J. K. Mullen High School

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Mullen High School
Care and Vigilance
Location
Denver, Colorado
USA
Information
Affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Principal Greg Gotchey
Enrollment

1010
Faculty 84
Type Private, Catholic
Campus Suburban
Campus size 39 acres
Athletics 23 sports
Mascot Mustangs
Color(s) blue and gold         
Established 1931
Information 303-761-1764
ratio 17:1
Homepage http://www.mullenhighschool.com

Mullen High School is a Roman Catholic high school in Denver, Colorado administered by the Brothers of the Christian Schools. It is run independently within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver.

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[edit] History

In the early years of the school 1972, the entire administration and most of the faculty were Christian Brothers. Today, the school is conducted almost entirely by laity.

[edit] Academics

Mullen's academic year follows the trimester system: five 70-minute classes a day, 15 classes per year. This provides for both the school’s solid core of college prep, honors, and AP courses and a selection of over 130 sections of academic electives. In addition, all students select and complete their own community service project. Since 1983, students have logged over 200,000 hours of service to the people of Denver.

[edit] Clubs

Mullen offers a wide variety of clubs and organizations. Over 90% of students participate in at least one co-curricular activity throughout the year. Some of these include:

[edit] Speech and Debate

Mullen participates in the CHSAA Large School Division State Tournament. Mullen is also a Charter Member of the National Forensics League . Frank Sferra, a Seven-Diamond National Forensics League coach, has been a key figurehead in Mullen Speech and Debate for over 40 years.

[edit] Performing Arts

The school's "cafe-chape-torium" (so named due to its function as the cafeteria, school chapel and auditorium), the Rilko Center, serves as the venue for Mullen's theatrical and choral performances.

Choral music is alive and well at Mullen High School with three ensembles currently offered for student enrollment. Mullen Singers - a large concert chorus - is a non-audition ensemble open to students on all levels. Students perform a variety of both traditional and contemporary styles of choral music at numerous venues throughout the year, including several formal concerts. Varsity Singers, our men's chorus, and our Women's Chorus are 'training choirs' in which students are taught choral basics. Starting in the Fall 2008, a Chamber Ensemble will be added to the choral line up. Chamber Ensemble will be an audition-only, 16 member group of Mullen's finest choral musicians.

Opportunities to sing abound for singers at Mullen High School. Students are encouraged to audition for (through the preparation of arts songs) and are selected to sing in local Honor Choirs as well as All-State choir. In March 2006, Mullen Singers performed Mozart's Coronation Mass at Carnegie Hall in New York City as part of a nationally selected ensemble. In February 2007, they performed as part of a nationally selected festival chorus at Boettcher Concert Hall in Denver. In June 2008, Mullen Singers will be performing by invitation for the 2008 Summer Olympic festival in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou, China.

The Mullen Symphonic Orchestra was added to the Mullen Performing Arts line-up during 2007-2008 school year.

[edit] Theatre

Members of Mullen Theatre particiapte in several major dramatic productions throughout the year. For the 2007-2008 season, Mullen produced Thornton Wilder's Our Town in the fall and the musical Bye Bye Birdie in the spring. Other recent productions include The Wizard of Oz (Spring 2007), Dickens' A Christmas Carol (Fall 2006), The Sound of Music (Spring 2006), and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Fall 2005). Mullen Theatre also presents an annual series of student-directed one act plays, usually in February.

Mullen Theatre Troupe 778 is an active member of the International Thespian Society and has students participate and compete in a number of events at the Colorado State Thespian Conference each year.

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