Alamogordo High School

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| address = 103 Cuba Avenue

| city = Alamogordo

| state = New Mexico

| zipcode = 88310

| country = United States

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| type = Public High School

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| district = Alamogordo Public Schools

| principal = April Shay

| teaching_staff = 89.50 {{FTE}}

| grades = 9-12

| enrollment = 1,527 (2023-2024){{cite web |title=Search for Public Schools - School Detail for ALAMOGORDO HIGH |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?ID=350003000001 |website=nces.ed.gov |publisher=US Department of Education |access-date=December 28, 2024 |language=EN}}

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Alamogordo High School is a public high school in Alamogordo, New Mexico. It is a part of Alamogordo Public Schools.

History

Alamogordo High was established in 1919 in a 13–classroom facility made of brick, which had two floors.{{cite news|title=It all began here in a tent school in 1898|newspaper=Alamogordo Daily News|place=Alamogordo, New Mexico|date=1975-08-15|page=4}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6369400/education-in-aamogordofri-aug-1975/ Clipping] from Newspapers.com.

In 1949 the high school admitted its first student with African descent, who was mixed African/German American, just to play sports, although he had to take classes at the all-black Delaware School for Negro Children. When the personnel at Holloman Air Force Base asked for the school district to completely desegregate for the benefit of its black employees, the school system did so.{{cite news|last=Maxwell|first=Nicole|url=https://www.alamogordonews.com/story/news/local/community/2019/07/29/school-integration-alamogordo/1826134001/|title=An Executive Order and a teen who just wanted to play football: How APS integrated schools|newspaper=Alamogordo Daily News|date=2019-07-29|accessdate=2021-07-28}} In 1968 the current high school facility, which had Phase I constructed, opened while the junior high school moved into the former high school building. In 1969 Alamogordo Mid High School opened, so only grades 11-12 were at Alamogordo High while grades 9-10 went to the new school.

In 1968 there was a student strike at Alamogordo High School, headed by 12 and involving about 300, which demanded improved conditions for teachers and students.{{cite news|last=Douglas|first=John|title=Committee Confers on Grievances|newspaper=Alamogordo Daily News|place=Alamogordo, New Mexico|date=1968-02-27|volume=74|issue=49|pages=1, 7}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82320050/ Clipping of first] and [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82320551/for-alamogordo-hs-committee-confers/ of second pages] at Newspapers.com.

Areas served

In addition to Alamogordo, the school serves Boles Acres, High Rolls, Holloman Air Force Base, La Luz, and Orogrande.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st35_nm/schooldistrict_maps/c35035_otero/DC20SD_C35035.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Otero County, NM|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2021-07-27}}

The area around the former Cienega School is about {{convert|100|mi|km}} from Alamogordo and {{convert|20|mi|km}} from Dell City, Texas; while it is in the Alamogordo district boundaries, due to the respective distances the Alamogordo district has an agreement with Dell City Independent School District so that district could educate high school students in that area.

Notable alumni

Alan Hale - Co-discovery of Comet Hale–Bopp{{cite web|title=Alan Hale|url=https://ffrf.org/news/day/dayitems/item/14697-alan-hale|website=FFRF.org|access-date=September 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829012023/https://ffrf.org/news/day/dayitems/item/14697-alan-haleL|archive-date = August 29, 2017|url-status = live}}

References

External links

{{Official website|http://ahs.aps4kids.org/}}
{{cite web|url=https://www.henrytrost.org/buildings/alamogordo-high-school/|title=High School Alamogordo, New Mexico|publisher=Henry C. Trost Historical Organization|accessdate=2021-07-27}}

Category:Alamogordo, New Mexico

Category:1919 establishments in New Mexico

Category:Educational institutions established in 1919

Category:Public high schools in New Mexico