Silver Creek High School (Longmont, Colorado)
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Silver Creek High School is a school located in Longmont, Colorado
. The school is part of the Saint Vrain Valley School District. Silver Creek also is the host building for Universal High School
, an independent learning program. Founded in 2001, it is one of the newest high schools in the Longmont area; its current principal is Erik Finnestad.
, band, choir, newspaper, and yearbook are for-credit classes that function as partial extracurriculars because they have meetings outside of class such as concerts and competitions. Others, including Sports, Speech and Debate
, Creative Writing & Film
Club, Drama
Productions (including the annual spring musical), the "East-Asian
Neo-cultural Studies Council" (an anime
club), Book Buddies, the Ping-Pong Club, and the Spanish club meet entirely apart from class time.
Boys Swim and Dive
team won the conference championship, ending Thompson Valley's seven year reign. They went on to win the school's first State title.
The same year, the Girl's Soccer team won the school's second State title, beating district rival Niwot's team in the finals.
On February 7, 2009, the Silver Creek Girls Swim and Dive Team won the conference championship.
, which is often depicted as an owl (specifically a great horned owl
). This led to some controversy when students wore Hooters
t-shirts to school, and were asked to remove them.
Longmont, Colorado
Longmont is a Home Rule Municipality in Boulder and Weld counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. Longmont is located in Northern Colorado. Longmont is the 13th most populous city in the State of Colorado. The word "Longmont" comes from Longs Peak, a prominent mountain named for explorer Stephen H....
. The school is part of the Saint Vrain Valley School District. Silver Creek also is the host building for Universal High School
Universal High School
Universal High School, known as UHS among most of the students and teachers, is a program located within Silver Creek High School in Longmont, CO, as an alternative education system for intelligent students who can learn more effectively independently...
, an independent learning program. Founded in 2001, it is one of the newest high schools in the Longmont area; its current principal is Erik Finnestad.
Classes
A wide range of classes are offered at Silver Creek. Standard "core classes" such as Math, English, Science, and Social Studies are taught at the school, as well as many electives. Students can study many topics including cooking, music, art, literature, philosophy, technology, drama, journalism, and several others. Silver Creek currently offers only French and Spanish as foreign languages.Extracurricular activities
Silver Creek offers a very wide range of extracurricular activities. Some, including orchestraOrchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
, band, choir, newspaper, and yearbook are for-credit classes that function as partial extracurriculars because they have meetings outside of class such as concerts and competitions. Others, including Sports, Speech and Debate
Debate
Debate or debating is a method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion...
, Creative Writing & Film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
Club, Drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
Productions (including the annual spring musical), the "East-Asian
East Asia
East Asia or Eastern Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms...
Neo-cultural Studies Council" (an anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
club), Book Buddies, the Ping-Pong Club, and the Spanish club meet entirely apart from class time.
Athletic accomplishments
On May 10, 2008, the Silver Creek/NiwotNiwot High School
Niwot High School is a public high school located in Niwot, Colorado and is part of the St. Vrain Valley School District.-Aim:Niwot High School's aim is to provide classes focusing on reading, writing, and mathematics at the various levels needed to educate the student body...
Boys Swim and Dive
Diving
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
team won the conference championship, ending Thompson Valley's seven year reign. They went on to win the school's first State title.
The same year, the Girl's Soccer team won the school's second State title, beating district rival Niwot's team in the finals.
On February 7, 2009, the Silver Creek Girls Swim and Dive Team won the conference championship.
School colors and mascot
The official colors of Silver Creek are maroon and silver. The mascot is a raptorBird of prey
Birds of prey are birds that hunt for food primarily on the wing, using their keen senses, especially vision. They are defined as birds that primarily hunt vertebrates, including other birds. Their talons and beaks tend to be relatively large, powerful and adapted for tearing and/or piercing flesh....
, which is often depicted as an owl (specifically a great horned owl
Great Horned Owl
The Great Horned Owl, , also known as the Tiger Owl, is a large owl native to the Americas. It is an adaptable bird with a vast range and is the most widely distributed true owl in the Americas.-Description:...
). This led to some controversy when students wore Hooters
Hooters
Hooters is the trade name of two privately held American restaurant chains: Hooters of America, Incorporated, based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Hooters, Incorporated, based in Clearwater, Florida...
t-shirts to school, and were asked to remove them.