Broadmoor High School
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Broadmoor Senior High School is an accredited public high school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...

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About the school

Broadmoor High School was founded in 1960 and resides in the center of the historic Broadmoor Neighborhood of South Baton Rouge. BHS offers an array of traditional and honors level courses, including several AP courses and College Dual Enrollment opportunities with BRCC for eligible upperclassmen.

Broadmoor High School is home of the annual well-attended and highly publicized Broadmoor Arts & Crafts Festival held on campus every mid-November. At this event, people from across the country come to sell and buy various arts and foods. There are several venues facilitated by student organizations to raise funds for them. Overall, this event is a significant source of revenue for the school.

The most notable of the many student organizations on campus are the John Lay Chapter of the National Honor Society
National Honor Society
The National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...

, the National Beta Club
National Beta Club
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, the Student Government Association (SGA), the Presidents' Round Table, Denims-N-Diamonds (Choir),Broadmoor Band of Pride, Broadmoor Blade (School Newspaper), Buccaneer Log (Yearbook), FFA, and Broadmoor Young Life.

All students are required to wear uniforms which includes a red, columbia blue, or white polo style shirt with khakis.

Athletics

Broadmoor competes in the LHSAA 4A athletic class and all home sporting events are held on campus (field and gym sports). Broadmoor's biggest rival is against the neighboring Tara High School Trojans. Broadmoor has a long tradition of producing quality scholar-athletes and have won a state title in golf, football, and boys' basketball.

The athletic programs include:
  • Boys Basketball (Varsity, JV, Freshman)
  • Football (Varsity, JV, Freshman)
  • Baseball (Varsity, JV)
  • Girls Basketball (Varsity, JV)
  • Volleyball (Varsity, JV)
  • Boys and Girls Track & Field (Varsity, JV)
  • Boys and Girls Cross Country (Varsity)
  • Softball (Varsity)
  • Soccer (Varsity)
  • Boys and Girls Tennis (Varsity)
  • Wrestling (Varsity)
  • Golf (Varsity)
  • Boys and Girls Bowling (Varsity)
  • Swimming (Varsity)
  • Cheerleading (Varsity, JV)


Current Athletic Director is Rusty Price

Alma mater

BHS ALMA MATER

Hail to Thee, Alma Mater,

Hear echoes ring!

Our hearts and minds

Will ever cherish Thee!

Your hymns of praise we sing,

For e'er we honor Thee!

Oh, Broadmoor, we pledge to Thee

Our Loyalty!

Buccaneer Fight Song

Fight on Broadmoor, strong and true! Fight on Broadmoor, we will see you through, with courage ever, falter never! Broadmoor, fight, fight, fight!
And if we lose we still have a lot of Might.

Notable alumni

  • John Davis (entrepreneur)
    John Davis (entrepreneur)
    John F. Davis III is a millionaire entrepreneur and is the former chairman and CEO of Pegasus Solutions Inc. Davis is considered a visionary of hotel technology by many. He is currently CEO of BirchStreet Systems, Inc...

     - Millionaire CEO of BirchStreet Systems, Inc.
    BirchStreet Systems, Inc.
    BirchStreet Systems, Inc. is an international procure-to-pay software system company that specializes in developing e-procurement and back office automation applications for the hospitality and lodging industries. BirchStreet Systems' applications are delivered over the Internet, using the...

  • Ryan Theriot
    Ryan Theriot
    Ryan Stewart Theriot is a Major League Baseball infielder for the St. Louis Cardinals.Theriot is the son of Randy and Mary Theriot, and has an older brother Wes and younger brother Austin. Both his father and older brother played baseball at Broadmoor High School.Theriot graduated from Broadmoor...

     - MLB Player for the 2011 World Series Champions St. Louis Cardinals and NCAA 2000 College World Series Champions LSU Tigers
  • Dean Edward Johnson
    Dean Edward Johnson
    Dean Johnson is a well-known American attorney, TV personality and academic.- Background :Johnson was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated first in his class from Broadmoor High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He earned a National Merit Scholarship to Yale University and graduated from Yale in...

     - Well-known attorney and TV personality
  • Bucky Richardson
    Bucky Richardson
    John "Bucky" Powell Richardson is a former quarterback for Texas A&M University who went on to play professionally for the NFL's Houston Oilers.-High School and College:...

     - Former NFL Player
  • Ledell Eackles
    Ledell Eackles
    Ledell Eackles is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Washington Bullets in the second round of the 1988 NBA Draft. Eackles played in seven NBA seasons for the Bullets, Miami Heat and Washington Wizards, averaging 10.8 ppg in his career...

     - Former NBA Player
  • Mike LaBauve - PGA Golf Pro - Top 35 Instructor in US


Former State Representative
Louisiana State Legislature
The Louisiana State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is bicameral body, comprising the lower house, the Louisiana House of Representatives with 105 representatives, and the upper house, the Louisiana Senate with 39 senators...

 and Louisiana Board of Regents member Vic Stelly
Vic Stelly
Victor Theodore Stelly, known as Vic Stelly , is a retired businessman from Lake Charles, Louisiana, a member of the Louisiana Board of Regents for Higher Education, and from 1988-2004 a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 35 in Calcasieu Parish in the...

taught and coached at Broadmoor during the 1960s.
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