Arvada High School
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| Arvada High School | |
| Address | |
|---|---|
| 7951 W. 65th Ave. Arvada, Colorado, 80004 USA |
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: [1] |
| Information | |
| School district | Jefferson County Public Schools (Colorado) |
| Principal | Eric Everding |
| Staff | 39 [2] |
| Enrollment |
1425[3] |
| Faculty | 80 [2] |
| CEEB Code | 60055 |
| Type | public secondary school |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Athletics | 5A [3] |
| Athletics conference | Jefferson County |
| Mascot | Bulldog |
| Teams | Reds |
| School Colour(s) | Red and white |
| Yearbook | The Arvadan |
| Newspaper | The Crimson Report |
| Established | 1900 |
| Feeder schools | Arvada Middle School, North Arvada Middle School |
| Homepage | http://www.arvadahighschool.org/ |
Arvada High School is a public secondary school operated by Jefferson County School District R-1 in Arvada, Colorado, United States.
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[edit] History
The first high school classes in Arvada commenced in 1900 at Zephyr and Grandview. Known as the Arvada School (it was renamed Lawrence Elementary School in 1955), Arvada high school students attended classes there until a permanent high school was built in 1920. The first Arvada High School was located at 7225 Ralston Road and served high school students until 1955. (The building served as a junior high school until 1984 and was demolished in 1986.) A new building at 5751 Balsam Street served students until 1970, when the school's current building was completed at 7951 W. 65th Avenue and the Balsam Street location became Arvada Junior High School.
In the early 1920s, the school adopted the team name Redskins. It was challenged in 1993 as derogatory and the new name Reds was adopted by a 2-1 margin in voting.[4] The school subsequently adopted a bulldog as its new mascot.[5]
[edit] Curriculum
Since 2006, Arvada High School has been home to the district's North Area Option School, an extremely rigorous college preparatory program. Many advanced placement classes are also available. Program classes are taught by Arvada High School instructors and fifty percent of the the available enrollment is for Arvada High students.
[edit] Extracurricular activities
Arvada High School fields teams in interscholastic competition in baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling. Active in the performing arts with a band Choir, orchestra and theater program
[edit] Notable alumni
- Tagg Bozied (1997), professional baseball player[6]
- Joanne Conte [7]
- Katee Doland, Miss Colorado 2003
- Chris Sanders (1980), animator, co-director of Lilo & Stitch[8]
- Steve Saunders, KMGH weekend morning news anchor[9]
[edit] References
- ^ Feature Detail Report - Arvada Senior High School. Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey (2007-05-01). Retrieved on 2007-11-14.
- ^ a b Arvada High School School Accountability Report 2005-2006 School Year. Colorado Department of Education (2006-12-12). Retrieved on 2007-11-15.
- ^ a b School Profile - Arvada High School. Colorado High School Activities Association. Retrieved on 2007-11-05.
- ^ Morson, Berny. "'Reds' new, if confusing, name for Arvada High teams", Rocky Mountain News, 1993-06-03. Retrieved on 2007-11-15. "Arvada High School teams will be called the Reds, a vote by students, alumni and neighborhood residents has decided. The new name was chosen by a 2-1 ratio in voting that ended last week, [Principal James] Melhouse said through a spokeswoman..."
- ^ Cornelius, Coleman. "Whities' fightin' for a cause", Denver Post, 2002-03-17, p. B1. Retrieved on 2007-11-15. "Arvada High School switched from The Redskins to The Reds in 1993; The School stopped using its Indian Mascot and recently adopted a bulldog."
- ^ Rooney, Pat. "Lesson learned, Bozied now focused on hitting", Rocky Mountain News, 2002-04-22. Retrieved on 2007-11-14. "Bozied, a graduate of Arvada High School, learned a discouraging lesson two years ago when he was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the second round of the amateur draft after his junior season at the University of San Francisco."
- ^ "Conte blames election loss on sex change", Rocky Mountain News, 1995-11-09. Retrieved on 2007-11-14. "" had a number of people who I graduated with from Arvada High School who jumped in the campaign and helped me out."
- ^ "Education briefing", Rocky Mountain News, 2003-03-10. Retrieved on 2007-11-14. "A Jefferson County Public Schools graduate is up for an Oscar. Chris Sanders, a 1980 graduate of Arvada High School, created and directed Lilo and Stitch. . . . Sanders, who also provided the voice of Stitch, created the film for Walt Disney Studios."
- ^ Saunders, Dusty. "Cable to send in a parade of clowns", Rocky Mountain News, 1998-06-28. Retrieved on 2007-11-14. "Let's give equal time to another native who's now part of KMGH-Channel 7's News team - Steve Saunders, a graduate of Arvada High School and Colorado State University..."
