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Flathead High School - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 48°11′28″N 114°19′09″W / 48.1911°N 114.3192°W

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48°11′28″N 114°19′09″W / 48.1911°N 114.3192°W / 48.1911; -114.3192

Flathead High School
Location

644 W. 4th Ave. Kalispell, MT 59901
Information
Type	Public
Established	1903; 121 years ago (1903)
Principal	Michele Paine
Staff	105.40 (FTE)^[1]
Enrollment	1,628 (2023–2024)^[1]
Student to teacher ratio	15.45^[1]
Color(s)	Black and orange ^[2]
Team name	Braves/Bravettes^[2]
Information	(406) 751-3500
Website	www.sd5.k12.mt.us/1/home

Flathead High School is an American public secondary school located in Kalispell, Montana. It is one of two high schools in District #5 of the Kalispell Public Schools.

History

Flathead High school was founded in the late 1890s. Its original name was Flathead County High School.

Academics

Flathead High School offers the International Baccalaureate Programme, including the IB diploma programme.^[3] Flathead became the first IB school in the state of Montana on 16 February 2004 and is part of the IB North American region.^[3]

Athletics

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The Flathead High School mascot is the Brave and Bravette.

State Championships include:^[4]

- Speech and Debate — 1916, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1976, 1985, 1986, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2015, 2020
- Girls Cross Country^[5] — 1971, 1972, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2002 (#13 U.S.), 2003 (#12 U.S.), 2004 (#6 U.S.)
- Boys Cross Country^[5]^[6] — 1985, 1986, 1994, 1997 (#24 U.S.), 1998 (#3 U.S.), 1999 (#9 U.S.), 2000 (#2 U.S.), 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005
- Girls Track and Field — 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2005
- Girls Swimming —1977, 1978 1981, 1982, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2003, 2005 (tie)
- Boys Wrestling — 1973, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2017, 2022
- Girls Wrestling - 2022
- Boys Track and Field — 1907, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
- Football — 1950, 1951, 1958, 1959, 1970
- Boys Basketball — 1951, 1952, 1970, 1982, 1989
- Boys Soccer — 1994, 1995, 1999, 2005, 2006
- Boys Golf — 1966, 1983
- Girls Golf — 1966, 1967, 1970, 1991
- Girls Basketball — 1996, 2000, 2001
- Boys Tennis — 1995, 1996
- Girls Soccer — 1993
- Girls Softball — 2003
- Girls Tennis — 2000
- Girls Volleyball — 2001
- Boys Swimming — 1986

Notable alumni

Flip Gordon, Class of 2010, professional wrestler
Brock Osweiler, Class of 2009, professional football player
Shane Bitney Crone, Class of 2004, filmmaker, writer, and speaker
Lex Hilliard, Class of 2003, professional football player
Mike Reilly, Class of 2002, professional football player
Dylan McFarland, Class of 1999, professional football player
Daniel Parker, Class of 1978, wildlife sculptor
Alice Ritzman, Class of 1970, professional golfer
Sam McCullum, Class of 1970, professional football player
Jim Otten, Class of 1969, professional baseball player^[7]
Eugene Peterson, Class of 1953, clergyman, scholar, author, and poet
Willard A. Saunders, Class of 1923, Rear admiral, USN
Fred Brinkman, Class of 1912, architect

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Flathead High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Flathead High School". Montana High School Association. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
^ ^a ^b "Flathead High School". International Baccalaureate®. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
^ "Montana High School Association". mhsa.org. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Flathead Cross Country". flatheadcrosscountry.com/. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
^ "Boys Cross Country Team Championships" (PDF). mhsa.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
^ Browning, Skylar; Watterson, Jeremy (15 June 2015). Montana Baseball History. Arcadia Publishing. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-62585-525-1. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

External links

Flathead High School official website

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