Dakota Ridge High School

Dakota Ridge Senior High School is a public school located in Dakota Ridge, Colorado, United States.

Dakota Ridge High School
Address
13399 West Coal Mine Avenue

Littleton
,
Colorado
80127[1]

United States
Information
School typePublic
MottoTo Live, To Love, To Learn, To Leave a Legacy[2]
Established1996
School districtJefferson County Public Schools
CEEB code060923
PrincipalDr. Jim Jelinek
Teaching staff76.46 (FTE) (as of 2018-19)[3]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,469 (2018-19)[4]
Average class size21
Student to teacher ratio19.21 (as of 2018-19)[3]
Campus size42 acres (170,000 m2)
Campus typeOpen/closed
Color(s)Navy and Cardinal    
AthleticsCHSAA 5A (football is CHSAA 4A)
Athletics conferenceJefferson County League
MascotEagle
PublicationDakota Ridge Yearbook
NewspaperRidge Review
YearbookThe Dakota Ridge Talon
WebsiteSchool website

History

Dakota Ridge High School opened in August 1996.

Campus

Dakota Ridge operates as a closed campus for freshmen and an open campus for sophomores (as of 2020), Juniors, and seniors.

It sits atop a hill on Coal Mine Avenue, overlooking Foothills Golf Course to the south.

A new wing was added roughly ten years after its original opening.

Attendance zone

Areas within the school's attendance zone include:[5] Ken Caryl CDP[6]

Extracurricular activities

Student groups and activities at Dakota Ridge include BASIC, choir, DECA, Eagle Productions, Eagleaires, FBLA, FCCLA, Gay Straight Alliance, International Thespian Troupe 5837, Key Club, math club, mock trial, National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, newspaper, robotics, science club, snow riders club, student government, and yearbook.

The school's athletic teams, known as the Dakota Ridge Eagles, compete in CHSAA class 5A in the Jefferson County League. Teams are fielded in baseball, basketball, marching band, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, poms, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling.

In 2007, the men's cross country team won the State Championship. The women took their turn in 2008, setting a state record for dominance with the fewest team points scored in 5A state history leading them to the State Championship.

The 2012-13 cheerleading squad also brought home the League Championship for both Varsity & JV and won the CHSAA 4A/5A Coed State Championship in December 2012. The cheer squad went on to the USA Nationals Cheerleading & Dance Competition in Anaheim, California placing third in the nation. The next season (2013-2014) the Co-Ed Cheer squad took the state title for the second time in a row.

Instrumental music and performance

Marching band

The Dakota Ridge "Screamin' Eagles" Marching Band and Colorguard had its inaugural competitive season in 1998 and has since competed in the Colorado Bandmasters Association unit (CBA) in class 4A.

Winter Guard

The Dakota Ridge Winter Guard has competed in the Rocky Mountain Color Guard Association (RMCGA) as well as Winter Guard International (WGI),and has received two state championship titles as well as other medalist finishes in the RMCGA unit.

Percussion Ensemble

The Dakota Ridge Percussion Ensemble has had several finalist finishes since its inception in 2004, including RMPA State Champions (gold medalists) in PSCO class in 2014, 2015, and 2016, as well as RMPA State Champions (gold medalists) in PSCA class in 2015.

In the 2016 season, the Percussion Ensemble attended the WGI 2016 world championships in Dayton Ohio, finishing as World Champions (gold medalists) in PSCO class.

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Littleton" is the place name assigned to the ZIP code where the high school is located, and thus appears in its mailing address. However, the location lies some six miles west of the City of Littleton, across a county line.
  2. Scanlon, Bill (1996-06-19). "New school has a lock on ideals". Rocky Mountain News. No one approaching the spanking new Dakota Ridge High School will have any trouble discerning that its mission is to teach students to live, learn, love and leave a legacy. Etched in red sandstone ... will be icons to the school's purpose.
  3. "School Detail for Dakota Ridge Senior High School". National Center for Education Statistics.
  4. "DAKOTA RIDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  5. "High Schools". Jeffco Public Schools. Retrieved 2020-03-28. - Dakota Ridge detail
  6. "Ken Caryl Map" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
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