Smoky Hill High School

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Smoky Hill High School
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The Smoky Hill High School logo, is a reproduction of the Buffalo Sabres logo used from 1996 to 2006.
Address
Smoky Hill High School
16100 East Smoky Hill Road

Aurora
,
Colorado
80015

United States
Coordinates 39°37′40″N104°47′59″W / 39.62787°N 104.79960°W / 39.62787; -104.79960
Information
TypePublic
MottoHome of the Buffs
Established1974(50 years ago) (1974)
School district Cherry Creek School District
CEEB code 060452
PrincipalAndre Bala
Teaching staff118.37 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,252 (2022-2023) [1]
Student to teacher ratio19.03 [1]
Color(s)Forest green and scarlet
  
Athletics5A
Athletics conferenceCentennial League
Mascot Buffalo
Nickname Buffs
Website www.cherrycreekschools.org/smokyhill
[2]

Smoky Hill High School, commonly Smoky or SHHS, is located in Aurora, Colorado, United States. It has an attendance of 2,133. Smoky Hill is part of the Cherry Creek School District and was the second high school built by the district in 1974.

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The name originates from the Smoky Hill Trail, a historic trail stretching from Kansas to Denver. The trail is also the namesake of Smoky Hill Road, where the school is located.

Curriculum

In 1991, Smoky Hill became the second high school in Colorado to offer the International Baccalaureate Program. Since then, Smoky Hill has consistently been recognized in Newsweek 's nationwide list of excellent high schools. Additionally, in 2006, Smoky Hill's AVID program was the sole school in the AVID Western Division to receive recognition as a National Demonstration School with Distinction. [3] Smoky Hill also strongly supports the Advanced Placement program, offering a total of nineteen AP classes.

Renovations

In the summer of 2010, the Cherry Creek School District initiated renovations to enhance the overall functionality of the building. These renovations included enlarging the windows, completely reconstructing the pool area, installing new carpet, and modernizing the general aesthetics of the school to align with contemporary design styles. All renovations were finished before the start of the 2010–2011 academic year, with the exception of the pool area, which was completed during the first quarter of the school year.

Athletics

Smoky Hill High School is part of the eight-team Centennial League that also includes Cherry Creek, Grandview, Arapahoe, Cherokee Trail, Eaglecrest, Mullen, and Overland high schools.

Track and field

In 1992, Smoky Hill won its first state championship in track. Their first State Championship was in football in the 1970's. They also had a three-time state championship run during 2003–2005. [4]

International Baccalaureate (IB)

In 1991, Smoky Hill became the second International Baccalaureate Diploma School established in the state of Colorado.

The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) is an educational programme examined in one of three languages (English, French or Spanish) and is a leading university entrance course.

The programme, administered by the International Baccalaureate Organization, is a recognized pre-university educational programme. Students take six subjects, and must also pass three extra requirements, for example Theory of Knowledge (ToK), a 4000-word Extended Essay (EE), and a requirement of at least a total of 150 hours in CAS (Creative, Action, Service).

Smoky Hill boasts its ability to offer one of the newer tests in the International Baccalaureate Programme, Digital Media Studies. 2009 was the first year that students tested in both the Higher Level and Standard Level of the test.

Demographics

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Notable alumni

See also

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  3. ↑ "AVID :: Welcome!". avidonline.org. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
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