General William J. Palmer High School

at 301 North Nevada Avenue, Colorado Springs , 80903-1218 United States

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This article is on the high school located in Colorado Springs. For the high school located in Monument, Colorado, please see Lewis-Palmer High School.General William J. Palmer High School is a secondary school located in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado. The school has a student population of approximately 2,000 students, and attracts enrollment from all over the city. The flagship high school of School District 11, Palmer has the oldest International Baccalaureate (IB) program in the area, founded in 1991.HistoryPalmer 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.In 1945, a Native American student, Don Willis, designed Eaglebeak, a caricature of a fictitious Indian chieftain, and the school's teams became the Terrors. In 1985 a local political hopeful criticized the mascot as racist, making Palmer one of the first cases of controversy over a Native American mascot in the United States. 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 Tasmanian devil from Warner Brothers, which nearly led to a lawsuit.

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Alaya B.

I graduated from here a while ago. I loved the place and most of the teachers. The only bad thing was Mr. Hughes, he was a perv, hated my boyfriend because... Read more

bryan c.

This school is cool if you are a smart person who also wants to be popular and kind of chip away at a great college resume. Located in a clumsy, not very... Read more

Dustin G.

William J. Palmer High School is located downtown, near Acacia Park and kitty-corner with the statue of Palmer riding his horse. As a Palmer alumni, I can... Read more

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General William J. Palmer High School is Colorado Springs based place and this enity listed in High School category. Located at 301 North Nevada Avenue CO 80903-1218. Contact phone number of General William J. Palmer High School: (719) 328-5000