Legacy High School (Colorado)

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Legacy High School
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Legacy High School (Colorado)
2701 W. 136th Avenue

Broomfield
,
Colorado
80023

United States
Coordinates 39°56′38″N105°01′10″W / 39.944°N 105.019481°W / 39.944; -105.019481
Information
Type Public high school
Motto'Sko Boltz'
Established2000(24 years ago) (2000)
School district Adams 12 Five Star Schools
SuperintendentChristopher Gdowski
CEEB code 060163
PrincipalSara Marx
Staff108.17 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment2,230 (2022–2023) [1]
Student to teacher ratio20.62 [1]
Color(s)Vegas gold, navy blue
  
AthleticsCHSAA 5A
MascotZeus/Lightning Bolt
Website legacy.adams12.org

Legacy High School is a high school located in Broomfield, Colorado that opened in 2000. It is within the Adams 12 Five Star Schools District. [2] The school had 2,406 students for the 2018/2019 school year. [3]

Contents

Academic programs

The school offers Advanced Placement classes. Additionally, the school offers the Legacy 2000 program to students interested in STEM fields. The four year program prepares students for college and a career by enhancing writing, public speaking, problem solving, and engineering project skills. [4]

Incidents

In 2016, a school bus carrying the Legacy High School football team crashed into a concrete support near the terminal while driving from Denver International Airport, killing the bus driver and injuring multiple students. [5]

Athletics

Legacy sports, except football, participate in the 5A division of the Colorado High School Activities Association, [6] in the Front Range League. [7] Football is the only Legacy sport that does not participate in the 5A Front Range League, but instead participates in the 5A North Metro League,.

Legacy offers boys' and girls' cross country, football, boys' golf, girls' gymnastics, girls' Cheerleading, boys' soccer, softball, boys' tennis, volleyball, boys' and girls' basketball, girls' swimming, wrestling, baseball, girls' golf, girls' soccer, boys' swimming, girls' tennis, and boys' and girls' track and field. [3]

Softball

The Legacy softball program was the 2007, [8] 2008, [9] 2009, [10] 2010, [11] 2011, and 2013 [12] state champions.

Basketball

The Legacy girls' varsity basketball team won the Colorado 5A State Championship during the 2011-2012 season. [13]

Track and Field

In the 2018 5A State Championship meet, sophomore Brynn Siles finished 2nd in the 3200 meters and 7th in the 1600 meters. [14]

Swimming

Steve Schmuhl won the Colorado 5A State Championships in the 100 and 200 yard freestyles in 2008 and 2009. He set state records in both events.

Arts and Music

Band

The Legacy High School marching band was the CBA State Marching Band champion in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2021 for class 5A, tied with Pomona High School for the record of most CBA State Marching Band Championship titles with 11. The Legacy Marching band was the silver medalist for the CBA State Marching Band State Championships in 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019, and 2022. The Legacy Marching Band has been a state finalist every year of competition since the band started competition one year after the school opened. [15] The band was the 1st place overall marching band in the 2010 Parade of Lights. The band was invited to travel to London, England in 2009 to perform in the 2010 New Years Day Parade. In 2010, the band was selected to play in the 2011 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. [16] The winter percussion ensemble earned state championships in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2022, 2023. [17] The winter guard earned six consecutive state championships from 2004–2009, as well as a silver medal in the 2009 WGI World Championships. [18] [19] [20]

The Legacy Marching Band performed in the 2015 Rose Parade in Pasadena, California on New Year's Day. [21]

In March 2018, the Legacy Marching Band performed in Dublin's St. Patrick's Day Festival and was awarded 'Best Overall Band', beating out over ten other competing bands.

Notable alumni

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