Campbell County High School is a public secondary institution (grades 10–12) located in Gillette

Gillette, Wyoming

Gillette is a city in and the county seat of Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 29,087 in 2010. Gillette is a city centrally located in an area involved with the development of vast quantities of American coal, oil, and coal bed methane gas...

, Wyoming

Wyoming

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Community Background

Gillette is located in Northern Campbell County, in the Northeast corner of Wyoming. It is located on the plains between the Black Hills

Black Hills

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 of South Dakota

South Dakota

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 and the Big Horn Mountains

Big Horn Mountains

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of Wyoming. It has nine elementary schools and two junior high schools and one high school with a split campus. There is also one alternative high school.

Campbell County High School is a comprehensive public high school in Gillette, Wyoming. Present enrollment is 1,424 students in grades 10-12. The class of 2008 has 361 students.

Athletics History

List of State Football Championships:
1998, 2000, 2006, and 2008

List of State Basketball Championships (Boy's):
1958, 1966, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, and 2008

List of State Basketball Championships (Girl's):
1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2009

List of Wrestling Championships:
1993, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009

List of Boy's Swimming Championships:
1984, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2007, and 2008

List of Gymnastics Championships:
1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, and 2009

List of Boy's Track Championships:
1969, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008

Instrumental Music

Since 2005, Campbell County High School has had 3 different band directors. Ending his employment with the high school in 2005, Steve Schofield, a percussionist and trumpet player, led the band to many successes. Following his employment, Allison Altmann, now Allison White, began working for the school in 2005 after moving from Wisconsin. Her first year with the band was a success, in the marching realm. As a band director, she had one student go to the MENC All-Northwest honors ensembles and two students participate in the Wyoming High School All-State Marching Band. She ended her employment with the school in 2009. The next band director was Christopher Lubken, a native of Gillette, WY. A trumpet player and steel drum player, he got his degree in Fairbanks, Alaska where he worked as a high school band director. He has had huge successes as a band director sending multiple students to Wyoming All-State Band and orchestra, All-American Marching Band, Wyoming High School All-State Marching Band, and MENC All-Northwest Honors ensembles. Within the first year of his work in the school district, Lubken has added, a steel drum ensemble to the instrumental program, and has received grants and funding to replace the instruments in the school district and increase the level of music education in the county, and state.

Other faculty members to work with the high school band are Karia Schofield, director of bands and Sage Valley Junior High School. Karia has worked with the color guard of the marching band many years and has helped the color guard achieve many awards at the Wyoming High School State Marching festival such as caption awards and Trooper Leadership Awards. In addition, Shilo Stroman, of Colorado considered one of the leading percussionists of his generation, worked with the drum line in 2009.

Previous Marching Band Shows

Metric Subdivisions (2005), Superior I Rating, Director - Allison Altmann; Drum Majors - Taylor Welshimer and Alyssa Torres, featuring the music of Yanni, West Side Story, and Riverdance with a percussion feature by Drum Captains Ed Rosier II and Casey Urman

Music of Karl Jenkins (2006), Excellent II Rating, Director - Allison Altmann; Drum Major Alyssa Torres, with a percussion feature written by Drum Captains Grant Austin and Matt Peuringer and saxophone section leader Steven Nichols

Jazz: Music from the Soul (2007), Excellent II Rating, Director - Allison Altmann; Drum Major Alyca Norris with a percussion feature written by Drum Captains Ty Hilbert and Evan Bradley

On the Silver Screen (2008), Superior I Rating featuring the music of Danny Elfman and John Williams with a percussion feature by Drum Captain Evan Bradley

Cirque du Soleil (2009), Superior I Rating, Director - Christopher Lubken; Drum Majors Stephen Wadsack and Stephanie Matsunaga

Legend (2010), Superior I Rating, Director - Christopher Lubken; Drum Majors Stephen Wadsack and Kassie Vraedenburg