Green Mountain High School

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Location
Green Mountain High School
Lakewood, Colorado
Information
School district	Jefferson County Public Schools
Principal	Barb Goings
Students	Approximately 1600
Type	Public
Grades	9-12
Motto	Learning Is Rampant
Mascot	Ram
Color(s)	Black and Gold
Established	1975
Homepage	http://jeffcoweb.jeffco.k12.co.us/high/gmhs/

Green Mountain High School is a high school in the western part of the city of Lakewood in Jefferson County, Colorado. It is administered by Jefferson County Public Schools. The student body numbers approximately 1600. Over 80% of Green Mountain students, according to survey, intend to attend college. The school has been more known for it's recent rash of inappropriate teacher-student relationships, and as such has gone through several staff and administration changes since 2004.

1 History
- 1.1 2001-02 Suicides
- 1.2 2003 Senior Pranks
2 External links

[edit] History

Green Mountain High School graduated its first class of students in 1975.

[edit] 2001-02 Suicides

In the 2001-02 school year four students committed suicide. It was a blow to both the school's sports teams as well as the surrounding community. In an effort to decrease the risk of more possible suicides, a fund raiser called the Second Wind Fund was created. There is a walk/run/crawl fund raiser held annually to help earn money for students under 19 that are uninsured or under insured and have a risk of suicide.

[edit] 2003 Senior Pranks

In 2003, the greatest modern prank was pulled off in Green Mountain History. Three seniors hijacked the school's intercom system during 2nd period and played a profanity-laced song for approximately five minutes. During this time, school administration officials were sent into a panic, trying desperately to locate the room which contained the compromised phone. As the message played, most students understood it to be a prank, however it is said some teachers believed it to be a terrorist attack and even evacuated their classes outside until they were assured no one was in danger.

The three seniors were later caught, apparently, because one of the three confessed, despite the fact that there was no evidence left behind and none were spotted near the room in which the phone was found. Two were handed suspensions of five days and ten days, respectively, while the third, the confessor, was expelled.