Legacy High School (Broomfield, Colorado)

Legacy High School
Address
2701 W. 136th Avenue
Broomfield, Colorado 80023
United States
Coordinates 39°56′38″N 105°01′10″W / 39.944°N 105.019481°W / 39.944; -105.019481Coordinates: 39°56′38″N 105°01′10″W / 39.944°N 105.019481°W / 39.944; -105.019481
Information
Type Public high school
Established 2000
School district Adams 12 Five Star Schools
Superintendent Christopher Gdowski
Principal Sara Marx
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 2182 (2013-14 school year)
Color(s) Vegas gold, navy blue         
Athletics CHSAA 5A
Mascot Zeus/Lightning Bolt
Website http://legacy.adams12.org/

Legacy High School (LHS) is a high school located in Broomfield, Colorado that opened in 2000. It is within the Adams 12 Five Star Schools District.[1] The school grew had grown 2,182 students for the 2013/2014 school year.[2]

Academic programs

Legacy High School has been recognized as a High Growth, High Achievement school by the Colorado Department of Education.[3] The school offers Advanced Placement classes in numerous subjects, and the 2009/2010 graduating class had 363 students take a total of 579 exams, which are open to junior and senior students.[4] The average ACT score was 21.1 compared to the Colorado average of 19.4.[4] A total of $ 5,148,626.00 in scholarships was offered to the 2009/2010 graduating class.[4]

Athletics

Legacy sports, except football, participate in the 5A division of the Colorado High School Activities Association,[5] in the Front Range League, which includes Boulder High School, Fairview High School, Fort Collins High School, Fossil Ridge High School, Greeley West High School, Horizon High School, Loveland High School, Monarch High School, Mountain Range High School, Poudre High School and Rocky Mountain High School.[6] Football is the only Legacy sport that does not participate in the 5A Front Range League, but instead participates in the 5A North Metro League, which includes Arvada West High School, Boulder High School, Fairview High School (Boulder, Colorado), Pomona High School (Arvada, Colorado), and Ralston Valley High School.

Legacy offers a wide variety of opportunities in athletics, including boys' and girls' cross country, football, boys' golf, girls' gymnastics, boys' soccer, softball, boys' tennis, volleyball, boys' and girls' basketball, girls' swimming, wrestling, baseball, girls' golf, girls' soccer, boys' swimming, girls' tennis, and boys' and girls' track and field.[2]

Softball

The Legacy softball program was the 2007,[7] 2008,[8] 2009,[9] 2010,[10] 2011, and 2013[11] state champions.

Basketball

The Legacy girls' varsity basketball team won the Colorado 5A State Championship during the 2011-2012 season.

Arts and music

The Legacy High School marching band was the CBA State Marching Band champion in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, and 2016 for class 5A.[12] The band was the 1st place overall marching band in the 2010 Parade of Lights. The band was invited to travel to London, England in 2009 to perform in the New Years Day Parade that year. In 2010, the band was selected to play in the 2011 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.[13] The winter percussion ensemble earned state championships in 2006, 2007 and 2009.[14] The color guard earned six consecutive state championships from 2004–2009, as well as a silver medal in the 2009 WGI World Championships.[15][16][17] The theatre program was one of the first in the state to stage an amateur performance of The Phantom of the Opera.

The Legacy Marching Band performed in the 2015 Rose Parade in Pasadena, California on New Year's Day.[18]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ Rubino, Joe (21 April 2011). "State funding still in flux, Adams 12 to seek budget input". Broomfield Enterprise. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Legacy High School". Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "The Colorado Growth Model". Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 "Legacy Profile" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  5. ↑ "CHSAA". Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  6. ↑ "CHSAA Leagues" (PDF). Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  7. ↑ "2007 Softball State Championships" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  8. ↑ "2008 Softball State Championships" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 10, 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  9. ↑ "2009 Softball State Championships" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  10. ↑ "2010 State Softball Champions" (PDF). Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  11. ↑ "2013 Softball State Champions".
  12. ↑ "Colorado Bandmasters Association". Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  13. ↑ Krider, Dylan (26 April 2010). "Legacy band gets spot in Macy's Thanksgiving day parade". Broomfield Enterprise. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  14. ↑ "Legacy Bands - Percussion". Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  15. ↑ "Legacy Bands - Color Guard". Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  16. ↑ "Rocky Mountain Color Guard Association". Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  17. ↑ Home - Winter Guard International . Sport Of The Arts
  18. ↑ Yesenia Robles, Colorado's Legacy High School marching band bound for 2015 Rose Parade, The Denver Post, September 25, 2013
  19. ↑ "Nick Kasa Player Profile". www.cubuffs.com. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  20. ↑ "Raiders Select TE Nick Kasa in the 6th". www.raiders.com. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
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