David Henry Hickman High School is a public secondary school in Columbia, Missouri, United States, serving students in grades 9–12. Built in 1927, it is the oldest of four high schools in the Columbia Public Schools, with admission based primarily on the locations of students' homes. Hickman is also one of the largest high schools in Missouri and has perennially strong academic, athletic, and arts programs.
The University of Central Missouri (UCM) is a public university in Warrensburg, Missouri, United States.
The Pembroke Hill School is a secular, coeducational, independent preparatory school for about 1,200 students in early years through high school, separated into four sections: early years-prekindergarten, kindergarten-5th grade, 6th-8th grade, and 9th-12th grade. It is located on two campuses in the Country Club District of Kansas City, Missouri, near the Country Club Plaza.
Parkway West High School is a public comprehensive high school in Chesterfield, Missouri, US, that is part of the Parkway School District.
Cretin-Derham Hall High School (CDH) is a private, co-educational Catholic high school in Saint Paul, Minnesota operated by the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. It is co-sponsored by the Brothers of the Christian Schools and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.
Metropolitan Community College (MCC) is a public community college system in the U.S. state of Missouri. The system consists of four physical campuses in Kansas City, Independence, and Lee's Summit, as well as the MCC-Online campus. The campuses had a total enrollment of 13,376 for the fall semester of 2023. The college's athletic teams are known as the Wolves. It is not affiliated with Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska.
Darrell Alexander Thompson is an American former professional football player who was a running back for five seasons with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers and was selected by Green Bay in the first round of the 1990 NFL draft with the 19th overall pick.
The May 1957 Central Plains tornado outbreak sequence was a tornado outbreak sequence that took place across the US Central Plains from May 19 to May 21, 1957. The most destructive tornado of the outbreak was rated at F5, the highest level, and is often called the Ruskin Heights tornado. The worst of the damage occurred in Ruskin Heights, a suburb and housing development in south Kansas City, Missouri. A total of 57 tornadoes were reported from Colorado to the Mississippi Valley and 59 people were killed during the outbreak, including 44 in the Ruskin Heights tornado.
Hickman Mills is a neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri in the Kansas City metropolitan area. There is good access to the Interstate and Federal highway system, with I-435, I-470, and US-71/I-49 running through the area, including the Grandview Triangle. It also includes Longview Lake and Longview Community College. It is covered by the Hickman Mills C-1 School District.
Saint Andrew's School is a pre-kindergarten through Grade 12, day and boarding school in Boca Raton, Florida. As a day and boarding school in the Episcopal tradition, Saint Andrew’s serves 1,335 students from over 40 countries and several states. The school, which offers Honors, Advanced Placement (AP), and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses, is seen locally as one of the area's top schools.
Kansas City 33 School District, operating as Kansas City Public Schools or KCPS, is a school district headquartered at 2901 Troost Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
The University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law is the law school of the University of Missouri–Kansas City. It is located on the university's main campus in Kansas City, Missouri, near the Country Club Plaza.
The Jordan Brand Classic is a high school all star basketball game played annually in April. The game's rosters feature the best and most highly recruited high school boys and girls in the senior class. In 2015, a girl's game was introduced.
Findlay Prep is a former high school basketball program located in Henderson, Nevada. The program was created in 2006 by local businessman Cliff Findlay, who owns several car dealerships in the Las Vegas area. Despite closing its high school in 2010 due to the local economic downturn, the Findlay Prep players took high school classes at Henderson International School. Findlay was part of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA), but they were ineligible to compete in state championships due to the fact that they were allowed to recruit from outside the state. Instead, they competed for National High School Invitational (NHSI) championships, an 8 team tournament featuring the top high school teams in the country played in New York. They won a total of 3 national championships during their time, coming in 2009, 2010, and 2012, all under Mike Peck. Through the years, Findlay has produced 17 NBA players and over 70 Division I athletes. The program produced several international players as well from countries like Lithuania, Senegal, Canada, France, Georgia, and others. They had an all-time record of 381–43 (.899), with only 2 losses ever on their home court.
Esian Henderson is an American professional basketball player who last played for Soproni KC of the Hungarian League. Standing at 2.05 metres, he plays the power forward position. After two years at North Central Missouri College and two years at Central Missouri, Henderson entered the 2009 NBA draft but was not selected in the draft's two rounds.
Hickman Mills C-1 School District (HMC-1) is a school district headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, serving Hickman Mills. The enrollment is approximately 5,600 students. It was the first consolidated school district in Missouri.
Paul Lars Henderson, Jr. was an American film and television actor. He was known for playing Clint Travis in the American western television series 26 Men.
Dajuan Anthony Harris Jr. is an American college basketball player at the University of Kansas. In 2022, Harris was the starting point guard on the Jayhawks team that won the national championship.
Aireontae Lamont Ersery is an American football offensive tackle for the Minnesota Golden Gophers.
