Bear Creek High School (Colorado)

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name = Bear Creek High School


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streetaddress = 3490 South Kipling Street
city = Lakewood
state = Colorado
zipcode = 80227
country = USA
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district = Jefferson County Public Schools
principal = Mary Lauer
staff = 141 (as of 2006-07)cite web |title=Bear Creek High School School Accountability Report 2006-2007 School Year |url=http://reportcard.cde.state.co.us/reportcard/pdf/2007_1420_0664_H.pdf |publisher=Colorado Department of Education |date=2007-10-19 ]
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grades = 9-12
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athletics = CHSAA 5A
conference = Jefferson Country League
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mascot = Bear
school_colours = Forest green, gold, and white colorbox|forestgreencolorbox|goldcolorbox|white
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newspaper = "Bear Facts"
established = 1920
enrollment = 1884 (as of 2006-07)
homepage = http://sc.jeffco.k12.co.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=6941

Bear Creek High School is located in the southwest corner of the greater Denver Metro area, it is one of 18 high schools in Jefferson County, Colorado. A large, suburban high school with a strong, mixed socioeconomic base, Bear Creek claims takes great pride in the diversity of its student body. The school colors are forest green, gold, and white. The mascot is a bear. The principal is Dr. Mary Lauer.

There are approximately 1900 students and 105 certified staff. It is in Class 5A Athletic Program and has over 34 clubs and activities. In 2009 there will be a new school building completed across the street from the current location to replace the nearly 89-year old building.

History

Fires

Bear Creek High has suffered several fires over its eighty year history, the first causing the construction of the current building in 1960-1961. Two fires have occurred in recent years, an April 2007 probable electrical fire that damaged three classrooms [cite news |first=Tillie |last=Fong |title=Bear Creek High out till April 2 for fire repair |url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5431827,00.html |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=2007-03-21 ] and an April 2008 arson set by then-Freshmen-students Cameron Morris and Eric Kirwin that caused extensive smoke damage to the building. [cite news |first=Ann |last=Schrader |title=Arson gutted Bear Creek High gym |url=http://www.denverpost.com/ci_9027423 |work=The Denver Post |date=2008-04-24 ]

Bear Creek High School Community Foundation

The Bear Creek High School Community Foundation was established in 2008 as an all-volunteer fundraising entity to help BCHS offset escalating costs to maintain a beautiful, safe, educationally sound, academically diverse, and challenging 21st century learning facility. It is headed by Joe Gomez, Principal Mary Lauer, Sharon Lubieniecki, Kay Newcomer, Scott Schnell, and Vice Principal Lynn Torr. BCHSCF is sponsored the First Annual Bear Creek High School 5k Fun Run on Friday, August 22nd, 2008.

Extracurricular activities

Bear Creek offers many after-school sports and clubs, including: marching band, football, baseball, softball, volleyball, boys' and girls' soccer, choir, video game club, astronomy club, art club, foreign language clubs, etc.

References

External links

* [http://sc.jeffco.k12.co.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=6941 Bear Creek High School]
* [http://www.bchsimp.org/ Bear Creek High School Instrumental Music Program]
* [http://www.bearcreekfoundation.org Bear Creek High School Community Foundation]
* [http://www.bearcreekbears.com/ Bear Creek High School Sports]