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General William J. Palmer High School
Front of Palmer High School
Address
301 North Nevada Avenue Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903 United States
Coordinates	38°50′20″N 104°49′12″W / 38.83889°N 104.82000°W / 38.83889; -104.82000
Information
Other names	Palmer High School, Palmer, PHS
Former name	Colorado Springs High School
School type	Public high school
Motto	A Tradition of Excellence
Established	1875 (150 years ago) (1875)
School district	Colorado Springs 11
CEEB code	060288
NCES School ID	080306000257
Principal	Krista Burke
Teaching staff	69.60 (FTE)
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,344 (2023–2024)
Student to teacher ratio	19.31
Color(s)	Brown and white
Athletics conference	CHSAA
Mascot	Terrors (Eaglebeak)
Accreditation	Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Newspaper	The Lever
Yearbook	Terror Trail
Feeder schools	Holmes Middle School Galileo Middle School Mann Middle School North Middle School
Website	www.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)

• Lance Armstrong (graduated elsewhere)
• Albert Balows (1921–2006), clinical microbiologist
• Patricia Louise Dudley (1947, as Colorado Springs High School), zoologist specializing in copepods
• Chris Fowler (1980), host of ESPN's College Gameday
• Robert L. Gordon III, (1975) Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy
• Robert M. Isaac (1945, as Colorado Springs High School), mayor of Colorado Springs
• Reggie Jackson (2008), basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the NBA
• Ray Jardine (1961), rock climber, adventurer, inventor of "Friends" spring-loaded camming device
• Sho Nakamori, artistic gymnast and member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team
• Cassandra Peterson (1969), actress; played Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
• Laura Veirs, singer-songwriter
• William (Bill) Elder (1971-1975), Sheriff of El Paso County 2015-2023

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.

External links

• Official website

• High schools in Colorado Springs, Colorado
• International Baccalaureate schools in Colorado
• Works Progress Administration in Colorado
• School buildings completed in 1940
• Public high schools in Colorado
• Educational institutions established in 1874
• 1874 establishments in Colorado Territory