Bear Creek High School (Denver, Colorado)
| Bear Creek High School | |
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| Address | |
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9800 West Dartmouth Place Lakewood, Colorado, 80227 United States | |
| Coordinates | 39°39′28″N 105°6′28″W / 39.65778°N 105.10778°WCoordinates: 39°39′28″N 105°6′28″W / 39.65778°N 105.10778°W |
| Information | |
| Established | 1920 |
| School district | Jefferson County Public Schools |
| CEEB Code | 061043 |
| Principal | Kevin Carroll |
| Staff | 141 (as of 2006-07)[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1855 (as of 2007-08) |
| School color(s) |
Forest Green, Gold, and White |
| Athletics | CHSAA 5A |
| Athletics conference | Jefferson Country League |
| Mascot | Bear |
| Publication | BCTN |
| Newspaper | Bear Facts |
| Website | School website |
Bear Creek High School is located in the southwest corner of the greater Denver Metro area, it is one of 18 high schools in Jefferson County, Colorado. The school colors are forest green, gold, and white. The mascot is a bear. The principal is Kevin Carroll. There are approximately 1900 students and 105 certified staff. It is in Class 5A Athletic Program and has over 34 clubs and activities. In 2009, an entirely new campus was completed across the street from the original location, replacing the nearly 57-year old previous building.[2] Students moved into the new location after spring break in March 2009.
History
Bear Creek High School Community Foundation
The Bear Creek High School Community Foundation was established in 2008 as an all-volunteer fundraising entity to help BCHS offset escalating costs to maintain a beautiful, safe, educationally sound, academically diverse, and challenging 21st century learning facility. It was headed by Joe Gomez, previous principal Mary Lauer, Sharon Lubieniecki, Kay Newcomer, Scott Schnell, and Vice Principal Lynn Torr. BCHSCF is sponsored the First Annual Bear Creek High School 5k Fun Run on Friday, August 22, 2008.
Extracurricular activities
Bear Creek offers many after-school activities. Every year the Bear Creek Bear's varsity sport teams are some of the best in the state. During the 2007-2008 school year, the football team made it to the semifinals, the girl's softball team ended up second in the state and the girls' gymnastics team was the State Champion. Some of the other sports available at Bear Creek include: tennis, baseball, volleyball, boys' and girls' soccer, golf, wrestling, boys' and girls' swimming and diving, cheerleading, basketball, marching band, and several more. But for the non-athletes there are even more variety of things to do at Bear Creek including: theater, video game club, snowboarding club, National Honor Society, DECA, FCCLA, Pro Start, foreign language clubs, astronomy club, peer mentors, Frisbee club, Mock Trial team, newspaper, yearbook, student government and much more. The Mock Trial team, known as championship winners many years in a row and for having students awarded scholarships for many categories, was discontinued in 2011 due to budget cuts. A very interesting club that Bear Creek has that most other Jeffco schools don't, would be Bear creek dance crew, a variety of hip hop and break dancing.
Notable Alumni
- Melanie Troxel, NHRA drag racer.[3]
- Dennis Rasmussen, Former MLB player (San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals)
- Carey Lowell, Actress and former model, ex-Bond girl. Married to actor Richard Gere since 2002.
- Jeremiah Sirles, NFL player
References
- ↑ "Bear Creek High School School Accountability Report 2006-2007 School Year" (PDF). Colorado Department of Education. 2007-10-19.
- ↑ http://bearcreek.jeffco.k12.co.us/bchs/Main/History.html
- ↑ Resteck, Hilary; Casey Schuster. "Melanie Troxel" (PDF). Women in the Winner's Circle. The Henry Ford Museum. Retrieved 24 August 2013.