Fort Osage High School is a high school located at 2101 N. Twyman Rd. in unincorporated Jackson County, Missouri, in the Kansas City metropolitan area, adjacent to Independence."Contact." Fort Osage High School. Retrieved on January 5, 2017. "Address: 2101 N. Twyman Road, Independence, MO 64058""General Street Map." City of Independence. May 2013. Retrieved on January 5, 2017. The school is northeast of the intersection of U.S. Highway 24 and Missouri State Route 7 It belongs to the Fort Osage R-1 School District and serves a section of northern Independence,"School Districts ." City of Independence. Retrieved on January 5, 2017. a section of Sugar Creek, and the municipalities of Buckner, Levasy, River Bend, and Sibley. - Text list
It currently serves approximately 1,500 students from grades 9-12. It is named after the Fort Osage National Historic Landmark along the Missouri River in nearby Sibley, Missouri.
Athletics Fort Osage's baseball team has appeared in three 4A state championships having won in 1991 and 1997, and finishing as runners up in 1996.
Since 2009, Fort Osage's football team has appeared in the Class 5 state championship game 5 times in 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018, and 2022. They won the state championship game in 2015.
Fall athletics Football Cross Country Golf (Girls) Soccer (Boys) Softball Tennis (Girls) Volleyball(girls)
Winter athletics Basketball (Boys) Basketball (Girls) Wrestling
Spring athletics Baseball Golf (Boys) Soccer (Girls) Tennis (Boys) Track & Field volleyball(boys)
Spirit squads Cheerleading Indianettes (dance team)
Notable alumni
Albert Pujols, former MLB player, most notably for the St. Louis Cardinals Betty Lennox, WNBA player for the Los Angeles Sparks Chris Metzler, documentary filmmaker Chad Troutwine, co-founder of Veritas Prep, movie producer E. J. Gaines, former NFL player Bruce Van Dyke, NFL drafted by Philadelphia Eagles, 1966, also played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, 1967-1973, and the Green Bay Packers, 1974-1976 Skylar Thompson, quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers
References
External links Fort Osage High School Fort Osage High School (old website)