Mountain Vista High School

Mountain Vista High School
Location
Highlands Ranch , Colorado United States
Information
Type	public high school
Motto	Together, we achieve the extraordinary.
Established	2001
Principal	Steve Johnson
Grades	9-12
Number of students	1662 [1]
Color(s)	Green and Gold
Athletics	CHSAA 5A Continental League
Mascot	Golden Eagles
Website	Mountain Vista High School

Mountain Vista High School is a secondary school located in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. The school is a part of Douglas County School District.

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Mountain Vista High School

History

Initially designated "High School No. 6" in Douglas County School District's long-range plans, Mountain Vista High School was named in 2000. [2] The school opened in August 2001 and saw its first graduating class in 2005.

Students

Demographics [3]

• White (not Hispanic): 91%
• Prep 66%
• Emo 32%
• Hispanic: 4%
• Asian/Pacific Islander: 3%
• African American: 5 (total)
• American Indian or Alaskan Native: <1%
• Bacon: 1 (total)
• skaters 29%

Sports and Traditions

Mountain Vista High School participates at the 5A level in all sports. Athletic offerings include soccer, cross country, baseball, softball, field hockey, baseball, football, volleyball, swimming, diving, wrestling, tennis, and lacrosse. Both the varsity baseball and women's soccer programs have achieved notoriety as both have proceeded deep into their respective finals and are consistently rated at the top of their respective divisions.

Mountain Vista football had reasonable success in 4A, but was moved to 5A for the 2006 season due to increased enrollment. Mountain Vista maintains a rivalry with local Thunder Ridge High School in all sports, but football has become a particularly bitter point for Mountain Vista. The traditional debacle of Thunder Ridge beating Mountain Vista has resulted in the equally important (and arguably more enjoyable) tradition of a Mountain Vista student streaking across the field as the game gets more and more out of hand. It should be noted that all of these streakers have been caught and banned from walking at graduation. Still committing this act will give the streaker forever school popularity (Sometimes). In 2006, MVHS defeated local rival HRHS, 17-14 for there 2nd 5A victory.

The Mountian Vista Tennis Team which previously lingered at the bottom was brought back on its feet in 2005 with the assistance of coach Flannigan, Coach Cosage, and Coach Shores who eagerly helped the varsity beat elementary school teams in the area and raise their rank to # 5 among tennis teams grades 10-12.

A Mountain Vista team competed in state championship play for the first time in spring 2005 when the girls' varsity soccer team defeated Arapahoe High School for the 5A state title. The game was scoreless through double overtime and ended in a shoot out. [4]

Speech & Debate

The school also has an excellent speech and debate team led by Tod Mucci. The team competes in tournaments across Colorado, garnering much success. These debaters have won several competitions and are a point of pride for the school. Also, the speach and debate has just had a bake sale where home made cookies could've been bought for fifty cents. The Speech & Debate team struggles to maintain the standing of the Theatre department, of which, is reguarded by 84% of the population to be far more popular and attractive.

Theatre

The Mountain Vista theatre department is also exceedingly strong and well-known throughout Colorado. There are many stand-out performers, such as seniors Patrick Morgan and Dan Gladem, but the latest buzz has been centered around the extremely good-looking Mac Leydon, younger brother of former Mountain Vista star, Collin Leydon. Joe Smith also does theatre, but his great height has limited the roles he can play, so Austin Trow gets all the good ones. The most highly reguarded performance in Mountain Vista Theater history is the performance by Kyle Ormiston as Milky White in Into The Woods in 2006. Kyle's performance earned him the award for Best Interpretation of a Spanish Animal from the Lecheblanco Foundation. Other Mountain Vista Theatre Awards include The Johnson and Johnson Award for Most Attractive Theatre Comapny in both 2005 and 2006, The Highlands Ranch High School "You're Better Than We Are" Award and The Temple Sinai Award for Best Jewish Director.

References

• Mountain Vista High School at GreatSchools.net
• "Bond issue, record budget year's biggest stories" by Tom Herman, Colorado Community Newspapers, January 03, 2001.

• "MV girls win school's first team title" by Bill Gleason, South Metro Sports, May 25, 2005.
• "Douglas County News-Press"

External links

• Mountain Vista High School
• Douglas County School District