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Thornton High School Colorado




  established 1975
  type public high school
  district Adams 12 Five Star Schools
  grades 9-12
  principal Janette K Walters
  enrollment 20131
  athletics 5A
  conference Front Range League
  colors Royal blue and white
  mascot Trojans
  location 9351 North Washington Street<br />Thornton, CO 80221
  country USA
  website http://thorntonhadams12org/


Thornton High School, in Thornton, Colorado , serves nearly 2,500 students with approximately 130 staff members.


HISTORY

Merritt Hutton Junior-Senior High School served the communities of Northglenn and Thornton until the early 1970s, when it was scaled back to a junior high program and high school students began being served by two new high schools. Thornton High School opened in 1975.


CAMPUS

The district's Five Star Stadium is adjacent to the school.


CURRICULUM

Thornton High is home to the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme program for Adams 12 Five Star Schools.


EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES


Athletics

Thornton High School fields teams in interscholastic competition in baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling.

State championship titles: State Team Champions . Colorado High School Activities Association.
  • Girls' basketball: 1980 (AAA), 1988 (4A)



NOTABLE ALUMNI

  • John Balistreri (1980), sculptor

  • Melissa Holliday , January 1995 ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month2

  • Gale Norton (Merritt Hutton HS 1972), Colorado Attorney General (1991-1999), US Secretary of the Interior (2001-2006)3



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