Coronado High School (Colorado Springs, Colorado)

Coronado High School
Location
1590 West Fillmore Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Information
Type	Public school
School district	Colorado Springs 11
Principal	David Engstrom
Grades	Grades 9-12
Enrollment	1427 students
Color(s)	scarlet and new gold
Mascot	Cougar
Website	http://coronadocougars.com/

Coronado High School (CHS) is the fourth-oldest high school in District 11 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, named for Francisco Vásquez de Coronado. CHS currently has a student body of 1,515.

Coronado High School is located high on Mesa Road and Fillmore Street, on a mesa overlooking Colorado Springs, with a view of Pikes Peak and the Garden of the Gods.

The school's colors are scarlet red and new gold, and the mascot is the Cougar.

Coronado students produce a weekly television show for the student body, which is downloadable from the school's podcast. Coronado students also produce a monthly newspaper for the Coronado community, the Cougar Chronicle.

The school currently competes at the 4-A athletics level in every sport except football (3-A) and wrestling (5-A). This change from 5-A to the 4-A division took effect starting in the 2010-2011 season.

Notable graduates

• Henry Cejudo, Olympic gold medalist

Feeder patterns

Middle schools that feed into Coronado include

• Holmes Middle School (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
• part of Jenkins Middle School (separated between Doherty High School and Coronado High School)
• West Middle School (Colorado Springs, Colorado)

External links

• The school's official webpage
• KUGR TV, the school's video podcast
• Colorado Springs School District 11's webpage for the school
• www.ccalum.com
• www.coronadoalumni.com class of 1979
• www.futureforecast.com/cougars (class of 1990)