History
Ben Lomond High School gets its name from the nearby Ben Lomond which was named by Scottish settlers since the mountain reminded them of its namesake Ben Lomond in Scotland on the shores of Loch Lomond. This local cultural influence gave the school its theme, including bagpipers, Royal Stewart tartan, Scots, and students are known as "Friendly Fighting Scots".
The school was originally to be called North East Ogden High School with school colors of black and red and the spikes (a reference to the golden spike driven in to the Transcontinental railroad) as the mascot; however, at the very first assembly held on the floor of the wood shop (the school was yet to be finished) the students offered up their opinion that since the school was closest to Ben Lomond it should be named hence. "We weren’t going to Ogden High and we didn't want to be called Ogden high" one student recalled fifty years later. After renaming the school, the "Scot" became the mascot and the school's colors were changed to red, white and blue, the colors of traditional Scottish uniforms (Stewart tartan).
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