Englewood High School (Colorado)
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Englewood High School is a public high school in the Englewood Schools District, located in the city of Englewood, Colorado, a suburb of Denver, in Arapahoe County. It is one of two high schools in the district. Its student population is approximately 850 students in grades 9–12. There are about 65 licensed teachers, 40 of whom hold a master's degree or higher. The school is accredited by the North Central Association of Secondary Schools, the Colorado Department of Education, and holds membership in the College Board, the National Alliance of High Schools, and the National Association of College Admissions Counselors. The school was founded in 1917. Englewood has more Boettcher Scholars than any other metro area high school, with 30.
Englewood High's original location was at Broadway and Kenyon Avenues. As enrollment increased, the school grew out of its original building, and in 1953, construction on a new building began. The class of 1954 was the first to move into the new building, which still stands today. In the early 1960s the school renovated its structure, adding a full-size auditorium, library, and more classrooms. The school is currently located in Englewood at the corner of Mansfield Ave. and Logan St. Next to the campus is the Hosanna Athletic Complex, which contains the baseball and soccer fields. In 2005, a new artificial turf field was installed at a cost of $600,000.
Englewood competes in 3A and 4A athletics and has a whole complement of extracurricular programs. One is the award-winning Pirateer student newspaper, considered one of the best in the state and part of the High School National Ad Network. The Pirate band regularly competes in state competitions and has won numerous awards. Since 2001, the principal of Englewood High is Bob Barrows. Recently, however, Barrows announced that he will be resigning his position. For the 2006/2007 school year, Linda Torres will be the "new captain of Pirate Ship", says the EHS Pirateer newspaper.
In 2003 the school received temporary fame when a set of senior pranks got out of hand. For the senior farewell assembly on the seniors' last day, some seniors decided to throw some well-hidden water balloons into the crowd of underclassmen sitting in the nearby bleachers. Chaos ensued, and cries from staff members to relent did not calm the situation. Later it was discovered that some of the balloons had been filled with beer, and at least one was filled with something else. Also, rats were let loose in the hallways. The stunt resulted in a number of seniors not being allowed to walk at the graduation ceremony and the cancellation of the senior luau. Eventually MTV got wind of the stunt and featured a reenactment of Englewood's prank on a TV show that aired some months later.
