Bossier High School (Louisiana)

Bossier High School

Lead All Students to Find Success
Address
777 Bearkat Drive
Bossier City, Louisiana 71111
United States
Information
Type Public school, college prep
Opened 1917
Principal David Thrash
Grades 912
Gender Co-ed
Enrollment 607
Color(s)      Green
     White
Athletics conference LHSAA
Nickname Bearkats
Newspaper The Bossier Bear Facts
Yearbook Les Memoires
Website bossierh.bossierschools.org
Bossier High School
Location 777 Bearkat Dr., Bossier City, Louisiana
Coordinates 32°31′9″N 93°43′46″W / 32.51917°N 93.72944°W / 32.51917; -93.72944Coordinates: 32°31′9″N 93°43′46″W / 32.51917°N 93.72944°W / 32.51917; -93.72944
Area 3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built 1938 (1938)
Architectural style International Style
NRHP Reference # 04001078[1]
Added to NRHP September 30, 2004
Bossier High School
Location 322 Colquitt St., Bossier City, Louisiana
Coordinates 32°31′19″N 93°44′11″W / 32.52194°N 93.73639°W / 32.52194; -93.73639
Area 4.9 acres (2.0 ha)
Built 1926 (1926)
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 98001079[1]
Added to NRHP August 31, 1998

Bossier High School is a co-educational college preparatory high school in Bossier City, Louisiana.[2]

History

Bossier High School was officially recognized as an accredited educational institution by the Louisiana Department of Education in 1917. The first school was located on Traffic Street in North Bossier, the present site of Bossier Elementary School. In 1938 a new location was chosen on the historic site of Fort Kirby Smith, a Civil War Fort. Fort Kirby Smith was one of several defensive positions pieced together by the Confederate Army during the American Civil War (1861-1865) to protect Shreveport during the Red River Campaign. According to Gary Joiner's Through the Howling Wilderness: The 1864 Red River Campaign and Union Failure in the West, it was located to prevent an attack from the north, the east, as well as the southeast from Union aggression. [3] After the surrender of Shreveport in 1865, Fort Kirby Smith was dismantled and abandoned. Construction of Bossier High was completed in 1940 and is the present site.

Athletics

Bossier High School's biggest rivals include Airline High School and Parkway High School.

Louisiana High School Athletic Association State Championships

Notable alumni

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Bossier High School: Home Page". bossierschools.org. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  3. [Joiner, Gary D. Through the Howling Wilderness: The 1864 Red River Campaign and Union Failure in the West, University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, 2006.]
  4. LHSAA. "Louisiana High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  5. "Northwestern State's Jalan West granted sixth year of eligibility". Sports Illustrated. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

External links

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