Throughout our lives, no matter which campus attended, we share a bond through our Alma Mater

Las Vegas High School

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The original Las Vegas High School, located at 315 S. 7^th Street, was built in the art deco style, and opened in 1930.  Although LVHS was not the first high school built in the city (the first one on 4^th Street became part of the elementary school and later burned down), it is the oldest one still standing.  It is now the Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Performing & Visual Arts, and has been classified as a protected historic building.  LVHS was built on property previously owned by the Union Pacific Railroad.  The railroad deeded it to the city for use as a public school.

This Web Site is for the alumni of that historic school and the alumni of its current incarnation at the East Sahara campus.  Las Vegas High School has spawned a wealth of social and political leaders for over seven decades.

Here we present links to the history and chronology of Las Vegas High.
Any and all other submissions, after careful review, are open to inclusion here.

Here are two great files submitted by Patty Haack(1956)
Click on the highlighted lines below to view documents

History of Las Vegas High School

Chronology of Las Vegas High School

We would like to ask for the help of the alumni in finding something.
It seems that our lanterns, on the front of the school have disappeared. There were also two on the front of the Gymnasium that are missing too.
Here are a couple of photos of the school with them attached.(click photos to enlarge)

If anyone has any info as to their whereabouts it would be greatly appreciated.

In this photo are Coach Warren Okelberry (LVHS Coach & Teacher for 30 years-1961-1991) and Richard Bryan (Class of 1955). (click photo to enlarge)
It was taken in 1987 at the signing of the declaration placing LVHS on the National Registry of Historic Buildings.
Richard Bryan, a Nevada State Senator at the time, was responsible for getting LVHS on the National Registry.

(see the reunion picture pages for pictures of the presentation of the pen used to sign this document, to Bryan by Coach Okelberry)

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Here is some memorabilia from earlier years.(click photos to enlarge)