Bear Creek High School (Colorado)

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Bear Creek High School
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Bear Creek High School (completed 2009)
Address
Bear Creek High School (Colorado)
9800 West Dartmouth Place

Lakewood
,
Colorado
80227

United States
Coordinates 39°39′28″N105°6′28″W / 39.65778°N 105.10778°W / 39.65778; -105.10778
Information
Established1920(103 years ago) (1920)
School district Jefferson County Public Schools
CEEB code 061043
Staff83.38 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,530 (2018-19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio18.35 [1]
Color(s)Forest green and gold [2]
  
AthleticsCHSAA 5A
Athletics conferenceJefferson County League
MascotBear
PublicationBear Creek Television Network
NewspaperBear Facts
Website bearcreekhs.jeffcopublicschools.org

Bear Creek High School is located in the southwest corner of Lakewood, Colorado, a suburb of the greater Denver metro area. It is one of 18 high schools in Jefferson County.

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The school colors are forest green, gold, and white. The mascot is a bear. The principal is Alison Shanor. There are 1,634 students as of October 2018, [3] along with 87 full-time teachers. [4] It is a Class 4A Athletic Program and has over 34 clubs and activities.

History

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Bear Creek Consolidation School

Bear Creek High School was established in 1894 as the Montana School. [6] [7] The school was a single room that served elementary grades one through eight. It was not until 1920 that the neighboring community decided to consolidate, thus giving the region its first high school. [8] Before the school was built, all students planning to continue their education either had to live in or commute to schools in Denver. [9]

The Bear Creek Consolidated school combined five elementary school districts. The four other schools were Montana School, Lakeview, Midway and Mount Carbon. [9]

The first class in 1923 consisted of five graduates. From this point on, the school was known as the Bear Creek Consolidated School. [8]

By 1950, all of the schools in Jefferson County had been consolidated and became the Jefferson County School District R-1. [7]

The class of 1952 became the first to graduate in the newly named Bear Creek High School. [7]

Although a fire in 1959 destroyed the original structure, classes were still held in the gymnasium. The new building was built just east of where the current school stands. [7] This building stood for nearly 57 years until a new building, completed in 2009, was built where the original Consolidated School once stood. [10]

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Bear Creek 1962–2009

On April 22, 2008, during the construction of the new building, Bear Creek High School students experienced another major fire that damaged a gymnasium and several classrooms. [12] After further investigation, it was determined that the fire was an act of arson by two unnamed Bear Creek students. [13] The cause of the fire was a discarded cigarette which caught an exercise mat on fire. This was the second fire within a year at a Jefferson County school. On June 1 at Weber Elementary School a fire that was determined to also be arson, caused nearly $65 million in total damages. [13]

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