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'''Cherry Creek High School''' (commonly '''Cherry Creek''', '''Creek''', or '''CCHS''') is the oldest of six high schools in the [[Cherry Creek School District]] in suburban [[Denver, Colorado]]. It is one of the largest high schools in the Denver metro area, with an {{convert|80|acre|m2|adj=on}} campus and over 3700 students. Cherry Creek High School has been designated a [[Blue Ribbon School]] by the [[U.S. Department of Education]] and has received an "Excellent" rating on the Colorado School Accountability Report.<ref name="Profile" />
'''Cherry Creek High School''' (commonly '''Cherry Creek''', '''Creek''', or '''CCHS''') is the oldest of six high schools in the [[Cherry Creek School District]] in suburban [[Denver, Colorado]]. It is one of the largest high schools in the Denver metro area, with an {{convert|80|acre|m2|adj=on}} campus and over 3700 students. Also, Sean York was the homecoming king in the fall of 2006, and he was the first king to take another man to the dance in the school's history. Cherry Creek High School has been designated a [[Blue Ribbon School]] by the [[U.S. Department of Education]] and has received an "Excellent" rating on the Colorado School Accountability Report.<ref name="Profile" />


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 05:49, 11 September 2009

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Cherry Creek High School
Address
Map
9300 East Union Avenue

Greenwood Village
,
Colorado

United States
Information
TypePublic
Established1955
School districtCherry Creek School District
CEEB code060-515
PrincipalRyan Silva
Faculty331 (229 certified teachers)
Grades9-12
Number of students3,727
Campus size80 acres (320,000 m2)
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)Scarlet, White, and Royal Blue    
Athletics25 sports; 95 teams
Athletics conference5A - Centennial League
MascotBruin
Feeder schoolsCampus Middle School, West Middle School
Websitehttp://www.cchs.ccsd.k12.co.us/

Cherry Creek High School (commonly Cherry Creek, Creek, or CCHS) is the oldest of six high schools in the Cherry Creek School District in suburban Denver, Colorado. It is one of the largest high schools in the Denver metro area, with an 80-acre (320,000 m2) campus and over 3700 students. Also, Sean York was the homecoming king in the fall of 2006, and he was the first king to take another man to the dance in the school's history. Cherry Creek High School has been designated a Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education and has received an "Excellent" rating on the Colorado School Accountability Report.[2]

History

In 1950, seven small school districts in Arapahoe County were consolidated to form Cherry Creek School District No. 5, eliminating original School District #19 and making its one-room schoolhouse obsolete. In 1953 the schoolhouse was sold at public auction; and for the next 16 years, it was used as a storage shed. The consolidation brought the eight schools of Ash Grove, Castlewood, Cherry Creek, Cherry Hills (Cherry Creek), Cunningham, Maple Grove, Mountain View, and Sullivan (Mountain View) together for educating elementary students, but Cherry Creek area high school students did not have their own school until 1955. Appropriately, it was named Cherry Creek High School. On September 6, 1955 , the school opened its doors to 364 high school students (grades 9-12) and an additional 349 younger students (grades 7-8) who had to wait until the following year for their own Cherry Creek Junior High School building to be completed.

The district bought land at the corner of South Holly Street and East Belleview Avenue in 1965, and built a second junior high school, Cherry Creek West Junior High, which opened its doors in September 1966 to 655 students, although construction was not complete until that November (for example, there was no cafeteria until then). When Cherry Creek West Junior High was opened, both it and the original junior high, renamed Cherry Creek East Junior High (now known as Campus Middle School), housed grades 7-9, making the high school a three year high school (grades 10-12).

Four separate additions were made to the high school building before 1970, more than doubling its size. The Vocational-Practical Arts Center (1970), and the Performing Fine Arts Center (1974) were added to the campus unit between the West Building, which was the entire Cherry Creek High School in 1955, and the East Building. The latter reverted to the high school when Campus Middle School was built in 1971 (grades 7-8), and Cherry Creek became again a four-year high school. Additional major renovations occurred in 1997 when the Vocational Industrial Arts Building was transformed into the Information Center. Additions to East, Fine Arts, and West were completed in 2005.

The original $800 one-room Cherry Creek Schoolhouse, found on a ranch north of Parker, was purchased and brought back to the high school campus in 1969. Restored and now serving as a museum-classroom, it rests south of the Information Center building.[3]

Campus

Location

The Cherry Creek High School campus is located in the city of Greenwood Village on East Union Avenue between Yosemite Street and Dayton Street. It is directly across the street from Cherry Creek State Park. Also located on the property are the Cherry Creek School District's West Admissions building, West Maintenance building, and Education Service Center.[4] It is adjacent to the building and campus of Campus Middle School, one of Creek's feeder schools.

Facilities

The campus contains four buildings (West, Information Center (IC), Fine Arts, and East) with 170 classrooms, eight tennis courts, a baseball diamond, two practice football fields, and Stutler Bowl, Creek's stadium, and a challenge course.[5] The West Building, by far the largest of the four, houses two gyms, a swimming pool, a weight room, Shillinglaw Lecture Center, and the Creek Cafe, a DECA run cafeteria. The Information Center Building has a library and technology center, the Registrar's Office, the Counseling and Post-Grad Center, and another cafeteria. Connected to IC by the "Fine Arts Tunnel", the Fine Arts Building features a large theater, music labs, and art labs. The East Building contains a gym and the Attendance and Security offices. The sprawling campus is meant to evoke a large "college-like" feel in order to prepare students for college life. [6]

Academics

In 2008, Newsweek ranked the school as the 282nd best public high school in the country for academics.[7] U.S. News and World Report gave Cherry Creek a silver medal in their 2008 public high school ratings.[8] Cherry Creek was placed 5th in a list of the top public and private high schools in Denver in an article in 5280.[9] The school has received seven PRIDE awards from North Central, the highest ever awarded.[2]

The class of 2008 had 23 National Merit finalists and two National Hispanic Scholars. 94.7% of the Class of 2007 attended college. Cherry Creek received the 2005 Colorado High Performance Library Center Award. The library holds over 46,000 volumes and numerous online subscription databases. 1,300 computers across the campus offer Internet access.[10] Cherry Creek faculty founded the Cherry Creek Diversity Conference.

Advanced Placement

Cherry Creek High School offers Advanced Placement (AP) exams in 28 subject areas. In 2007, 906 students took 2,374 AP exams, and 87% of the students scored 3 or higher (considered passing). The next year 986 students took 2,240 AP exams, 88% scoring 3 or higher.[2] Creek has been recognized as one of the nation's top high schools for AP participation in math, science, and technology, receiving the 2008 Advanced Placement Siemens Award.[11] Creek is also the only school in Colorado to have offered AP French Literature every year.[12]

Faculty and Staff

331 staff members work with CCHS students each day, and of those, 229 are certified teachers. Over 67% of the faculty has eleven or more years of experience in education. Nine members of the faculty possess doctorate degrees, and a total of 76% have earned at least a master’s degree. Five deans and eleven guidance counselors provide students with support services.[2]

The student-to-teacher ratio in 2004 was 21.3 for the 9th grade, 19.2 for 10th grade, 18.7 for 11th grade, and 18.8 for the 12th grade.

Principals

  • Richard Womack
  • Leonard Shillinglaw (1956-1966)
  • Dr. Ivan Muse (1966-1968)
  • Dr. Walter Armistead (1968-1970)
  • Dr. Donald K. Goe (1970-1973)
  • Henry F. Cotton (1973-1988)
  • Dr. Mary Gill (1988-1993)
  • Dr. Kathy Smith (1993-2009)

The school's current principal, Dr. Kathy Smith, recently announced her retirement at the end of the 2008-2009 school year.[3] One of the current Assistant Principals, Ryan Silva, will be filling her spot.[13]

Athletics

CCHS is part of the 8-team Centennial League that also includes Arapahoe, Grandview, Cherokee Trail, Smoky Hill, Eaglecrest, Mullen, and Overland.[1]

In addition to over 160 state championships, Cherry Creek has won three Wells-Fargo Cups as the All-Sport Champion in the state of Colorado.[14] In 2005, Sports Illustrated named it the 5th-best high school athletics program in the nation.[15] It was also appointed the top athletic high school in the state in both 2006 and 2007 by Mile High Sports Magazine.[2] It is also well-known for its successful tennis team. The current athletic director, Randy McCall, came under fire early 2008 for his second job as an NCAA basketball official, which he often missed half of each school week for.[16]

Football

The Cherry Creek football program has experienced a large amount of success, having won eight state championships. In the 2007 football season, John Elway was the quarterbacks' coach for the varsity football team on which his son, Jack Elway, played.[17]

Tennis

The school is perhaps best known for its tennis program, which is considered to be one of the best in the United States.[18] Over a 28-year span, from 1972 to 2000, the boys' team won 316 consecutive dual matches, a national record for the sport.[15] Additionally, the school has won 36 state titles in boys' tennis alone. Cherry Creek High School has produced many notable athletes including ATP professional Jeff Salzenstein and several other tennis products.

Women's Swimming

Cherry Creek is also a power in women's swimming, with 25 state titles. As a senior in 1991, five-time Olympic swimming gold medalist Amy Van Dyken won two individual state titles (she also won a pair as a junior) and helped the Bruins earn a state team championship.[15] The team holds the state records in the 200-yard medley relay (set in 1999), the 200-yard freestyle (set by Stephanie Northrup in 1992), and the 500-yard freestyle (set by Natasha Menezes in 2004).[19]

State Championships

State Championships[19]
Season Sport Number of Championships Year
Fall Football 8 1982, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1994-1996
Soccer, Boys 5 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981
Cross Country, Boys 5 1983-1985, 1992, 2008
Cross Country, Girls 3 1996, 1997, 2006
Volleyball 5 1989, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2008
Field Hockey, Girls 2 2002, 2007
Golf, Boys 7 1957, 1958, 1961, 1973, 1976, 1980, 1981
Tennis, Boys 36 1972-2008
Gymnastics, Girls 3 1993, 1995, 1998
Winter Swimming, Girls 25 1974-1979, 1981-1986, 1991, 1995-2000, 2005-2009[20]
Wrestling 1 1991
Poms 5 1996, 1998, 2002-2004
Basketball, Boys 1 1995
Spring Tennis, Girls 27 1976, 1978, 1980-1985, 1989-1992, 1994, 1995, 1997-2009[21]
Lacrosse, Boys 3 2002, 2005, 2006
Lacrosse, Girls 7 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006-2008
Baseball 7 1983, 1992, 1995-1999
Soccer, Girls 1 2001
Swimming, Boys 10 1974, 1975, 1985-1991, 1994
Former Gymnastics, Boys 5 1973, 1974, 1981, 1982, 1990
Ice hockey 3 1977-1979
Total 169

Extracurriculars

Cherry Creek High School offers more than 90 activity organizations, the majority of which are open to all students. Many are nationally recognized, including the Union Street Journal, Fine Print, the Speech and Debate Team, Amnesty International, Key Club, Future Business Leaders of America, and DECA. The Speech and Debate Team is one of the top ten in the nation and part of “The 400" society, the top one-half of one percent of the National Forensics League school speech programs. The team has won the district competition for 23 years.[12] Cherry Creek also has a notable Model United Nations program, and the school is known for an annual Model U.N. competition hosted by its team. Over 40 schools across Colorado and international students from Escuala Continentale in Mexico City come to Cherry Creek High school to partake in United Nations simulations.

Union Street Journal

The Union Street Journal is Cherry Creek High School's student newspaper, a full-color monthly broadsheet of 16-20 pages. Published on the third Thursday of every month, it includes several sections, including a signature "center spotlight" page that reflects on school events. The USJ has received a Superior award for the state of Colorado from the National Council of Teachers of English.[12] The Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) has named the USJ a "Gold Crown Newspaper" three times (1983, 1986, and 1988), meaning it was one of the top high school newspapers in the nation. In 1989, 1991, and 1993, the USJ was named a "Silver Crown Newspaper." From 1984 to 1990, USJ staff members won 24 Gold Circle Awards from the CSPA.[22] In more recent years, the newspaper has been the recipient of several honors from the Colorado High School Press Association, including four first-place awards in 2007 for ad design, front-page layout, and editorial writing.[23]

Alumni

Academics

Media/Film

Music

Politics

Sports


References

  1. ^ a b "www.ccsd.k12.co.us/documents/provider/1120607Profile_CCH.pdf" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b c d e http://www.cchs.ccsd.k12.co.us/about_creek/reports/profile.pdf CCHS 08-09 school profile
  3. ^ a b http://www.cchs.ccsd.k12.co.us/about_creek/history.html History
  4. ^ http://www.ccsd.k12.co.us/documents/provider/11770809DistrictMap.pdf District Map
  5. ^ http://www.trulia.com/schools/CO-Greenwood_Vlg/Cherry_Creek_High_School/ Classroom count
  6. ^ "www.cchs.ccsd.k12.co.us/about_creek/find.html".
  7. ^ http://www.newsweek.com/id/39380/?q=2008/rank/201/ Nesweek rankings
  8. ^ http://www.usnews.com/listings/high-schools/colorado/cherry_creek_high_school retrieved April 08, 2008.
  9. ^ "www.smanet.org/miscellaneous.pdf/5280/BestSchools_AUG07.pdf" (PDF).
  10. ^ "Quick Facts" (English). Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  11. ^ http://www.ccsd.k12.co.us/documents/provider/589PointsOfPride.pdf CCSD Fall 2008 Points of Pride
  12. ^ a b c http://www.cchs.ccsd.k12.co.us/about_creek/honors_awards.htm CCHS honors & awards
  13. ^ http://www.cchs.ccsd.k12.co.us/about_creek/ptco/PTCOAprilWeb.pdf
  14. ^ http://www.cchs.ccsd.k12.co.us/athletics/ath_overview.html CCHS athletic overview
  15. ^ a b c d "Top 5 HS athletic programs".
  16. ^ http://cbs4denver.com/investigates/randy.mccall.cherry.2.670612.html McCall NCAA job
  17. ^ http://www.denverpost.com/ci_6692593 John Elway coaching
  18. ^ "YourHub.com tennis article".
  19. ^ a b CHSAA state champion list
  20. ^ http://www.chsaa.org/sports/swimming/pdf/5A%20Girls%20State%20Swim%20Final%2002-14-09.pdf 2009 5A Girls Swimming Chmp.
  21. ^ http://www.chsaa.org/sports/tennis/pdf/2009%20Girls%20Results.pdf 2009 5A Girls Tennis Chmp.
  22. ^ "www.columbia.edu/cu/cspa/docs/contests-and-critiques/index.html".
  23. ^ http://chspa.colostate.edu/pdfs/2007_5A_Newspaper.pdf 2007 CHSPA awards
  24. ^ http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2006-01-26-profile_x.htm Steve Gubser
  25. ^ http://www.swlaw.edu/news/overview/newsr.7g9pgA7GO8#mcevoy Arthur McEvoy
  26. ^ a b c d e http://extras.denverpost.com/preps/how0116.htm
  27. ^ http://www.blacktie-colorado.com/premiere_events/details.cfm?id=1629 Neal Baer
  28. ^ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-83406168.html Aimee Sporer
  29. ^ http://www.koaa.com/station_info_biographies/x982466887 David Tauchen
  30. ^ http://b4a.healthyinterest.net/news/archives/2005/02/saunders_west_w_1.html John Wells
  31. ^ http://cspa.columbia.edu/docs/contests-and-critiques/gold-circle-awards/recipients/1985-scholastic-circles.html Ricky Young
  32. ^ http://www.denver.org/events/detail?e=11641&t=music Austin Wintory
  33. ^ http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/A/David-Aardsma.shtml David Aardsma
  34. ^ http://www.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=17103 Tom Ashworth
  35. ^ http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/B/Josh-Bard.shtml Josh Bard
  36. ^ http://www.uconnhuskies.com/AllStories/MFootball/2007/09/25/20070925.html JD Brookhart
  37. ^ http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/B/John-Burke.shtml John Burke
  38. ^ http://sports.jrank.org/pages/5023/Van-Dyken-Amy-Swimming-Control-Asthma.html Amy Van Dyken
  39. ^ http://www.rockymountainnews.com/videos/detail/stirrin-soup-matt-iseman/ Matt Iseman
  40. ^ http://www.ccsd.k12.co.us/News/BradLidge/ Brad Lidge CCSD
  41. ^ http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/M/Darnell-McDonald.shtml Darnell McDonald
  42. ^ http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/M/Donzell-McDonald.shtml Donzell McDonald
  43. ^ http://cbs4denver.com/sports/jill.mcgill.golf.2.945388.html Jill McGill
  44. ^ http://www.milehighreport.com/ncaaf/players/l.ncaa.org.mfoot-p.26451 Tyler Polumbus
  45. ^ http://www.blacktie-colorado.com/premiere_events/details.cfm?id=1766 Mark Randall
  46. ^ http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Michael-Ruffin-4193/ Michael Ruffin
  47. ^ http://www.denverpost.com/ci_6016248 Jeff Salzenstein
  48. ^ https://www.proplayerconnect.com/athlete/profile/837 Sean Tufts
  49. ^ http://www.denverpost.com/ci_9725620 Jonathan Vaughters

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