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1401 West Geddes Avenue , Colorado 80120 United States | |
Coordinates | 39°35′14″N105°00′13″W / 39.587086°N 105.003481°W |
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Type | Free public |
Motto | Primus Inter Pares |
Established | 1972 |
School district | Littleton Public Schools |
CEEB code | 060929 |
Dean | Amanda Hurley |
Principal | Stacey Riendeau |
Staff | 84.93 (FTE) [1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,754 (2022–23) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 20.65 [1] |
Campus size | ~5 acres (20,000 m2) |
Campus type | Suburban |
Color(s) | Scarlet and Dark Blue |
Athletics conference | Continental League 5A |
Mascot | Eagle |
Rivals | Arapahoe High School, Littleton High School |
Newspaper | The Pioneer |
Yearbook | The Eyrie |
Website | littletonpublicschools |
Heritage High School is a public school located in Littleton, Colorado, United States. It was established in 1972 as the last of three high schools in the Littleton Public Schools system. It was rated by Newsweek magazine as one of the top 200 high schools in the US in 2010, and the Denver-based 5280 magazine acknowledged Heritage High School as one of the best schools in the Denver area. [2] The school colors are scarlet and dark blue. The mascot is the bald eagle.
Established in 1972, Heritage is the newest of the three high schools within Littleton Public Schools. The other two are Littleton High School (opened in its present location in 1956) and Arapahoe High School (established in 1964). [3]
In 2006, the Heritage High School Community Relations Committee sent a delegation to Sierra Leone to explore how the school could aid the country. Over three years, the school raised $60,000 to start a school, Heritage of Kabala, in Kabala, Sierra Leone. The school opened in 2009 and the Littleton school continues to have a relationship with their sister school through fundraising and service trips. [4]
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Its boundary includes the portion of the Columbine census-designated place in Arapahoe County. [5] [6]
Heritage High School is located 12 miles (19 km) south of downtown Denver in Littleton, Colorado. It is two miles north of highway C-470 between South Broadway and Santa Fe Avenue. It is located at a latitude of N. 39 degrees 35' 13.685" and a longitude of W. 105 degrees 0.0625". [3]
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