Poudre High School

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Poudre High School
Front View of Poudre High School
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Front View of Poudre High School
Established 1963
School type Public high school
Locale Residential area
Grades 9-12
Principal Sandra Lundt
Location Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Students ~1900
Colors Blue, Silver
Mascot Impala
Website PHS Website

Poudre High School, located at 201 Impala Drive, Fort Collins, Colorado, is one of four public senior high schools in the Poudre School District. The school serves approximately 1,800 students and has a staff of about 135 faculty. It houses the rigorous International Baccalaureate (IB) program as well many Advanced Placement (AP) classes. PHS was founded in 1963 with blue and silver as its school colors and the impala as its mascot. The cornerstone of PHS was laid June 1, 1963 by the Grand Lodge Colorado, A.F. and A.M. The first class graduated from PHS in 1965 when the original building was 142,000 square feet, had 43 teaching stations and housed 1150 students from Fort Collins, Waverly, Loveland, Greeley, Wellington and LaPorte. After a major addition which opened in the fall of 1995 PHS increased in size to 170,000 square feet.

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[edit] Competitions and Extracurricular Activities

In the National Ocean Sciences Bowl competition of 2006, this school, in a landlocked state, took second place in competition with many schools from coastal states, besting its previous third-place finish in 2004. Poudre High School competes in the Mountain Mariner Ocean Bowl Region.

Poudre High School regularly competes in the National Science Bowl as well. Poudre High School competes regionally in the Rocky Mountain Science Bowl Region. In 2003, Poudre was the first high school in the nation to compete in the National Ocean Sciences Bowl, National Science Bowl, and National Science Olympiad. In 2004 Poudre became the first school in the nation to place in the top ten in all three nationals: finishing with 3rd in National Ocean Sciences Bowl, 7th in National Science Olympiad, and 9th in National Science Bowl.

In FIRST Robotics, 2002, Poudre High School competed under the moniker Alpine Robotics at the Seattle regional competition. There they won the coveted Chairman's Award, which is given to the team that shows outstanding local participation and team spirit. Since the conception of this after school club, Alpine Robotics has successfully gone to nationals almost every year.

Poudre's theatre program is recognized on the world level. Poudre was invited to attend the "Fringe" festival in Edinburgh, Scotland in the summer of 2006. However, due to lack of funding, the theatre students were unable to participate in the event. The Thespians also run an Improvisation Troupe, Playwrighting Club, and the "Theatre in the Classroom Program." The program, under direction of Dulcie Willis, continues to produce some of the highest quality plays and musicals in Colorado. Musical productions have included Oklahoma! (2006), 42nd Street (2005), Damn Yankees (2004), Crazy for You (2003), Guys and Dolls (2002), while recent plays have spanned from the French story of Cyrano de Bergerac (2004), to Sophocles' ancient Greek comedy The Birds (2005) to the American classic, Our Town (2006). In the summer of 2006, PHS housed an innovative new program called "Shakespeare in the Summer." This is a summer intensive open to all Poudre School District students from grades 7-12 in which students study and produce a Shakespearean piece under the guidance of a guest director.

Poudre High School's marching band has been honored throughout the state.

In 2005, portions of the music department were invited to Carnegie Hall in New York City. The Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and Impalaphonics Choir performed in this famous venue.

Also in 2005, Poudre High School's cheerleading team won third place in the 5A co-ed division at CHSAA's annual cheerleading state competition held in Denver, Colorado. The team later went on to again take third at a national competition in Las Vegas, Nevada.

[edit] Poudre Fight Song

Poudre High will hit the line like thunder,

And we'll all shout for you to win.

Poudre High will plow the foe right under,

Never, never to give in.

Silver, blue our colors shining brightly,

Guard them all well throughout the game.

Heads up, drive on until we've won,

And then they'll know the victor's name.

[edit] Awards and honors

[edit] Science Olympiad

  • 12th place in nationals - 2006
  • 12th place in nationals - 2005
  • 7th place in nationals - 2004
  • 6th place in nationals - 2003
  • 5th place in nationals - 2002

[edit] Science Bowl

  • 9th place (tie) in nationals - 2006
  • 1st and 5th in regionals - 2006
  • 9th place (tie) in nationals - 2004

[edit] National Ocean Sciences Bowl

  • 2nd place in nationals - 2006
  • 1st and 4th in regionals - 2006
  • 3rd place in nationals - 2004

[edit] FIRST Robotics

Alpine Robotics Team 159
  • 2006
    • Regional Chairman's Award (Colorado Regional)
    • Radioshack Innovation In Control (Colorado Regional)
  • 2005
    • Regional Finalist (Colorado Regional)
    • Delphi Driving Tomorrow's Technology (Colorado Regional)
    • Daimler-Chysler Team Spirit (Colorado Regional)
  • 2004
    • Regional Engineering Inspiration Award (Colorado Regional)
    • Picked for Regional Finals (Colorado Regional)
  • 2002
    • Chairmans award at Seattle Regional
    • Fourth in division at Nationals
  • 2001
    • Best Design Award at San Jose Regional

[edit] Thespians

  • Invited to Fringe Festival in Scotland

[edit] Music Department

  • Choir, Band, Orchestra have played in Carnegie Hall

[edit] List of Extracurricular Activities:

[edit] Some of the Teachers

  • Mrs. Sandra Lundt
    • Principal
  • Mr. Coatman
    • Journalism
  • Mrs. Fowler
    • Art teacher and patron of Fort Collins art
    • Was recently recognized in a national magazine
  • Ms. Hays
    • History Teacher
    • IB Director
    • Co-sponsor of bi-annual International Trips
      • Assisted by the entire IB program
      • In 2005 a group of students went to Greece and Turkey
    • Certified hypnotist
  • Mrs. Hunt
  • Mrs. King
  • Mrs. Kunz
    • IB Student Council
    • 10th Grade World History
  • Mr. Lenczycki
    • Head of Science Department
    • AP/IB/HL Chemistry Teacher
    • AP/IB Physics Teacher
  • Miss Lewis
    • Integrated Math III
  • Mr. Lundt (now retired)
    • Chemistry teacher
    • Sponsor of Science Bowl/Olympiad and Ocean Bowl
  • Mr. Malone
  • Mrs. Montgomery
    • PIB World History and Geography
  • Mr. Ney
    • Photography teacher
  • Mr. Petersen & Mr. Leonard
    • Band
    • Recently accompanied top band, orchestra, and choir to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York.
  • Mrs. Pitts
    • Calculus and Integrated II teacher
    • (unofficial) teacher of the year
  • Dr. Polhemus
    • Physics
  • Mrs. Sexton
    • French 1-5
  • Mr. Smith
  • Mr. Stucky
    • Orchestra director
    • Directs pit orchestra for musicals
  • Mrs. Suto
    • AP/IB/HL Biology
    • Chemistry
  • Mrs. Willis
    • Theatre Teacher/Director
    • Director of school theatrical productions

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[edit] Random Bits

  • Just as geologic strata accumulate over time, the stairwell in the band hall accumulates random objects and dust. Sifting through the sundry odds and ends is truly an archaeological experience. For example, last year two students discovered a cache of 150-odd dry erase markers and associated products in the far corner under the stairs. Currently there is a bike, a broken fan, several music stands, a small pile of burned oboe reeds, ransom notes, and old clothing. Who leaves their old clothing in the stairwell in the band hall? That's so weird.
  • There is a wasps' nest in the stairs going up to Annex B.
  • Room 203 is always freezing cold.
  • Late at night, if you're very quiet, you can hear a tapping noise in the walls of the language hall. It sounds like dozens of tiny hammers, and is very creepy. This noise is actually not the plumbing. It is a colony of elves, busily working away. Fucking elves...
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