Lutheran High School (Colorado)

Lutheran High School[1]
Location
11249 Newlin Gulch Blvd, Parker, CO 80134[1]
United States
Information
Type LCMS Lutheran[1]
Established 1955 (Denver Lutheran), 2004 (Current Campus/Parker Lutheran), 2011 (consolidated) [1]
Principal David Ness[1]
Grades 9-12[1]
Campus size 400 students, 25 faculty[1]
Color(s) Purple, Silver [1]
Athletics CHSAA 3A[2]
Athletics conference Metro League[1]
Mascot Lion[1]
Website www.lhsparker.org

Lutheran High School is a Christian high school.[3] It is accredited by the NLSA[1] and has an average class size of 19 students.[1] The executive director of the school is Dan Gehrke[1] and its CEEB code is 060-417.[1]

History

In 1955, Lutheran High School opened on West Arizona Avenue in Denver, CO.[4] Only temporary buildings, including a little, white house, which is still on campus today, served as the classrooms and school library. Total enrollment the first year was 77 students - 49 freshmen and 28 sophomores.[5] Students voted to have navy blue and gold as the school colors and choose to have The Lights as the mascot.[5] In 2000, the school decided to expand to two additional campuses - Lutheran High School of the Rockies (later renamed Lutheran High School Parker) and North Lutheran High School.[4] Lutheran High was renamed Denver Lutheran (DL) because of the additional campuses.

Lutheran High School Parker opened in 2000 in a strip mall on Parker Road. In 2004, construction for Lutheran High School Parker started at its current location on Newlin Gulch. Construction was completed in 2008.[6] Enrollment goals for each campus could not be met for several years, resulting in North Lutheran High closing in 2006.[5] The lack of success also resulted in Denver Lutheran closing its doors in 2011 and being consolidated with Lutheran High School Parker.[7] The consolidation of Denver and Parker Lutheran led to yet another name change - Lutheran High School (LHS).[8] Lutheran High School is now the only Lutheran high school in the Denver metro area. Today, enrollment is 400.[9]

Prominent Alumni, Faculty, and Coaches

  • Jon Scott (Class of 1976) - Fox News anchor (Fox & Friends)[10]
  • Warren Kettner (Baseball coach, 1963) - Colorado Dugout Club’s Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2015 Inductee[11]

Athletics - State Championships

  • Cross Country – 1975[12]
  • Girls Basketball - 1985, 1996, 1998, 2014,

2016 [13]

  • Boys Basketball – 1985, 1986, 2011[14]
  • Boys Track - 1989, 2014, 2015,2016, 2017[15]
  • Poms – 2010[12]
  • Volleyball - 2011, 2012[16]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Lutheran High School". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  2. ↑ "List of anticipated classification and league changes from schools for 2014-16 cycle". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Mission and Core Values". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "The Colorado Lutheran High School Association Annual Report 2013-2014" (PDF). Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 "LuHi: A History". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Lutheran High School of the Rockies - Parker, Colo". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  7. ↑ "DPS buys Denver Lutheran High School for $5M". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Lutheran-Parker, Denver Lutheran to become one school". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  9. ↑ "School Profile" (PDF). Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Fox anchor comes home for DNC media crush". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Former Lutheran coach joins hall of fame". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  12. 1 2 "State Championships By School" (PDF). Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  13. ↑ "All-time list of Colorado girls high school basketball champions". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  14. ↑ "All-time list of Colorado boys high school basketball champions". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Most boys track and field championships". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Volleyball championship archive". Retrieved July 21, 2015.

Coordinates: 39°30′45″N 104°48′29″W / 39.5126°N 104.8080°W / 39.5126; -104.8080

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