| Silver Creek High School | |
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With a rigorous and varied curriculum and a clean and safe environment, Silver Creek is committed to improving student writing and improving math skills at all levels.
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| 4901 Nelson Road, Longmont, Colorado United States |
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| Type | High School |
| Established | 2001 |
| School district | St. Vrain Valley School District |
| Principal | Erik Finnestead |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Color(s) | Maroon and Silver |
| Mascot | Raptor |
| Website | http://schs.stvrain.k12.co.us |
Silver Creek High School is a school located in Longmont, Colorado. The school is part of the Saint Vrain Valley School District. Silver Creek also is the host building for Universal High School, an independent learning program. Founded in 2001, it is one of the newest high schools in the Longmont area; its current principal is Erik Finnestad.
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A wide range of classes are offered at Silver Creek. Standard "core classes" such as Math, English, Science, and Social Studies are taught at the school, as well as many electives. Students can study many topics including cooking, music, art, literature, philosophy, technology, drama, journalism, and several others. Silver Creek currently offers only French and Spanish as foreign languages.
Silver Creek offers a very wide range of extracurricular activities. Some, including orchestra, band, choir, newspaper, and yearbook are for-credit classes that function as partial extracurriculars because they have meetings outside of class such as concerts and competitions. Others, including Sports, Speech and Debate, Creative Writing & Film Club, Drama Productions (including the annual spring musical), the "East-Asian Neo-cultural Studies Council" (an anime club), Book Buddies, the Ping-Pong Club, and the Spanish club meet entirely apart from class time.
On May 10, 2008, the Silver Creek/Niwot Boys Swim and Dive team won the conference championship, ending Thompson Valley's seven year reign. They went on to win the school's first State title.[1] The same year, the Girl's Soccer team won the school's second State title, beating district rival Niwot's team in the finals.[2] On February 7, 2009, the Silver Creek Girls Swim and Dive Team won the conference championship.[3]
The official colors of Silver Creek are maroon and silver. The mascot is a raptor, which is often depicted as an owl (specifically a great horned owl). This led to some controversy when students wore Hooters t-shirts to school, and were asked to remove them.