Monarch High School (Colorado)

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Location
Monarch High School
329 Campus Drive Louisville, CO, 80027
Information
School district	Boulder Valley School District
Affiliation(s)	Pro-Llama
Principal	Barbara Spellman
Staff	172 ^[1]
Enrollment	1630 ^[2]
Type	Public High School
Grades	9-12
Athletics	5A except for marching band and football, which both compete in the 4A division
Athletics conference	Front Range League^[2]
Motto	"One of the Nation's Best High Schools"
Mascot	Coyote
Color(s)	black, Vegas gold, silver
Established	1998
Information	(303) 665-5888
Homepage	http://schools.bvsd.org/monarchhigh/

This article is about a high school in Colorado. For a high school in Florida, see Monarch High School (Florida) .

Monarch High School (MHS) is a secondary school located in Louisville, Colorado, and part of the Boulder Valley School District. The school was named a John Irwin School of Excellence for the 2004-2005 school year.^[1]

1 History
2 Campus
3 School Organizations
4 ACLU vs. Monarch Administration Controversy
5 Culture
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

Monarch High School opened in 1998 to relieve overcrowding at Centaurus High School, drawing students from the east Boulder County towns of Louisville and Superior.
The first graduating class was the class of 2001.
2002 4A Football State Champions beating the Golden High School Demons 42-35
4-time State Hockey Champions, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007
9 State Regional Hockey Champions, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007 (Jean Provosty)
2004 Colorado High School Press Association awarded Monarch High's 5A Yearbook First Place. Advisor: Elaine Grace. Editor-in-Chief: Lisa Messineo.
2006 Girls State Golf Champion Team; 2007 Individual State Champion
Monarch also has had several State wrestling champions and contenders, top 8 Basketball teams (boys and girls), several All-American swimmers, National winners in Forensics, Recognized Thespian Troupe, Award winning art, robotics, mathematics, science and world language students.
Monarch students garner more than 6 million in scholarships annually.
State Marching band competitors lead by Kent Jones, coming in 6th place in 2006.
State Marching band competitors lead by Kent Jones, coming in 5th place in 2007.
Monarch's Drumline has won 2 state championships. The first championship was won in 2004 and the second in 2008, both in the Scholastic Open class category.
Boys Swimming Champs 2005
2007 State Champion for golf, Brooke Collins
2007 4A State Football Runners up
2006 and 2007 Legion A Colorado State Champions for baseball.
Girls Swimming: 2008 League Champions
2008 State Champions for Ultimate Frisbee^[3]

[edit] Campus

The 80-acre site, shared with the Monarch K-8 School, is named for the former coal mine beneath the area. The high school was designed by Klipp Collussy Jenks DuBois Architects and the landscape architecture was performed by Design Concept.^[4] In December 2004, high winds tore off a portion of the gymnasium roof. It gained national news coverage in passing as a clip illustrating the wind damage.^[5]

[edit] School Organizations

Monarch offers both curricular and non-curricular activities.

[edit] Athletics

Fall

Cross Country, Football, Gymnastics, Soccer(Boys), Tennis (Boys), Softball (Girls), Volleyball(Girls), *Marching Band (Co-ed)

Winter

Basketball, Swim(Girls), Ski, Wrestling, Cheerleading (girls)(year round), Poms

Spring

Lacrosse(Men's), Soccer (Girls), Baseball, Track & Field, Tennis(Girls), Golf, Swin(Boys), Volleyball(Boys), Ultimate Frisbee

Members of the Monarch Marching Band receive varsity letters as well as 2 waived gym credits per participated season.

[edit] Curricular

Art Club, Treble Choir, Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, Madrigals, Chaos men's choir, Color Guard, DECA, Drama and Music Theatre, FBLA, Robotics, Forensics, three Jazz Bands, Links Program, Music Theory, Guitar Lab Band, Marching Band, Orchestra, Ecology Club, Rocket Science, Student Council, Symphonic Winds, NHS, Wind Ensemble, Yearbook, Friday Announcements

[edit] Non-Curricular

Bible Club, Climbing Club, Howlin' Horseshoes, Key Club, Evolving Equality (Gay-Straight Alliance), Mock Trial, Philosophy Club, SADD, Thespians, Creative Writing Club (Live Poet's Society), Ecology Club, Ultimate Frisbee, Bagel's and Drank Club

[edit] ACLU vs. Monarch Administration Controversy

In October of 2007, the ACLU strongly criticized the school's administration for actions in May, 2007 when, allegedly, students' cell phones were seized and their messages read and transcribed. ACLU pointed to constitutional rights and to Colorado privacy laws that would make some of the alleged actions a felony.^[6]^[7]In April 2008, new guidelines to protect students' privacy were put in place, which was commended by ACLU.^[8]