Centaurus High School

Infobox School
name = Centaurus High School

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students = 1,037 [http://content.bvsd.org/scripts/profilepage.asp?numsch=310&level=high]
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location = Lafayette, Colorado
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Centaurus High School (CHS) is a secondary school located in Lafayette, Colorado, and part of the Boulder Valley School District.

History

For the school's first 30 years the attendance area for Centaurus High covered Lafayette, Louisville, Superior, and parts of Erie. In 1998 Monarch High School was opened near the Louisville/Superior border to relieve severe overcrowding at Centaurus. Most Louisville and Superior students transferred to the new school leaving Centaurus as one of the three smallest traditional high schools in the district.

Population

Centaurus is one of the most ethnically diverse high schools in the Boulder Valley School District, with one-third of the students registered as non-Caucasian.
*Centaurus High School's population as of September 2007 is approximately 1037 students.
*Student to teacher ratio is 17:1

Academic Programs

Centaurus High School was rated "High" in the 2006 Colorado State Accountability Report. Course offerings include the following programs:
*International Baccalaureate
*Advanced Placement
*Pre-Engineering Academy (in association with the University of Colorado at Boulder School of Engineering)

Athletics

Centaurus High School is a member of the 4-A Skyline League and the 3-A North Metro League (Football) of the [http://www.chsaa.org// Colorado High School Activities Association] .
*Baseball
*Basketball
*Cheerleading
*Color guard
*Winter Guard
*Cross Country
**2002 Skyline League Champions
**2003 Skyline League Champions
**2005 Skyline League Champions
**2006 Skyline League Champions
*Dance
**2006 4-A Skyline League Champions
**2006 United Spirit Association National Champions
**2007 4-A Skyline League Champions
*Football
**2004 3-A North Metro League Champions
*Golf (Men's and Women's)
*Soccer

**2007 Skyline League Champions
*Softball
**2005 Skyline League Champions
*Women's Swimming
*Tennis (Men's and Women's)
*Track and Field
*Volleyball
*Wrestling

Arts and Music

*Instrumental Music
**Marching Band
**Concert Band
**Jazz Band
**Orchestra
**Winter Percussion
***2007 Rocky Mountain Percussion Association - "A Class" State Champions
*Choir (3)
**Fermata the Blue (Jazz Choir)
**Festival Choir
**Concert Choir
*Theater

Clubs

Centaurus High School has many student-organized and teacher-supervised student groups as of March 2006:

*Art Club
*Asian Support Group
*Chess Club
*DECA
*FBLA Future Business Leaders of America
*Forensics
*GSA Gay Straight Alliance
*International Club
*L.I.F.E. Latinos in Full Effect
*MESA Math, Engineering, Science Achievement
*National Honor Society
*Odyssey
*Thespian Club
*Yearbook

Notable alumni

*Hilary Cruz, Miss Colorado Teen USA 2007 and Miss Teen USA 2007

External links

* [http://schools.bvsd.org/centaurushigh/ Centaurus High School]