in 1903, initially 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.
Sports competed in include 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 (I), Track (O), Volleyball, and Wrestling.
Activities and Clubs include, but are not limited to : Art Club, “C” Club, Change Attitudes Now (CAN), Centralaires, Cheerleaders/Dance, Close-up, DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, FFA, Green Club, Health Occupations, International Club, Interact, International Thespians, Jazz Band, Key Club, Lariat - School Newspaper, Marching Band, 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, and WHAM.