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{{distinguish|Lewis-Palmer High School|Palmer Ridge High School}}
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''This article is on the high school located in ]. For the high school located in ], please see ].''

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|name = General William J. Palmer High School | name = General William J. Palmer High School
|image = William J Palmer High School Colorado Springs.jpg | logo = General William J. Palmer High School logo.png
| image = William J Palmer High School Colorado Springs.jpg
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|caption = | caption = Front of Palmer High School
|motto = A Tradition of Excellence | motto = ''A Tradition of Excellence''
⚫ | address = 301 North Nevada Avenue
|established = 1875
| city = ]
|type = Public Secondary
| state = Colorado <!-- Do not link per ] -->
⚫ |affiliation = Western Association of Schools and Colleges
| zipcode = 80903
⚫ |district = Colorado Springs School District 11
| country = United States <!-- Do not link per ] -->
|grades = 9 to 12
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|president =
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|principal =
| former_name = Colorado Springs High School
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| established = {{Start date and age|1875|p=1}}
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|enrollment = 2013 students
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⚫ '''General William J. Palmer High School''', commonly referred to as '''Palmer High School''' ('''PHS'''), is a public high school in ], United States. It is the ] high school of ] and has the oldest ] (IB) program in the area.

⚫ '''General William J. Palmer High School''' is a ] located in downtown ], ]. The school has a student population of approximately 2,000 students, and attracts enrollment from all over the city. The ] high school of ], Palmer has the oldest ] (IB) program in the area, founded in 1991.


==History== ==History==

Palmer High School is located at 301 North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs. The present building was built by the ] under ] in 1940. Originally named ''Colorado Springs High School'', Palmer High School was renamed in 1959 after the city's founder, ]. At that date, the city had expanded enough to warrant the building of a second high school, ]. Palmer High School is located at 301 North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs. The present building was built by the ] under ] in 1940. Originally named ''Colorado Springs High School'', Palmer High School was renamed in 1959 after the city's founder, ]. At that date, the city had expanded enough to warrant the building of a second high school, ].
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⚫ ===Gender-inclusive bathrooms===
In 1945, a ] student, Don Willis, designed Eaglebeak, a ] of a fictitious Indian chieftain, and the school's teams became the Terrors. In 1985 a local political hopeful criticized the mascot as ], making Palmer one of the first cases of controversy over a Native American mascot in the ]. Despite the fact that the politician, having lost the election, later publicly apologized to the student body and retracted the charge of racism, the damage was done and Eaglebeak was not to return. In the following years, Palmer experimented with a variety of mascots, to include a two-month flirtation with the ] from ], which nearly led to a lawsuit.<ref name=aboutphs>{{cite web|title=About Palmer High School|url=http://w3.d11.org/Palmer/about.htm|accessdate=June 26, 2012 |website=d11.org}}</ref>{{third-party-inline|date=June 2012}}
⚫ In 2016 seniors Park Long and Halle Schall, both ] 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 ] students. Palmer was the first high school in Southern Colorado to have gender-inclusive bathrooms.<ref>{{cite news |title=Colorado school installs 'gender-inclusive' bathroom |date=March 8, 2016 |author=Victor Skinner |url=http://eagnews.org/colorado-school-installs-gender-inclusive-bathroom/}}</ref><ref>http://www.terrortribe.org/phslever/?p=691{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.krdo.com/news/archive/high-school-creates-gender-inclusive-bathroom-/35544338|title=High school creates gender-inclusive bathroom|date=March 8, 2016|website=KRDO}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fox21news.com/news/education/local-high-school-opens-first-gender-inclusive-restroom-for-a-public-school-in-southern-co_20171017110606660/837558268|title=Palmer High School opens first gender-inclusive restroom in a public school in southern CO|first=Christina|last=Dawidowicz|date=March 11, 2016|website=KXRM}}</ref>


==Extracurricular activities==
In the early 1990s the high school chose an eagle as its mascot, naming it "Eaglebeak", but without the historical background of the original.<ref name=aboutphs/>{{third-party-inline|date=June 2012}}
⚫ ===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;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.coloradohighschoolmocktrial.com/index.cfm/ID/21304 |title=Media & Press |website=coloradohighschoolmocktrial.com |access-date=March 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708175536/http://www.coloradohighschoolmocktrial.com/index.cfm/ID/21304 |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> and took 14th place in the National High School Mock Trial Tournament in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalmocktrial.org/2013-championship-results/ |title=2013 Championship Results |website=nationalmocktrial.org}}</ref>
⚫ ==Palmer High School 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;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.coloradohighschoolmocktrial.com/index.cfm/ID/21304 |title=Media & Press |website=coloradohighschoolmocktrial.com}}</ref> and took 14th place in the National High School Mock Trial Tournament in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalmocktrial.org/2013-championship-results/ |title=2013 Championship Results |website=nationalmocktrial.org}}</ref>

⚫ == Gender-inclusive bathrooms ==
⚫ In 2016 senior Doe Schall, a ] student, along with others from the school's Gay-Straight-Trans Alliance, lobbied school officials for gender-inclusive bathrooms due to the discrimination experienced by ] students. Palmer was the first high school in Southern Colorado to have gender-inclusive bathrooms.<ref>{{cite news |title=Colorado school installs 'gender-inclusive' bathroom |date=March 8, 2016 |author=Victor Skinner |url=http://eagnews.org/colorado-school-installs-gender-inclusive-bathroom/}}</ref><ref>http://www.terrortribe.org/phslever/?p=691</ref><ref>http://www.krdo.com/news/high-school-creates-genderinclusive-bathroom/38391900</ref><ref>http://fox21news.com/2016/03/10/local-high-school-opens-first-gender-inclusive-restroom-for-a-public-school-in-southern-co/</ref>


==Notable alumni== ==Notable alumni==
{{alumni|date=June 2022}}
Notable ] of Palmer High School include:
⚫ * ] (graduated elsewhere)

* ] (1921–2006), clinical microbiologist
* ] (1947, as Colorado Springs High School), ] specializing in ]s
⚫ * ]<ref name="GomezGazette"/> (1980), host of ]'s '']''
⚫ * ],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defense.gov/bios/biographydetail.aspx?biographyid=261 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413125404/http://www.defense.gov/bios/biographydetail.aspx?biographyid=261 |website=defense.gov |archive-date=April 13, 2015 |title=Robert L. Gordon III}}</ref> (1975) Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy
* ] (1945, as Colorado Springs High School), mayor of Colorado Springs * ] (1945, as Colorado Springs High School), mayor of Colorado Springs
⚫ * ] (2008), basketball player for the ] of the ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bceagles.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/jackson_reggie00.html |title=Player Bio: Reggie Jackson |publisher=Boston College Official Athletic Site |access-date=June 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908142344/http://bceagles.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/jackson_reggie00.html |archive-date=September 8, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref>
* ] (1961), rock climber, adventurer, inventor of "Friends" ] * ] (1961), rock climber, adventurer, inventor of "Friends" ]
* ], artistic gymnast and member of the ]<ref name='shotime'>{{Cite news |last=Pena |first=Michael |date=September 27, 2002 |title=It's Sho time |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/It-s-Sho-time-Gymnast-claims-third-junior-2792530.php |newspaper=] |access-date=August 17, 2024}}</ref>
* ]<ref name="GomezGazette"/> (1969), actress; played ]{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}
* ]<ref name="GomezGazette">{{cite web|url=http://www.gazette.com/sports/armstrong_25892___article.html/school_palmer.html?orderby=TimeStampDescending&oncommentsPage=1&showRecommendedOnly=0 |title=Armstrong shares the importance of cycling to children at fundraiser |author=Brian Gomez |work=] |date=August 10, 2007 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> (1969), actress; played ]{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}
⚫ * ],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defense.gov/bios/biographydetail.aspx?biographyid=261 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413125404/http://www.defense.gov/bios/biographydetail.aspx?biographyid=261 |website=defense.gov |archive-date=April 13, 2015 |title=Robert L. Gordon III}}</ref> (1975) Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy
* ], singer-songwriter<ref name=Gazette-JulyFlame-2010>{{cite news|last1=Epstein|first1=Warren|title=Homegrown: Laura Veirs flirts with acoustic stardom|url=https://gazette.com/news/homegrown-laura-veirs-flirts-with-acoustic-stardom/article_ed29b07d-e49c-5a53-bfc4-6b9657ecf44b.html|work=]|date=4 March 2010|language=en}}</ref>
⚫ * ]<ref name="GomezGazette"/> (1980), host of ]'s '']''
* William (Bill) Elder (1971-1975), Sheriff of El Paso County 2015-2023<ref>{{cite news|title=Bill Elder|url=https://theorg.com/org/el-paso-county-sheriffs-office/org-chart/bill-elder|work=The Org|date=17 November 2024|language=en}}</ref>
⚫ * ] (graduated elsewhere)
⚫ ] (2008), basketball player for the ] of the ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bceagles.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/jackson_reggie00.html |title=Player Bio: Reggie Jackson |publisher=Boston College Official Athletic Site |date= |accessdate=June 26, 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908142344/http://bceagles.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/jackson_reggie00.html |archivedate=September 8, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref>


==References== ==References==
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==External links and references== ==External links==
* * {{Official website|https://www.d11.org/Palmer}}
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*, Mark Arnest, ''The Gazette'' (May 20, 2005)
*, deYoanna, Michael, ''The Independent'' (February 24, 2005)


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Latest revision as of 02:08, 29 December 2024

Not to be confused with Lewis-Palmer High School or Palmer Ridge High School.

Public high school in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
General William J. Palmer High School
Front of Palmer High School
Address
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
PrincipalKrista Burke
Teaching staff69.60 (FTE)
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,344 (2023–2024)
Student to teacher ratio19.31
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 Halle 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.

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; and took 14th place in the National High School Mock Trial Tournament in 2013.

Notable alumni

This article's list of alumni may not follow Misplaced Pages'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. ^ "Search for Public Schools - PALMER HIGH SCHOOL (080306000257)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  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
  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. ^ Brian Gomez (August 10, 2007). "Armstrong shares the importance of cycling to children at fundraiser". The Gazette.
  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. Pena, Michael (September 27, 2002). "It's Sho time". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  13. Epstein, Warren (March 4, 2010). "Homegrown: Laura Veirs flirts with acoustic stardom". Colorado Springs Gazette.
  14. "Bill Elder". The Org. November 17, 2024.

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