Piper High School is a public secondary school

Secondary school

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 in Kansas City

Kansas City, Kansas

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, Kansas

Kansas

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, USA operated by Unified School District

Unified school district

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 203, and serves students of grades 9

Ninth grade

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 to 12

Twelfth grade

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. 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. The enrollment for the 2009/10 school year was approximately 519 students.

Piper High is a member of the Kansas State High School Activities Association

Kansas State High School Activities Association

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 and offers a variety of sports programs. Athletic teams compete in the 4A division and are known as the "Pirates". Extracurricular activities are also offered in the form of performing arts, school publications, and clubs.

Extracurricular activities

The extracurricular activities offered at Piper High School are small and fairly limited due to the school's modest size. The Pirates are classified as a 4A school by the Kansas State High School Activities Association

Kansas State High School Activities Association

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. Throughout its history, Piper has won two state championships in baseball.

State championships

State Championships
Season	Sport	Number of Championships	Year
Spring	Baseball Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...	2	1984, 1988
	Softball Softball Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...	1	1994
	Golf, Boys Golf Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....	4	1999,1915, 1928, 1910, 1902
	Total		7

Piper High School offers the following sports:

Fall

• Football
• Volleybal
• Varsity Cross-Country
• Junior Varsity Cross-Country
• Girls Golf
• Boys Soccer
• Girls Tennis
• Cheerleading
• Dance Squad

Winter

• Boys Basketball
• Girls Basketball
• Wrestling
• Boys Bowling
• Girls Bowling
• Winter Cheerleading
• Dance Squad

Spring

• Baseball
• Boys Golf
• Boys Tennis
• Girls Soccer
• Girls Swimming/Diving
• Softball
• Boys Track and Field
• Girls Track and Field

Notable alumni

• Eric Stonestreet
  Eric Stonestreet
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  , Emmy-winning actor (Modern Family
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  , CSI:Crime Scene Investigation)

External links

• School website