Established 1900 Principal Gina Rivas Phone +1 303-982-0162 | CEEB code 60055 Staff 39 Mascot Bulldog | |
School district Jefferson County Public Schools (Colorado) District Jefferson County Public Schools Feeder schools Arvada K8, North Arvada Middle School Similar Arvada West High School, Ralston Valley High School, Standley Lake High School, Wheat Ridge High School, Westmins High School Profiles | ||
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Arvada High School is a public secondary school operated by Jefferson County School District R-1 in Arvada, Colorado, United States.
Contents
- Back to school at arvada high school
- Arvada high school
- Demographics
- History
- Curriculum
- Extracurricular activities
- Notable alumni
- References
Arvada high school
Demographics
Arvada High's student body has the following racial demographics:
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), local 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 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 1971, 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". This was challenged in 1993 as derogatory and the new name "Reds" was adopted by a 2–1 margin in voting. The school subsequently adopted a bulldog as its new mascot.
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 50% of the available enrollment is for Arvada High students.
Extracurricular activities
Arvada High School fields teams in interscholastic competition in baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling.
The school is also active in the performing arts, with a band, choir, orchestra and theater program. The band program includes marching band, percussion ensemble (winner of the WGI World Percussion Championships in 1998), jazz band, and concert band.
The school also has an award-winning journalism program. Both the school newspaper (The Crimson Report) and yearbook (The Arvadan) have won awards from the Colorado High School Press Association. The journalism program also has a broadcast journalism class known as Bulldog News (BDN).