BURLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL (KANSAS)

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'Burlington High School'

Main Building from South-East
Established:	Unknown
Principal:	Dr. Jim Kuhn
Asst. Principal & Activities Director:	Dallas Scothorn
Phone Number:	(620) 364-8672
Address:	830 Cross Street Burlington, KS 66839
School Size:	3A
Accredited:	North Central Association
Cost:	Unknown

'Burlington High School' is located in the city of Burlington in the U.S. State of Kansas. It occupies the westernmost building in the northern education complex on the outer edge of the city limits. It is the only high school in the USD 244 school district.

Contents

History

Campus

Students

Faculty

Extracurricular Activities

Curriculum

Trivia

References

External links

History

In 1996, a courtyard and gazebo in the center of the facility was enclosed and converted to computer technology labs.
In 2005, an addition was made to the athletics portion of the campus by adding baseball and softball diamonds, so the team could play closer to the school.
In 2007, an addition was made to the athletics portion of the campus by adding a wrestling room so the team could have a bigger facility to practice in.

Campus

The front of the building houses the administration offices, band practice room and special services rooms. Other notable details include:

★ A gymnasium on the western side of the main building

★ A wrestling wing is on the North-West corner of the school.

★ A football field and track with large red brick stadium and softball/baseball diamonds.

★ To the east is the middle school that houses grades 6 through 8.

★ A courtyard and gazebo used to be in the center of the facility. However this was closed to the outside and turned into a technology lab and computer-aided drafting room.

Students

Burlington High School is one of the largest 3A schools in the state of Kansas with a student population of 297.^[1] This occurred in 2003 after several large classes graduated without adequate replacements in the younger classes, dropping the district from 4A classification.

Faculty

There are around 45 faculty members, 26 of which are teachers at Burlington High. Notable members include Principal Jim Kuhn, Vice Principal and Activities Director Dallas Scothorn.

Extracurricular Activities

The mascot of Burlington High is the Wildcats. They participate in many sports including: football, wrestling, cross country, basketball, baseball, softball, track, golf, and volleyball. We also have Scholar's Bowl, Drama, Forensics, Band, and Vocal. They have had success over the years in these events; having many students go on to have excellent college careers. The basketball teams won the 2000 Kansas State Girls Basketball Championship, and the 2004 Kansas State Boys Basketball Championships with multiple showings in the tournament over the years.

Curriculum

USD 244 has the basic high school schedule including seven hours.
The first class starts off the day's schedule at 8:14, and is followed by the shorter 25 minute homeroom for all students. The rest of the day varies for each student depending on their classes. However, most take six more courses, in addition to the first one, throughout the remainder of the school time. There is of course one break for the students to have lunch, this occurs during the third-fourth or fourth-fifth courses switches depending on the student's schedule. The building then lets out at 3:08 for the students to go home or to a school activity.
Main Page: Curriculum

Trivia

★ The school newspaper is called Cat Tracks.

★ Burlington High attracts many transfer students due to its close proximity to Wolf Creek. During the refueling time period several families move in to help with the outage causing the Burlington, and the school student population to rise.

★ Over the last decade several security measures have been enacted to protect the students and faculty in the wake of incidents such as Columbine, even though there has been no reported serious cause to believe similar events will happen.

★ In the 1920s, the school's mascot was a giant Pink Grasshopper.

References

1. Student Population

External links

★ USD 244