Labette County is a county located in Southeast Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 20,184. Its county seat is Oswego, and its most populous city is Parsons. The county was named after LaBette creek, the second-largest creek in the county, which runs roughly NNW-SSE from near Parsons to Chetopa. The creek in turn was named after French-Canadian fur trapper Pierre LaBette who had moved to the area, living along the Neosho River, and marrying into the Osage tribe in the 1830s and 1840s.
Altamont is a city in Labette County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,080.
Parsons is a city in Labette County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 9,600. It is the most populous city of Labette County, and the second-most populous city in the southeastern region of Kansas. It is home to Labette Community College.
The Academy of Richmond County is a high school located in Augusta, Georgia, United States. Known previously as Richmond County Military Academy, it is commonly known as Richmond Academy or ARC.
Piper High School is a public secondary school in the latent township Piper, Kansas of Kansas City, Kansas, United States. It is operated by Piper USD 203 school district, and serves students of grades 9 to 12. This school is one of multiple high schools located in Kansas City. The school colors are purple and white, although black is generally considered a third official color.
Myron Virgil George was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Lincoln College Preparatory Academy (LCPA) is a three-year middle school and four-year college preparatory magnet school in the Kansas City, Missouri School District. The high school offers International Baccalaureate programs. Founded as a school for African Americans, it was founded in 1865 and became a high school in 1890. It was not integrated until 1978 when it became a magnet school. The student body is now mostly black and hispanic. Less than 20 percent of students are white.
Labette Community College (LCC) is a public community college in Parsons, Kansas, United States. LCC's main campus is situated in Parsons and satellite campuses are located in Cherokee, Oswego and Pittsburg. The mascot of the school is Chris the Cardinal. The official school colors are red and white.
North Paulding High School is located in Dallas, Georgia, United States. The school was built due to overcrowding in Paulding County. Paulding was listed as the eighth fastest growing county in the nation from 2000 to 2009, with a population growth from 81613 residents in 2000 to 136,655 in 2009. North Paulding was projected to open in 2008, but due to over-crowding in the nearby East Paulding High School, it opened a year early. In the school's first year, North Paulding only taught freshmen and had to use Sammy McClure Middle School as its teaching facility until the actual high school building opened in 2008. The school graduated its first senior class in 2011. Two other schools share a campus with North Paulding: Sammy McClure Middle School and Burnt Hickory Elementary School.
The Southeast Kansas League is a high school athletic conference represented by seven schools in the southeast region of Kansas. The league offers championships for girls in basketball, cross country, golf, softball, tennis, track & field, and volleyball. In boys sports, the SEK offers championships in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis, track & field, and wrestling.
Troy High School is a public high school located in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, U.S.A., and is the only high school operated by the Enlarged City School District of Troy, NY. The Troy Flying Horses football team are 4 time, one time NYS Class A (1996) and three time NYS Class AA State Champions, first in 1998 then back to back for the years 2017 and 2018.
Labette County USD 506 is a public unified school district headquartered in Altamont, Kansas, United States. The district includes the communities of Altamont, Angola, Bartlett, Dennis, Edna, Labette, Mound Valley, western and southern Parsons, and nearby rural areas.
Oswego USD 504 is a public unified school district headquartered in Oswego, Kansas, United States. The district includes the communities of Oswego, Montana, and nearby rural areas.
Greeley County High School is a public high school in Tribune, Kansas serving Greeley County. The school mascot is the jackrabbit and the school colors are red and white. It is located at 400 West Larence Street.
Palco High School is a public high school in Palco, Kansas, United States. It is operated by Palco USD 269 school district, and serves the communities of Damar, Palco, and Zurich. The school mascot is a rooster and the school colors are black and gold. Palco High School is a relatively small and rural high school.
Phillipsburg High School is the public high school in Phillipsburg, Kansas at 240 South 7th Street. It is operated by Phillipsburg USD 325 school district. The Panthers are the school mascot and the school colors are blue and gold. Enrollment is around 171 students with 9 percent reported as minority. US News ranks Philipsbirg High School bronze and 83 percent of students test proficient in math and 87 percent proficient in English.
K-101 is an approximately ten-mile-long (16 km) state highway entirely within Labette County in the U.S. state of Kansas. K-101's southern terminus is at U.S. Route 166 (US-166) south of the City of Edna and the northern terminus is at US-160 west of the City of Altamont. K-101 passes through mostly rural farmlands except where it passes through Edna.
Taylor Preparatory High School or for short, Taylor Prep is a charter high school located in Taylor, Michigan in Metro Detroit serving grades 9-12th. It has 422 students. It was announced in early 2013 by PrepNet schools after the closed St. Alfred Catholic School was sold by the Archdiocese of Detroit to the company after the elementary was closed in 2011. The school was opened in fall of 2013 under the leadership of Aquan Miles as the schools principal. As of late 2020, the school is now owned and operated by National Heritage Academies.
