Cheyenne Central High School is a public secondary school

Secondary school

Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

 (grades 9-12) located in Cheyenne

Cheyenne, Wyoming

Cheyenne is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming and the county seat of Laramie County. It is the principal city of the Cheyenne, Wyoming, Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Laramie County. The population is 59,466 at the 2010 census. Cheyenne is the...

, Wyoming

Wyoming

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 and serves Laramie County School District #1

Laramie County School District Number 1

Laramie County School District #1 is a public school district based in Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States. With an enrollment of 12,933 students as of October 1, 2008, it is the largest school district in the state of Wyoming.-Geography:...

. 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.

History

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.

Academics

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.

JROTC

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

Wyoming National Guard

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 and the Laramie County School Board. Since 1916, the program has been a cooperative effort between the school district and the U.S. Army.

Athletics

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.

Extracurricular Activities

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.