Niwot High School

Niwot High School
Location
Niwot, Colorado United States of America
Coordinates	40°6′10.06″N 105°8′40.44″W / 40.1027944°N 105.1445667°W / 40.1027944; -105.1445667
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Our Pride is our Life (original) At Niwot High School, YOU MATTER (current)^[1]
Established	1972
School district	St. Vrain Valley School District
Principal	Eric Rauschkolb
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	~1,350
Campus type	Closed Campus
Color(s)
Mascot	Cougar
Website	http://nhs.stvrain.k12.co.us/

Niwot High School (NHS) is a public high school located in Niwot, Colorado, and is the International Baccalaureate high school of the St. Vrain Valley School District.

Information

Niwot High School enrolls approximately 1,350 students.^[2] For students of Sunset Middle School, Niwot High School is the default location to continue their education. The school also attracts students from throughout the St. Vrain Valley School District to participate in the school's International Baccalaureate program. The number of graduates from each class is typically around 300 students.

Background and history

Niwot High School is situated about halfway between the cities of Boulder and Longmont in the small unincorporated town of Niwot. First opened in 1972,^[3] Niwot High School has been a part of the Niwot community for over 30 years.

The school's original construction was delayed, so for the first semester of the 1972–73 school year students attended classes at the Longmont High School building after regular hours. Finally, Niwot High School was finished on December 22, 1972. The first class of students was given the honor to choose the school's colors, mascot, and motto. The colors were Kelly Green and Silver, the mascot was a cougar named "Carrie", and the motto was "Our Pride is Our Life". There were no seniors in the first year because the district did not want to remove current seniors from their home schools to finish their final year in a new school. Thus, the class of 1974 was the first graduating class, and the class of 1976 was the first to have been at Niwot for all four years. The football and baseball team won the conference championship their second year.^[4]

The school has had several additions since it was originally constructed; the new commons, auditorium, large gym, and a large portion of the lower wing were added after the school was originally built.

Bomb scare

On Wednesday, January 10, 2013, a Niwot High School employee reported a note left on a restroom stall, claiming the "School will blow" on Friday, January 12, 2013. Police searched the building with detection dogs but found no explosive devices. According to authorities, they also found a "Hit-List", containing the names of 22 students. The school canceled all classes on the 12th, to be "cautious", and to allow the police to conduct a thorough search of the building. A 17-year-old wrestler at the school was arrested in connection with the hit list, but his name has not been released because of his age.^[5]^[6]

Athletics

The Niwot baseball team has won the 4A State Championships in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004 and 2005.^[7]

The Tennis program under coach Miikka Keronen has had considerable success in recent years. The Girls varsity team won the 4A State Championship in 2008. The Boys varsity team came in third at state in 2009 and second in 2010, taking first place at both #1 singles (Harrison Lang) and #2 singles (Michael Ogez), and third at #3 singles (Chris Gang) and fourth at #1 & 2 doubles (Adam Gang, Connor Mulshine) (Alex Jones, Matt Londa) in 2010.^[8] The Boys varsity team also finished second at state in 2011 and 2012.^[9]^[10]

References

Niwot High School Yearbook "Cougar Pride" 1973–present

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