- Evergreen High School (Evergreen, Colorado)
Infobox_School
name =Evergreen High School
imagesize =250px
caption =Evergreen High School, March 2004
motto =
established =1944 (separate from previous K-12 school)
type =publichigh school
district =JEFFCO Public Schools
grades =9-12
principal =Pat Harrison
faculty =
staff =
students =
enrollment =946 [ [http://www.chsaa.org/schools/schools.asp?schoolId=113 Profile - Evergreen High School] . Colorado High School Activities Association.]
athletics =4A
conference =Jefferson County
colors =navy blue and gold color box|navycolor box|gold
mascot =Cougar
streetaddress =29300 Buffalo Park Road
city =Evergreen
state =Colorado
country =U.S.
zipcode =80439
coordinates =coord|39|37|22|N|105|20|02|W|type:edu|display=title,inline
website = [http://sc.jeffco.k12.co.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=290 Evergreen High School]Evergreen High School is a public secondary institution in the JEFFCO Public Schools district in Evergreen,
Colorado , U.S. UntilConifer High School opened in 1996, it served students in both Evergreen and Conifer. Evergreen High School is known for being "a school of excellence" in its academic, athletic and extracurricular activities.History
The first school in the Evergreen area was the Buffalo Park School, which now resides on the grounds of Wilmot Elementary School. In the late 1800s, a frame structure was built one-quarter mile south of Main Street and served as a school until 1923. It houses Evergreen Baptist Church. [ [http://www.co.jefferson.co.us/placenames/search3.cfm?ps_oid=112405&search= Evergreen School, Second One] . Jefferson County, Colorado Place Names Directory.]
Elementary and high school students were housed in the third school built in Evergreen, a red brick two-story structure located at the intersection of county highway 73 and Buffalo Park Road. It was built in 1922 when District 30 became C2, the second consolidation in Jefferson County. An adjacent white masonry building was built in 1944 for the high school and the first class graduated from the newly christened high school in 1948. [ [http://www.co.jefferson.co.us/placenames/search3.cfm?ps_oid=112404&search= Evergreen School, Third One] . Jefferson County, Colorado Place Names Directory.]
The school quickly outgrew its building and a new building was erected southwest of the bus barn at the intersection of Olive Road and Buffalo Park Road, opening in 1954. [ [http://www.co.jefferson.co.us/placenames/search3.cfm?ps_oid=111853&search= ] Jefferson County, Colorado Place Names Directory.] The building grew through additions as needed, creating a somewhat haphazard layout until the structure was unified with a "main street" layout during major renovations in the late 1990s.
1989 racial strife
On October 4, 1989, three black students transferred to
Green Mountain High School , citing racial harassment as their reason for enrollment away from their home school. [cite news |first=Mary |last=George |title=3 blacks leave Evergreen High, claim racial bias |work=Denver Post |date=1989-10-14 |accessdate= ] Two weeks later on October 20, the school's only black faculty member requested a transfer after a hate note was left on his desk. [cite news |first=Mary |last=George |title=Black Evergreen teacher switches to Columbine |work=Denver Post |date=1989-11-14 |accessdate= |quote=...Evergreen High School's only black faculty member, requested the new assignment Oct. 20 after he found an anonymous note informing him that, because of his race, he wasn't welcome at the school.]The weekend before Halloween saw anti-black, anti-gay and anti-Semitic messages left by vandals on the school's walls, but students rallied to denounce the incidents. [cite news |first=Mary |last=George |title=Evergreen rally denounces racists |work=Denver Post |date=1989-10-31 |accessdate= ] Civil rights and community groups offered support to the Evergreen community, a local task force on racism was formed, and changes were made to improve racial relations districtwide. Jefferson County schools were closed for the first time in honor of
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in 1991. [cite news |first=Janet |last=Bingham |title=Schools honor King's birthday |work=Denver Post |page=4B |date=1991-01-22 |accessdate= |language= |quote=Schools in Jefferson County, the state's largest district, were closed for the holiday for the first time ever - joining schools in Denver, Aurora, Cherry Creek, Littleton, Douglas County, Boulder, four Adams County districts, and Englewood. ]In 1992, a senior prank that ended in vandalism including racial slurs soaped on the building's walls and windows brought the racial climate in Evergreen into the news again. [cite news |first=Alan |last=Katz |title=Odious high school vandalism jolts Evergreen |work= |publisher=Denver Post |page=1B |date=1992-05-28 |accessdate= |language= |quote= ] The students involved were barred from attending commencement. [cite news |first=Angel |last=Hernandez |title=Students Censured in Racist Prank |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=1992-05-28 |accessdate= |language= |quote=Evergreen High School officials have barred eight seniors from Saturday's graduation commencement after a prank degenerated into sexist and racist graffiti and vandalism. The May 18 incident left the school with a torn roof and football field, human excrement at the school's main entrance and "defamatory" graffiti against teachers and fellow students, said principal John Vidal.]
tudents
Demographics
*American Indian/Alaskan Native: 1.4%
*Asian/Pacific Islander: 0.8%
*Black: 0.2%
*Hispanic: 2.4%
*White: 95.3%(2004-2005 school year) [ [http://jeffcoweb.jeffco.k12.co.us/profiles/demographics/high/evergreen.pdf Evergreen High School School Profile --- 2004-05] . Jefferson County Public Schools. 2006-02-21.]
Faculty
Notable faculty:
* Teacher Jim Astle, named 1998 Enterprising Teacher of the Year by the Colorado Council on Economic Education [cite news |first=Janet |last=Bingham |title=Jeffco teacher wins award for excellence |url= |format= |work=Denver Post |publisher= |id= |pages= |page=A-39 |date=1998-10-11 |accessdate= |language= |quote= ]
*Cross-country coach Rob Wright was one of the cowboys on "Texas Ranch House " (2006) [cite news |first=Dick |last=Kreck |title=Evergreen teacher enjoys his taste of life on the range |url=http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_3766782 |format= |work=Denver Post |date=2006-04-30 |accessdate= |language= |quote= ]Extracurricular activities
The Cougars are considered to be archrivals with the Conifer High School Lobos.
Athletics
State championships [ [http://www.chsaa.org/about/pdf/champions.pdf State Champions] . Colorado high School Activities Association.] :
*Boys' cross country: 1965 (III)
*Boys' golf: Chuck Canepa, 1968; Brett Dean, 1984 & 1986
*Pom pons: 1996 (4A), 1998 (4A), 2001 (4A), 2002 (4A), 2003 (4A), 2005 (4A)
*Boys' soccer: 1989 (unclassed)
*Girls' soccer: 1990 (unclassed), 1997 (4A)
*Boys' track and field: 1968 (AA)
*Volleyball: 1976(AAA), 1978 (AAA), 1979 (AAA), 1980 (AAA), 1981 (AAA), 1982 (AAA), 1983 (4A), 1984 (4A), 1985 (4A)Mentors in violence prevention
Following the Columbine shooting, Jefferson County Schools hired Jackson Katz, co-founder of the Mentors In Violence Prevention program, to adapt the collegiate program for high schools. Evergreen High School was chosen as the pilot school for the project. [cite news |first=Tom |last=Kenworthy |coauthors=Patrick O'Driscoll |title=Columbine changes schools' inner world |url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/index/colo/colo192.htm |work=USA TODAY |date=2000-04-14 |accessdate= ] Its success led the program into other schools in the district, then to schools in other states. [cite news |first=Nancy |last=Mitchell |title=Standing against violence |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=2001-03-12 |accessdate= ] [cite news |first=Michael |last=Janofsky |title=Bill on Student Bullying Is Considered in Colorado |work=The New York Times |page=A10 |date=2001-03-19 |accessdate= ]
Mock trial
Evergreen High School's
Mock Trial team have been the state champions in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992 and 2007. [cite news |title=In and Around the Bar - 2007 High School Mock Trial Program | url=http://www.cobar.org/tcl/tcl_articles.cfm?ArticleID=5061 |work=The Colorado Lawyer | publisher= Colorado Bar Association |date=May 2007 |accessdate= |quote=] The team won theNational High School Mock Trial Championship in 1990 [cite news |title=Evergreen students win U.S. trial title |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=1990-05-14 |accessdate= |quote=A team of Evergreen High School student lawyers were judged best in the nation over the weekend at the National High School Mock Trial Championship in Portland, Ore.] and headed back to the national competition again in May 2007. [cite news |first=Pete |last=Fowler |title=Demons ninth at mock trial state competition |url=http://www.postindependent.com/article/20070307/VALLEYNEWS/103070041 |format= |work=Glenwood Springs Independent |date=2007-03-07 |accessdate= |language= |quote=Evergreen High School placed first. The team will go on to represent Colorado at the national mock trial championship starting May 10 in Dallas, Texas. George Washington High School of Denver was the other team to make it to the championship round at state, eventually losing to Evergreen. ]Notable alumni
*Madeline (Miles) Pearce '36, first female Jefferson County Deputy [cite news |first=Tillie |last=Fong |title=Madeline Lorraine Pearce, first female Jefferson County deputy |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=2000-07-22 |accessdate= |language= |quote= ]
*Charles Rockey '50 – artist [cite news |first=Bob |last=Campbell |title=The Rockey Road to Art |url=http://csindy.com/csindy/2001-01-11/cover.html |format= |work=Colorado Springs Independent |date=2001-01-11 |accessdate= |language= |quote= ]
*Jeff Ashby '72 – Space Shuttle astronaut [cite news |first=Jim |last=Erickson |title=3 of 7 on Shuttle Have Colorado Ties |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=2001-04-19 |accessdate= |language= |quote= ]
*Peter Olstad '76 – jazz trumpeter currently with Tom Jones's band [ [http://www.tomjones.com/the%20band/index.aspx?id=7 Peter Olstad] . TomJones.com.]
*Tanya Haave '80 – one of the most decorated high school athletes in Colorado history [ [http://www.nfhs.org/web/2004/01/athletes_hm.aspx Athletes H-M] . National High School Hall of Fame Inductees. National Federation of State High School Associations.] , currently the women's basketball coach for theUniversity of San Francisco [cite news |first=Michelle |last=Smith |title=USF hires former Tennessee star |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2006/04/29/SPGOIIHMHD1.DTL |format= |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=2006-04-29 |accessdate= |language= |quote= ]
*Trey Parker '88 – "South Park" co-creator
*Shane Bertsch '88 – PGA Tour member
*Brandon Barnes '97 - Drummer forRise Against [cite news |first=Mark | last=Brown |title=Rise Against no average punks|url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/music/article/0,2792,DRMN_54_4858217,00.html |format= |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=2006-06-21 |accessdate= |language= |quote= ]
*Kevin Kouzmanoff '99 –San Diego Padres player [cite news |first=Patrick |last=Saunders |title=Perfection in bullpen a real relief for Padres|url=http://www.denverpost.com/rockies/ci_5624395 |format= |work=Denver Post |date=2007-04-09 |accessdate= |language= |quote= ]References
External links
* [http://sc.jeffco.k12.co.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=290 School Website]
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