Tombstone High School

Tombstone High School is a high school in Tombstone, Arizona. It is the only high school in the Tombstone Unified School District.

Tombstone High School
Address
1211 Yellow Jacket Way

Tombstone
,
Arizona
85635

United States
Information
School typePublic high school
Established1922
School districtTombstone Unified School District
PrincipalDavid Thursby
Teaching staff21.25 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment372 (2017–18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio17.51[1]
Color(s)   
MascotYellow Jacket
Website

Tombstone Union High School was opened in 1922 on 605 E. Fremont Street, serving students from the areas of Fairbanks, Gleeson, Huachuca City, and Tombstone. Its main building was built in 1922. In 1951, a new gym was built; a few years later, modern dressing rooms were added. A new industrial arts building was constructed in 1963. In the 1970s an addition to the gym was added housing the band room and sports activity room. 1983 saw two new science rooms on the west side of the school. In 1990, a new ramada locker facility was added on the east side. A new bus garage at the district office was also completed. A new high school cafeteria enhanced the campus, adjacent to the art room at the District Office. It began full operation the first part of 1999 and has fulfilled a long-time need. With the opening of the cafeteria came the closed campus policy.

August 2006 marked the beginning of a new year with the opening of a brand new school.

Fight Song
The original Tombstone High School built in 1922.
Yellow Jackets how do you do?
Yellow Jackets glad to see you
We love your spirt, Honest we do
That's why you hear us yelling for you
RAH! RAH! RAH!
You're the pride of Old Tombstone High
Nothing can compare with you
We love the way you sting and our yells will ring
Yellow Jackets we're wild about you
You'll win it!
That's why we're yelling for you!

Notable alumni
  • Lorna E. Lockwood, Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, and first female chief justice of a state Supreme Court in the United States.[2]

References
  1. "Tombstone High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  2. "Legends of the Judiciary" (PDF). Arizona Judicial Branch. Retrieved June 2, 2014.



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