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Arvada West High

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  • Address: 11325 Allendale Dr.
  • City: Arvada
  • Zip: 80004
  • Phone: 303-982-1303
  • Principal: Jay Stewart
  • Grades: 9-12
  • Enrollment: 1,620.
  • Philosophy: The Arvada West High School community, believing in the highest educational values, strives to provide students with the skills needed to think critically and interact responsibly in a diverse and changing world, and to develop and deliver curriculum an
  • Learning Environment: Teaching methods include team teaching, ability grouping, small-group instruction, individual and independent study, and tutoring; humanities taught by teacher teams
  • Special Education: SIED, PC, and SLIC programs; nurse, social worker, and speech specialist on staff
  • Foreign Languages: Three years of French, German, Latin, Spanish, and Russian
  • Art/Music/Drama: Academic classes in theater arts are enhanced by all-school productions including one full-scale musical produced by the music and theater departments. The show choir and jazz band perform at many functions. Two art professionals offer a variety of ar
  • Honors and AP Classes: AP and honors English, U.S. history, chemistry, physics, biology, calculus, and urban and physical geography
  • Special Programs: The humanities program provides an outlet for intellectually creative students to experience cross-disciplinary relationships. This program combines the history and English curriculums into a unified course that includes the study of philosophy, art, a
  • Guidance/Counseling: Sixteen juniors participate in a Big Brother/Big Sister training program. In their senior year each is assigned one period a day in the counseling center to work with new students and assist counselors in various ways. The counseling center is staffed
  • Graduates: 64% enter 4-year colleges, 8% enter two-year schools; typically 12% receive grants or scholarships
  • Unique Features: Dedicated faculty, caring administration, outstanding student body all working for a common goal; the school balances excellent curriculum with extracurricular activities
  • Athletics: About 40% participate in athletics. Arvada West has won the Fred Steinmark Trophy for 8 years out of 16. The award goes to the Jefferson County high school with the best all-round athletic program.

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