General William J. Palmer High School
Front of Palmer High School
Address
Map
301 North Nevada Avenue

Colorado Springs
,
Colorado
80903

United States
Coordinates38°50′20″N 104°49′12″W / 38.83889°N 104.82000°W / 38.83889; -104.82000
Information
Other namesPalmer High School, Palmer, PHS
Former nameColorado Springs High School
School typePublic high school
MottoA Tradition of Excellence
Established1875 (149 years ago) (1875)
School districtColorado Springs 11
CEEB code060288
NCES School ID080306000257[1]
PrincipalKrista Burke[2]
Teaching staff87.10 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,627 (2018–19[1])
Student to teacher ratio18.68[1]
Color(s)Brown and white
  
Athletics conferenceCHSAA
MascotTerrors (Eaglebeak)
AccreditationWestern Association of Schools and Colleges
NewspaperThe Lever
YearbookTerror Trail
Feeder schools
  • Holmes Middle School
  • Galileo Middle School
  • Mann Middle School
  • North Middle School
Websitewww.d11.org/palmer

General William J. Palmer High School, commonly referred to as Palmer High School (PHS), is a public high school in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. It is the flagship high school of School District 11 and has the oldest International Baccalaureate (IB) program in the area.

History

Palmer High School is located at 301 North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs. The present building was built by the Works Progress Administration under Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1940. Originally named Colorado Springs High School, Palmer High School was renamed in 1959 after the city's founder, General William Jackson Palmer. At that date, the city had expanded enough to warrant the building of a second high school, Roy J. Wasson High School.

Gender-inclusive bathrooms

In 2016 seniors Park Long and Doe Schall, both genderqueer students, along with others from the school's Gay-Straight-Trans Alliance, lobbied school officials for gender-inclusive bathrooms due to the discrimination experienced by transgender students. Palmer was the first high school in Southern Colorado to have gender-inclusive bathrooms.[3][4][5][6]

Extracurricular activities

Mock Trial

Palmer's Mock Trial program won the Southern Colorado Regional Competition in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, and 2015; the Colorado State Competition in 2009 and 2013;[7] and took 14th place in the National High School Mock Trial Tournament in 2013.[8]

Notable alumni

This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (June 2022)

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Search for Public Schools - PALMER HIGH SCHOOL (080306000257)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  2. ^ "A Message from the Principal / Welcome".
  3. ^ Victor Skinner (March 8, 2016). "Colorado school installs 'gender-inclusive' bathroom".
  4. ^ http://www.terrortribe.org/phslever/?p=691[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "High school creates gender-inclusive bathroom". KRDO. March 8, 2016.
  6. ^ Dawidowicz, Christina (March 11, 2016). "Palmer High School opens first gender-inclusive restroom in a public school in southern CO". KXRM.
  7. ^ "Media & Press". coloradohighschoolmocktrial.com. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
  8. ^ "2013 Championship Results". nationalmocktrial.org.
  9. ^ a b Brian Gomez (August 10, 2007). "Armstrong shares the importance of cycling to children at fundraiser". The Gazette.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Robert L. Gordon III". defense.gov. Archived from the original on April 13, 2015.
  11. ^ "Player Bio: Reggie Jackson". Boston College Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original on September 8, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
  12. ^ Epstein, Warren (March 4, 2010). "Homegrown: Laura Veirs flirts with acoustic stardom". Colorado Springs Gazette.

External links

CHSAA Colorado Springs Metro 4A South (2022–24)
Colorado Springs colleges and high schools
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