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in the

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, located in

Helena, Montana Helena (; ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Montana and the county seat, seat of Lewis and Clark County, Montana, Lewis and Clark County. Helena was founded as a gold camp during the Montana gold ...

. The building was originally built in the 1960s as a

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, but closed following the graduation of the class of 1969. The property was purchased by the Helena Public School District and it became its second high school in 1973.

Notable alumni

Stuart Long Stuart Ignatius Long (July 26, 1963 – June 9, 2014) was an American boxer and Catholic priest who developed a rare progressive muscle disorder. He was portrayed by Mark Wahlberg in the 2022 biopic ''Father Stu''. Early life and education St ...

(19632014), Class of 1981, boxer-turned-Catholic priest; inspiration for the 2022 film ''

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'' *

Dava Newman Dava J. Newman (born 1964) is an American aerospace engineer. She is the director of the MIT Media Lab and a former deputy administrator of NASA. Newman is the Apollo Program Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems at t ...

(born 1964), Class of 1982, engineer and

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administrator *

Bobby Petrino Robert Patrick Petrino (born March 10, 1961) is an American college football coach who is the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Arkansas. He served as the head football coach at Missouri State from 2020 to 2022. P ...

(born 1961), Class of 1979, college football head coach *

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(born 1967), Class of 1985, college football head coach

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* {{authority control Public high schools in Montana Schools in Lewis and Clark County, Montana 1973 establishments in Montana