Ben Lomond High School was founded in 1953 and serves northern residents of Ogden, UT, but south of Weber High School's area which is in the town of North Ogden, UT. A public high school is a secondary school that is financed by tax revenues and other government-collected revenues, and administered exclusively by, and at the discretion of, state and local officials. ... Ogden sign over Washington Boulevard at the Ogden River; toward downtown Ogden is the county seat of Weber County,GR6 Utah, United States. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ogden sign over Washington Boulevard at the Ogden River; toward downtown Ogden is the county seat of Weber County,GR6 Utah, United States. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Weber High School is a secondary school that serves the residents of Pleasant View and North Ogden, Utah. ... North Ogden is a city located in Weber County, Utah. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ...

History

Originally suppose to be called North East Ogden High School with the school colors as black and red and the mascot being the spikes (a reference to the golden spike driven in to the Trans Continental rail road. However at the very first assembly held on the floor of the wood shop (the school was yet to be finished) the students offered up their opinion they. Proposed that since the school was closest to Ben Lomond it should be named hence. "We weren’t going to Ogden High and we didn't want to be called Ogden high" one student recalls fifty years later. After being renamed the scot became the Scot natural mascot and the school's colors were changed to red white and blue the colors of tridotnal Scottish uniforms.

Ben Lomond High School gets its name from the nearby Mt. Ben Lomond which was named by Scottish settlers. The mountain resembled their own Ben Lomond in Scotland near Loch Lomond. This local cultural influence gave the school its theme, including bagpipers, Scotts, and students are known as "Friendly Fighting Scots". Ben Lomond Peak near Ogden, Utah is probably the most famous of the northern Wasatch peaks. ... Ben Lomond, 974 m (3196 feet), is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. ... This article is about the country. ... For other uses, see Loch Lomond (disambiguation). ...

SCHOOL HYMN

From the green Scottish hills where the proud pipers play, To the Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch, There's no better clan, nor will there ever be, Than the friendly fighting Scots of Ben Lomond

We're proud of Ben Lomond and all that she stands for, And through o're teh earth we may wander, A part of our hearts will yearn to be, In the mem'ry hallowed halls of Ben Lomond.

The School Hymn written by Richard Packham is sung to the tune of The Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond. The song is song with crossed arms and swaying from side to side Richard Packham (born Howard Richard Packham on September 21, 1933), is a critic of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and Christian belief in general and is active in the Exmormon community. ... Loch Lomond The Bonnie Banks O Loch Lomond is a traditional Scottish song. ...

rivalry

Ben Lomond has a long running rivalry with Ogden High School. The most intense of which, is the final foot ball game of every season called the Iron Horse game. The winner of this game gets to keep a trophy called the Iron Horse, the trophy is a small scale model of two trains crashing in to each other head on, one train reads OHS and the other BLHS, the base of the trophy is adorned with metal plats that read a year (1954-2007) and the name of the school that held that that year. The Iron Horse is currently on display in Ben Lomond's front office. Ogden High School is a secondary school located in Ogden, Utah which educates students in grades 9—12. ...

Bond

Residents of Ogden passed a bond in June 2006 to obtain money to rebuild/refurbish Ben Lomond as well as other Ogden city schools. Construction and demolition of Ben Lomond High's former media center English/freshmen wing, ceramics room, court yard, and two JROTC class rooms completed over the summer of 2007. Reconstruction is currently under way. Portable classrooms are being used to temporarily house students/teachers in affected parts of the school. The Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) is a program put forth by the United States Armed Forces in high schools across the nation that train highschool students in Leadership and Military Sciences. ...

future plans

Ben Lomond will stop educating ninth graders beginning in the school year of 2008-09

Notable Alumni

• Michael R. Clifford Michael Richard "Rich" Clifford (Lieutenant Colonel, USA) NASA Astronaut - Class of 1970.
• Glenn Hubbard, former Atlanta Braves second baseman and current Braves first base coach.
• William deVries, cardiothoracic surgeon.

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Notable Faculty

Rob Bishop, 1980-1985, German teacher and debate coach, is currently the U.S. Congressman, Utah 1^st District Robert William Rob Bishop (born July 13, 1951) is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. ... These are tables of congressional delegations from Utah to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. ...

Kirk Parker Is currently the top scoring English teacher at Ben Lomond, two time winner of Teacher of the Year in the state of California and winner of the Target teacher of the year award former teacher at Freedom High School (largest high school in America, third largest in the world) Freedom High School is located in South Riding, Virginia, and is part of the Loudoun County Public Schools system. ...

Jeff Kilts is the current head foot ball coach, US history teacher, and P.E. teacher. Is the former head coach at Snow College in Texas.

Class Reunion Pages

• Class of 58
• Class of 64
• Class of 65
• Class of 97

External links

• Ben Lomond High School
• BLHSAA - Ben Lomond High School Alumni Association
• Ogden City School District Home Page website