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Las Vegas High School
Las Vegas High School is a public high school in Sunrise Manor, Nevada, part of the Clark County School District. It is the oldest high school in Las Vegas and originally opened 119 years ago in 1905 on what was then the outskirts of town. The school's first campus was made a permanent location in 1904 with a tent that opened in 1905. After 29 years the school built a new campus in 1930 that opened in 1931. Then, after 62 years the school moved to a new campus in 1993, located on the east side of Las Vegas along the foothills of Frenchman Mountain. History Las Vegas High School's original campus was constructed a tent near the cottonwoods near north Creek of town for the 1905 school year. In 1911 High school classes were moved to the Clark County School at Fourth Street and Bridger Avenue, the precursor to Las Vegas High. Seventeen students were enrolled. On December 17, 1917 a new Las Vegas High School is built at a cost of $42,500, opens at Fourth Street and Clark Avenue with 51 students. On May 11, 1934. Las Vegas High was destroyed by a fire. A new high school was built in 1930 and caused much controversy at the time for its location. In the early 1930s, the new High School was considered to be quite distant from the rest of the town and was a commute for some students. The school originally had three buildings, the tri-level Main building on the corner of 7th and Bridger, the Gymnasium, and a third building that originally housed wood shops and vocational classes, and later government classes. It was torn down in 1969. Las Vegas High School is now a landmark in Las Vegas for it represents the best of the Art-Deco Style Architecture of the 1930s, that still stands in the city. The school's outer appearance has been maintained but the interior has been changed quite a bit since the original construction in the 1930s. Lieutenant William Harrell Nellis, for whom Nellis Air Force Base is named, graduated from Las Vegas High School. During the late 1980s, the school district decided to build a new larger campus on the east side of Clark County. The original buildings that were Las Vegas High School are now the home to the Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, which opened in 1993. AthleticsLas Vegas High School's athletics teams are known as the Wildcats and participate in the 5A Division III Southern sports division. The Wildcats athletics programs are some of the best in the state and have won numerous championships with several in football, including the 1944 team which went all eight games without giving up a single point.[2] The football team also has two historic rivalries, the Battle of Sunrise Mountain against Eldorado High School, which began in 1993 (and coined by a former 1985 graduate of Eldorado High School) and the Bone Game against Rancho High School, the latter of which is the oldest football rivalry in the state of Nevada.[3][4] Las Vegas has won 22 consecutive games against Rancho, dating back to 1996.[5] Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association State Championships
Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association State Runners-Up
Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association Individual State Champions
Relay – 2001 and 2015 - 400x2 (Elias Miller, Tre' James, Kalin Quailis, Eric Williams)
Relay – 2007
NIAA SUNRISE REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS - (1999–Present) Basketball (Men's) - 2000, 2001, 2002 Basketball (Women's) - 2003 Bowling (Men's) - 2014, 2017 Football - 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Track and Field (Men's) - 2000 Soccer (Men's) - 1999, 2006, 2009 Softball - 2005, 2007 Volleyball (Men's) - 2005, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017 Wrestling - 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Notable alumni
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