Fort Collins High School

Fort Collins High School
Location
Fort Collins, Colorado
United States
Coordinates 40°32′24″N 105°02′14″W / 40.54000°N 105.03722°W / 40.54000; -105.03722Coordinates: 40°32′24″N 105°02′14″W / 40.54000°N 105.03722°W / 40.54000; -105.03722
Information
Type Public high school
Motto Home of the Champions/Where excellence is expected
Established c. 1890
School district Poudre School District
Principal Mark Eversole
Grades 9-12
Number of students ~1,800 (Near Full Capacity)
Campus type single building
Color(s) Purple, Gold, and silver             
Athletics 5A
Athletics conference Front Range League
Mascot Lambkin
Newspaper Spilled Ink
Website fch.psdschools.org

Fort Collins High School, located at 3400 Lambkin Way, Fort Collins, Colorado, is one of four public senior high schools in the Poudre School District. Its school colors are purple and gold and the mascot is a lambkin. The school serves approximately 1,800 students and has a staff of about 130 faculty.

History

Fort Collins High School is over 100 years old. Classes were originally held on the second floor of the old Franklin Grade School at the corner of West Mountain and Howes Street. Almost 40 students were in the first classes at the school. By 1903, the need for a new building was apparent. At this time, the high school was moved to a new building on Meldrum Street where the present Lincoln Center stands. During the ensuing years, additions were placed on this building in 1915 and 1921. In 1924, a brand new building which currently stands at 1400 Remington Street was constructed. Classes were held in this building from 1925 to 1995. In 1953, a large gymnasium was built on the north side of the building. A science addition was added to the south end in the mid-1980s.

Due to increasing student numbers, a new Fort Collins High School was built at the corner of Horsetooth and Timberline Roads at 3400 Lambkin Way, and opening in the fall of 1995. The enrollment at Fort Collins High School for 2014 exceeded 1500 students. [1] As of 2013, the largest graduating senior class passed through the doors with almost 400 students. Approximately 30,000 students have graduated since the first class of 1893.

References

  1. ↑ "Official 2014-2015 October Count Student Enrollment,". Retrieved 2015-09-14.

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