Centaurus High School

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Centaurus High School
Location
Lafayette, Colorado
Information
Principal Rhonda Haniford
Students 1,037 [1]
Type Public high school
Grades 9-12
Athletics CHSAA 4A/CHSAA Football 3A
Mascot Centaur Warrior
Color(s) red, white & royal blue             
Established 1971
athletic facilities Warrior Stadium
Homepage http://schools.bvsd.org/centaurushigh/pages/chs_homepage.html

Centaurus High School (CHS) is a secondary school located in Lafayette, Colorado, and part of the Boulder Valley School District.

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[edit] History

For the school's first 30 years the attendance area for Centaurus High covered Lafayette, Louisville, Superior, and parts of Erie. In 1998 Monarch High School was opened near the Louisville/Superior border to relieve severe overcrowding at Centaurus. Most Louisville and Superior students transferred to the new school leaving Centaurus as one of the three smallest traditional high schools in the district.

[edit] Population

Centaurus is one of the most ethnically diverse high schools in the Boulder Valley School District, with one-third of the students registered as non-Caucasian.

  • Centaurus High School's population as of September 2007 is approximately 1037 students.
  • Student to teacher ratio is 17:1

[edit] Academic Programs

Centaurus High School was rated "High" in the 2006 Colorado State Accountability Report. Course offerings include the following programs:

[edit] Athletics

Centaurus High School is a member of the 4-A Skyline League and the 3-A North Metro League (Football) of the Colorado High School Activities Association.

[edit] Arts and Music

[edit] Clubs

Centaurus High School has many student-organized and teacher-supervised student groups as of March 2006:

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] External links