Arapahoe High School (Centennial, Colorado)
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| Arapahoe High School | |
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| Arapahoe Warrior | |
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| 2201 East Dry Creek Road Centennial, Colorado, 80122-3100 United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°34′55″N 104°57′41″W / 39.58186°N 104.96128°WCoordinates: 39°34′55″N 104°57′41″W / 39.58186°N 104.96128°W |
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| Type | Free public |
| Established | 1964 |
| School district | Littleton Public Schools (LPS) |
| CEEB Code | 060928 |
| Dean | none |
| Principal | Ronald Booth |
| Vice principal | Mary Gottlieb, Darrell Meredith, Natalie Pramenko, Dr. Steven Sisler, Mike Campbell |
| Faculty | 129 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 2,106 |
| Grade 9 | 525 |
| Grade 10 | 550 |
| Grade 11 | 509 |
| Grade 12 | 522 |
| Campus size | 254,756 square feet (23,667.61 m2) |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Dark Black and Old Gold |
| Athletics | Baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, dance, football, golf, lacrosse, marching band, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, wrestling |
| Athletics conference | Continental and Centennial |
| Mascot | Warrior |
| Rivals | Heritage High School, Littleton High School, Cherry Creek High School |
| Average SAT scores | 2069 |
| Average ACT scores | 36 |
| Newspaper | Arapahoe Herald
View Online: http://my.hsj.org/co/centennial/ahs/ |
| Yearbook | Calumet |
| Website | http://www.arap.com |
Arapahoe High School is a public high school in Centennial, Colorado, United States. Located in a suburb of Denver, it is the flagship of the Littleton Public Schools District as the largest of three high schools with an enrollment of 2,229 students. The 254,756-square-foot (23,667.6 m2) high school has two gyms, a weight room, a library, kitchen, a 647-seat theater, 70 classrooms, a pool, tennis courts, baseball, football, and soccer fields, and a track.
Arapahoe's mascot is a warrior, and the school colors are black and gold. The school is known for its affiliation with the Arapaho tribe of Wind River, Wyoming. Arapahoe consistently places "Excellent" on Colorado's statewide school accountability report, the only Littleton Public Schools high school to do so.[1]
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[edit] History
Arapahoe High School was built in 1964. Several additions have been made since that time:
- 1965: A gymnasium, built by Morse, Dion & Champion, architects and Hollister, general contractor
- 1967: An addition of a pool, classrooms and theater, built by Morse, Dion & Champion, architects and Webco, general contractor.
- 1979: An addition of locker rooms, wrestling facilities and a gymnastics gym, built by Allred/Fisher, architects and Frank Hall & Co., construction management.
- 1987: An addition of administration and counseling space, by Culbertson & Associates, who served as designer and general contractor.
- 1997: The school's aging interior library was replaced with classrooms, and a new library and media center were constructed on the north side of the building. Accessibility was improved with the construction of an elevator adjacent to second-floor classrooms and a student-designed east entrance with wheelchair ramps and automated doors, nicknamed "The Bubble."
- 2005: The school underwent significant remodeling. A new gymnasium was added, several classrooms were redesigned and walls were rebuilt to meet fire code standards.
[edit] School environment
Arapahoe uses the variable scheduling system, which allows students to build their own schedules from a master course list, and is designed to prepare the student for the scheduling found in most colleges and universities. There are 6 class periods per day, most of which last 59 minutes (3rd hour is 61 minutes to allow time for daily announcements). Between each period there is a 5 minute passing period. Lunch is staggered either before or after 4th hour, and referred to as "first lunch" and "second lunch", each lasting 35 minutes. Which lunch a student is assigned to is determined by the course scheduled during 4th hour. Students are allotted unscheduled hours during the day, and as the campus is open, students are free to do as they wish during this time. More than 98 percent of Arapahoe graduates continue their education. Students took the following Advanced Placement exams in 2006: English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, French Literature, French Language, Spanish Language, Human Geography, Theory, European History, U.S. Government and Politics, U.S. History, Psychology, Physics B, Physics C, Computer Science AB, Biology, Chemistry, Statistics, Calculus AB, and Calculus BC. [1] Additionally, AP Music Theory is offered in alternating years. [2]
Additionally, the school has a unique relationship with the Arapaho Tribal Nation. After complaints about the pejorative depiction of Native Americans, the school sought a relationship with the tribe.[citation needed] The original logo of Arapahoe High School more closely depicted a Pawnee Indian. On September 17, 1993 the Arapaho Nation and Arapahoe High School held the Arapahoe Warrior Assembly. This assembly dedicated the schools new, and current, Warrior mascot—created by Northern Arapaho Artist, Wilbur Antelope. Since then, the Northern Arapaho tribe has endorsed the name of the high school (as spelled with an "e" at the end) and its use of the current warrior mascot, provided by the tribe. Additionally, the large gym was refinished and renamed the Sitting Eagle Gymnasium (this is now the second gym) on December 9, 1995. According to the original agreement made by the school, the mascot is not to be put on the floor (where one could walk on it) or on any article of clothing[citation needed], but whether through subsequent agreement or disregard on the part of the school the mascot can be found on a wide variety of clothing. However, it is not found on any football uniform (were it maybe rubbed into the ground) and the school does not portray a Native American Warrior at any sporting event. Additionally, tribal members visit the school for important events, speaking every year at graduation, and every two years a larger group will visit the school to perform various traditional dances and speak about Native American culture.
Students at the school generally perform above average on standardized tests, including the ACT and the SAT. All teachers at Arapahoe have subject expertise and hold degrees in the subjects in which they teach.[3]
[edit] Athletics
Arapahoe is part of the 8-team Centennial League that also includes Cherry Creek, Grandview, Cherokee Trail, Smoky Hill, Eaglecrest, Mullen, and Overland.[4] Arapahoe athletics include baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, dance, football, golf, lacrosse, marching band, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, and wrestling. All athletics at Arapahoe are competed at the 5A level.
[edit] Student Journalism
Arapahoe High School is nationally recognized for its student journalism program, which consistently ranks as one of the best in the country. The unique program, which works at an academic level, goes beyond a school-sanctioned club or activity to provide the best education in journalism practice and ethics. Arapahoe's journalism program is both covetted and fostered by its recruitment of top students in this school. Students are selected competitively to participate in either Newspaper or Yearbook journalism each scholastic year.
[edit] Arapahoe Herald
The monthly Arapahoe Herald newspaper is produced by journalism students. In 2005, Arapahoe Herald was named a National Scholastic Press Association Pacemaker Finalist and went on to win a Pacemaker. The National Pacemaker Awards have been called “the high school equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize.” In 2005, the Arapahoe Herald was under the leadership of Katrina Schuler (2005-2006 Editor in Chief) when it received the Pacemaker as well as a Silver Crown from Columbia Scholastic Press Association. It is only the sixth high school newspaper in Colorado to win a Pacemaker in the award’s 100+ year history.
In 2007 Arapahoe Herald received the National Scholastic Press Association's All-American rating, Columbia Scholastic Press Association's Gold Medalist Award, and in 2008 placed first in the American Scholastic Press Association's Newspaper Review and Contest, under the leadership of Kelley Bruce Robinson (2007-2008 Editor in Chief). Arapahoe Herald is also included in the National Scholastic Press Association's Hall of Fame for ten consecutive All-American ratings. To date, the newspaper has earned 14 All American ratings since 1992. Arapahoe Herald won its second NSPA Pacemaker Award in November 2009.
In 2009, the February issue of the newspaper gained statewide attention for a controversy over articles depicting teenage boys using alcohol to engage in sexual actions with girls, and young women objectifying themselves for attention.[5] Those interviewed used pseudonyms to remain anonymous, and no one was punished as the publication remained infallible under the Colorado Student Free Expression Law. The use of pseudonyms was popularized in the publication for years prior, in articles about pregnant classmates, student jail inmates, and drug users.
An online edition of the Arapahoe Herald can be viewed at http://my.hsj.org/co/centennial/ahs/.
[edit] Arapahoe Calumet
Calumet, the Arapahoe year book is produced by journalism students. Calumet received All American ratings in both 2005 and 2006 and was a Pacemaker Finalist in 2005 under the leadership of Lindsay Ourada, Mary Hayworth and Anya Lehrner.
[edit] Clubs
[edit] Future Business Leaders of America
In the summer of 2007, Arapahoe saw its first ever FBLA national qualifiers go to the conference in Chicago, Illinois. The qualifiers included Steven Doss (placed fourth in the nation for desktop publishing), Raychel Hirsh (placed fourth in the nation for desktop publishing), Kelly Hanson (placed eighth in the nation for emerging business issues), Michael Marino, Nicole Markinsohn (placed eighth in the nation for emerging business issues), Page Wunderlich, and Mary Hayworth (placed eighth in nation for emerging business issues).
In the 2007-2008 school year, Arapahoe made a strong showing when qualifying over 15 people for the state conference and having many teams take first at the district competition. After the state conference, again 7 people qualified for the national level of competition. Steven Doss, Raychel Hirsh, Cade Schacher, and Rick Maestas are the 4 that will be traveling to Atlanta to compete.
[edit] Art Club
"Frame It Up" across Dry Creek Road from Arapahoe High School has honored multiple 2008 seniors throughout the year as "Artists of the Month." The artists of 2008 included: Dylan Pierpont, Jill Popp, Lindsay Downs, Steven Doss, Mike Sakas, Tyler Lira, and Brett Hillbrand. Dylan Pierpont won a gold key in the scholastic art and writing competition in 2008 and is being sent to New York City to receive the award.[6]
[edit] Muse
Muse is Arapahoe's Literary Arts Magazine. In 2007 the Muse placed eight in the National Scholastic Press Association's Best-in-Show, during the Denver Convention.[7] The Muse is a school-sanctioned activity that does not meet as a cocirricular publication, as other Arapahoe publications do.
[edit] TSA
Technology Student Association at Arapahoe has had much success. Almost every member at the State Conference qualifies for the National Conference. The current advisor for Arapahoe is David McMullen.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Littleton's high schools at Littleton.gov
- Denver Post article recounting school's relationship with Wyoming tribe
