Cherry Creek High School

Public high school in Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States

Cherry Creek High School

Address

9300 East Union Avenue

Greenwood Village

Colorado

80111

United States

Coordinates| 39°37′50″N 104°52′48″W﻿ / ﻿39.63056°N 104.88000°W﻿ / 39.63056; -104.88000
Information
School type| Public high school
Established| September 6, 1955 (68 years ago) (1955-09-06)[1]
School district| Cherry Creek 5
CEEB code| 060515
NCES School ID| 080291000186[2]
Principal| Ryan Silva[1]
Teaching staff| 182.11 (on an FTE basis)[2]
Grades| 9–12
Enrollment| 3,806 (2019-20[2])
Student to teacher ratio| 20.90[2]
Color(s)| Scarlet, white and royal blue

Athletics conference| CHSAA
Mascot| Bruin
Newspaper| Union Street Journal
Website| www.cherrycreekschools.org/CherryCreek

Cherry Creek High School (commonly Cherry Creek, Creek, or CCHS) is the oldest of seven high schools in the Cherry Creek School District in the Denver metropolitan area. It is located in Greenwood Village, Colorado, and is one of the largest high schools in the Denver metro area, with an 80-acre (320,000 m2) campus and more than 3,800 students. Cherry Creek High School is ranked 19th in Colorado [3]

## Campus[edit]

### Location[edit]

The Cherry Creek High School campus is located in the city of Greenwood Village on East Union Avenue between Yosemite Street and Dayton Street. It is directly across the street from Cherry Creek State Park. Also located on the property are the Cherry Creek School District's West Admissions building, West Maintenance building, and Education Service Center.[4] It is adjacent to the buildings and campus of Campus Middle School and Belleview Elementary School, both of which feed into the high school.

### Facilities[edit]

The campus contains four buildings (West, Information Center, Fine Arts, and East) with 170 classrooms; eight tennis courts; a baseball diamond; two practice football fields; Stutler Bowl, Creek's stadium; and a challenge course.[5] The West Building, by far the largest of the four, houses two gyms; a swimming pool; a weight room; Shillinglaw Lecture Center; and the West Cafeteria. The Information Center Building has a library and technology center, the Registrar's Office, the Counseling and Post-Grad Center, and another (former) cafeteria. Connected to the IC by the "IC Tunnel", the Fine Arts Building features a large theater, music labs, the debate room, and art labs. The East Building contains a gym and the Attendance and Security offices. The sprawling campus is meant to evoke a large "college-like" feel in order to prepare students for college life.[6]

## Demographics[edit]

The demographic breakdown of the 3,720 students enrolled in 2018–2019 was:

* Male - 50.3%
* Female - 49.7%
* Native American/Alaska Native - 0.5%
* Asian - 12.6%
* Black - 3.1%
* Hispanic - 12.7%
* Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander - 0.1%
* White - 66.5%
* Two or more races - 4.6%

17.0% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.[2]

## Academics[edit]

Cherry Creek High School offers Advanced Placement (AP) exams in 31 subject areas. In 2007, 906 students took 2,374 AP exams, and 87% of the students scored 3 or higher (considered passing). The next year 986 students took 2,240 AP exams, 88% scoring 3 or higher.[7] Creek has been recognized as one of the nation's top high schools for AP participation in math, science, and technology, receiving the 2008 Advanced Placement Siemens Award.[8] Creek is also the only school in Colorado to have offered AP French Literature every year, until the test was discontinued.[9]

## Activities[edit]

Cherry Creek High School offers more than 100 activity organizations, the majority of which are open to all students. Many are nationally recognized, including the Union Street Journal, Fine Print, the Speech and Debate Team, Amnesty International, Key Club, and Future Business Leaders of America.

The school's DECA chapter took 75 students to the national competition in May 2009, the most students any high school has ever brought to the competition in the history of DECA. The Speech and Debate Team is one of the top twenty in the nation and part of “The 400" society, the top one-half of one percent of the National Speech and Debate Association school speech programs. Cherry Creek hosts an annual Model U.N. competition.

Cherry Creek's Wind Ensemble was selected as a featured ensemble at the 2014 Music For All National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana.[10] In 2014 Cherry Creek was selected as a Grammy Signature School for commitment to music education.[11]

The Union Street Journal has received several awards from the Colorado High School Press Association, including four first-place awards in 2007 for ad design, front-page layout, and editorial writing.[12] The magazine received All-Columbian Honors and a Gold Medalist rating from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association for its work during the 2019-20 school year.

## Notable alumni[edit]

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### Academics[edit]

* Steven Gubser, professor at Princeton University, first American to win the International Physics Olympiad, received Sloan Fellowship[13]

### Media/film[edit]

* Neal Baer, executive producer for the television show Law & Order: Special Victims Unit[14]
* Tracey Needham, actress, best known for the television shows Life Goes On and JAG[15]
* Aron Ralston, mountain climber, author, outdoorsman, engineer, and motivational speaker who inspired the movie 127 Hours starring James Franco
* Jessica Rothe, actress, notably in Happy Death Day, Forever My Girl, Valley Girl, and Utopia[16]
* John Wells, producer for television shows including ER and The West Wing[17]
* Alexis Martin Woodall, executive producer for the television show American Horror Story

### Music[edit]

* Kate & Kacey Coppola, country singer-songwriters
* Ben Levy, double bassist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops[18]
* Mieka Pauley, singer-songwriter
* Gregory Stapp, opera singer
* Austin Wintory, film and video game composer of Grammy-nominated soundtrack for Journey

### Politics[edit]

* Michael Huttner, liberal activist, political consultant, and founder of ProgressNow
* Brad Schneider, congressman from Illinois

### Sports[edit]

* David Aardsma, Major League Baseball pitcher[19]
* Tom Ashworth, offensive tackle for New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks[20]
* Josh Bard, former MLB catcher[15][21]
* J.D. Brookhart, former head football coach at University of Akron[22]
* Bobby Brown, freestyle skier, X Games gold medalist
* John Burke, Major League Baseball pitcher, first-ever draft pick of Colorado Rockies[23]
* Cynda Chew, former youth figure skater [24]
* Amy Van Dyken, Olympic swimmer, six-time gold medalist[citation needed]
* Jon Embree, former University of Colorado head football coach
* Matt Iseman, host of Sports Soup[25]
* Brad Lidge, former MLB closer, 2008 World Series champion[26][27]
* Darnell McDonald, former MLB outfielder[28]
* Donzell McDonald, former MLB player for New York Yankees[29]
* Jill McGill, professional LPGA golfer[30]
* Ben Pinkelman, USA Eagles 7's Rugby
* Tyler Polumbus, NFL offensive tackle[31]
* Sam Raben (born 1997), soccer player
* Mark Randall, former NBA basketball player, led Kansas Jayhawks to 1991 national championship game[32]
* Mike Reid, PGA golfer, winner of 2005 Senior PGA Championship[15]
* Jim Rooker, former MLB player (Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates)
* Michael Ruffin, forward for NBA's Portland Trail Blazers, Washington Wizards, Chicago Bulls[33]
* Jeff Salzenstein (born 1973), tennis player[34]
* Kyle Shanahan, NFL head coach for San Francisco 49ers[35]
* Eve Torres, WWE Diva for Monday Night RAW
* Sean Tufts, former linebacker for Carolina Panthers[36]
* Jonathan Vaughters, former professional cyclist[37]
* Bill Wilkinson, former MLB player (Seattle Mariners)

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "About Creek / CCHS Mission, Vision and History". Cherry Creek School District 5. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
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10. ^ "2014 Festival Ensembles". musicforall.org. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
11. ^ Clayton Woullard YourHub Reporter (27 March 2014). "Cherry Creek music program one of 12 in U.S. selected for Grammy grant". denverpost.com. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
12. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2009-01-03.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
13. ^ "USATODAY.com - Professor unwinds with string theory". usatoday.com. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
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20. ^ "Official Website of the New England Patriots". www.patriots.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2005. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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22. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-05-21. Retrieved 2009-03-05.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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37. ^ John Henderson The Denver Post (29 June 2008). "Jonathan Vaughters: The anti-cyclist". denverpost.com. Retrieved 4 January 2016.

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