Bonneville High School is a four-year public
secondary school near
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Idaho Falls (Shoshoni: Dembimbosaage) is a city in and the county seat of Bonneville County, Idaho, United States. It is the state's largest city outside the Boise metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population of Idaho Falls was 6 ...
.
Northeast of the city, it opened in 1951 and is the original high school of the Bonneville Joint School District #93, which consolidated ten smaller districts east of Idaho Falls.
The original building for high school was turned into a junior high in 1977 when the current Bonneville High School was built. A second traditional high school in the district opened in 1992,
Hillcrest in
Ammon
Ammon (Ammonite: 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''ʻAmān''; he, עַמּוֹן ''ʻAmmōn''; ar, عمّون, ʻAmmūn) was an ancient Semitic-speaking nation occupying the east of the Jordan River, between the torrent valleys of Arnon and Jabbok, in p ...
, and Bonneville now serves the northern portion. The
school colors
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are green and gold and the mascot is a
bee
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. Current enrollment is approximately 1,400.
In 1950 the vote was put forward to bring together 10 little schools, some of them were Iona, Lincoln, Ammon, and Ucon. It passed however there was not a school for them to attend. The school that had the largest building at the time was Ammon so the high school students would attend there until a building could be built. The first class attended 1951 - 1952. As with some of the other new schools, the first graduating class could nominate the colors and mascot. The colors of a favorite football team was nominated, Green Bay Packers.
In 1957 the "new" high school was built. It is the current Rocky Mountain Middle School.
The students outgrew the high school and did split sessions in the 1970s while a new high school was being built next door. The first class to graduate from the current building was 1978.
Athletics
Bonneville competes in athletics in
IHSAA Class 5A, the highest classification in the state. It is currently a member of the
High Country Conference (5A), with
Hillcrest High School,
Skyline High School and
Idaho Falls High School
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.
Rivalries
Bonneville's rival is
Hillcrest, which opened in 1992. The original rival was
Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls ( Shoshoni: Dembimbosaage) is a city in and the county seat of Bonneville County, Idaho, United States. It is the state's largest city outside the Boise metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population of Idaho Falls was 6 ...
, before
Skyline arrived in the late 1960s. Bonneville and Hillcrest will join Idaho Falls and Skyline in the 4A classification starting in 2018.
State titles
Boys
* Soccer (2): ''fall''
(4A) 2007, 2010
[idhsaa.org]
Soccer & Volleyball champions - through 2011''(introduced in 2000)''
* Basketball (1):
(4A) 2003
[idhsaa.org]
- Basketball champions - through 2012
* Baseball (2):
(A-1, now 5A) 1992,
(4A) 2013
''(records not kept by IHSAA, state tourney introduced in 1971)''
Girls
* Volleyball (8): ''fall''
(A-1, now 5A) 1991, 1996, 1998;
(4A) 2001, 2004, 2007, 2009;
[ (5A) 2016 ''(introduced in 1976)''
* Basketball (2): (4A) 2005, 2007 ][idhsaa.org]
- Girls Basketball champions - through 2012 ''(introduced in 1976)''
* Tennis (2): (4A) 2010, 2011 [idhsaa.org]
- Tennis champions - through 2012 ''(combined team until 2008)''
Notable alumni
*John L. Smith
John Lawrence Smith (born November 15, 1948) is an American college football coach. He was the head football coach at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky, a position he held from 2016 until he was fired by the university in 2018.
...
, college football head coach, class of 1967.
* Mark Asper, NFL guard
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Professional occupations
* Bodyguard, who protects an individual from personal assault
* Crossing guard, who stops traffic so pedestrians can cross the street
* Lifeguard, who rescues people from drowning
* Prison gu ...
with Jacksonville Jaguars, class of 2004.
References
External links
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Public high schools in Idaho
Buildings and structures in Idaho Falls, Idaho
Schools in Bonneville County, Idaho
1951 establishments in Idaho