History and Traditions
Basic High School opened in 1942.The school, then located where the city hall of Henderson now stands, graduated its first class of ten students in 1943. In 1954 it moved to a site near Van Wagenen Street and Pacific Avenue (the current site of Burkholder Jr. High School). Since 1973 Basic High School has been located at 400 N. Palo Verde Drive.
Until the opening of Green Valley High School, Basic was the only high school in the city of Henderson. A long-standing rivalry existed between Basic and Green Valley. A large white "B" is painted on a local mountain during the week of Homecoming which stands for Basic; it's visible throughout the entire city of Henderson year-long. The original "B" was painted near the old Basic High School on Black Mountain, now known as Burkholder Middle School, which was also maintained for many years long after Basic relocated to its current campus.
The school's cheerleading squad was featured on a 2010 episode of Penn & Teller: Bullshit!.
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