{{Short description|Public high school in Golden, Colorado, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | image_size = | caption = | motto = | established = {{start date and age|1873|p=1}} | type = Public secondary | name = Golden High School | image = Golden High School - 20250802123204 (cropped).jpg | affiliation = | district = Jefferson County Public Schools | grades = 9 to 12 | president = | principal = John Graham | head_of_school = | dean = | faculty = | teaching_staff = 68.25 (FTE)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=0804800&SchoolPageNum=4&ID=080480000733|title=GOLDEN HIGH SCHOOL|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=December 30, 2024}}</ref> | ratio = 21.29<ref name=NCES/> | enrollment = | fight_song = Golden Demons' Fight Song | ceeb = 060670 | athletic_conference = | colors = Maroon and white <br> {{color box|maroon|border=silver}}{{color box|white|border=silver}} | mascot = Demons | campus_type = | campus_size = | address = 701 24th Street | city = Golden, Colorado | zipcode = 80401 | country = US <!-- Do not link per MOS:OL --> | coordinates = {{coord|39.7434|-105.2115|type:edu_region:US-CO|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | website = {{URL|https://golden.jeffcopublicschools.org/}} | rival = Wheat Ridge High School | footnotes = {{Infobox NRHP | name = Golden High School | nrhp_type = | image = Golden High School Golden CO.jpg | caption = Old Golden High School | location = 710 10th Street, Golden, Colorado | coordinates = {{coord|39.7582|-105.2230|region:US-CO_type:edu|format=dms|display=inline}} | locmapin = Colorado#USA | built = 1924 | architect = Eugene G. Groves | builder = Buckman and Axtell | architecture = Beaux-Arts | added = March 14, 1997 | area = less than one acre | refnum = 97000229<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }} }}
'''Golden High School''' is a secondary school located in Golden, the county seat of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. It is part of the Jefferson County Public Schools district.
== History == ===Background === thumb|left|The South School, Golden, Colorado, when it originally served all of Golden School District #1. Photo taken around 1874. South School was established in 1873 for primary, intermediate, and grammar education. It began offering high school education in 1873, the first school of its kinds in the state, and had a graduating class by 1889. In 1892, the high school was located within the walls of South School. It offered a theater program, a now long-standing tradition, by 1895 when it produced ''Charley's Aunt''.<ref name="GPM">{{cite book|author=Golden Pioneer Museum|title=Golden, Colorado|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cn7_lIJQPG4C&pg=PA105|year=2002|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-2074-2|pages=101, 103, 105, 106}}</ref> The North School building was constructed in 1880 due to the increased population in the area.<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=97000229}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Golden High School|publisher=National Park Service|author=John W. Jenkins|date=March 14, 1997|accessdate=June 29, 2018}} With {{NRHP url|id=97000229|photos=y|title=accompanying photos}}</ref>
===Golden High School (1924–1956)===
The Golden High School was completed in 1924, consolidating high school education previously provided by the North and South Schools. The school was designed by Eugene G. Groves and built by Buckman and Axtell. Modern for its time, the Beaux-Arts style building had a convenient layout and fireproof construction. The building housed a library, study hall, inset lockers, and a balcony in the gymnasium. It served as a high school until 1956, when a new high school was built. The building then became the Golden Junior High School. An addition was added in 1965 that maintained the historic view of the building along Washington Avenue. It operated as a junior high school until May 1988, when it was declared a surplus by the Jefferson County Public Schools. It was acquired by the Colorado Mountain Club and American Alpine Club in 1993 to serve as their headquarters. The former school building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 14, 1997.<ref name=nrhpdoc />
===Golden High School (1956–2008)=== A high school building was constructed in 1956<ref name=nrhpdoc /> at the corner of 24th and Jackson streets. It was a combination of buildings that fell into disrepair. When the new high school building was constructed in 2008, the site was made into a parking lot for the new high school.<ref name="Schrader" />
===Golden High School (2008-Present)=== {{External media |float=left |image1=[http://yb.cmcdn.com/yearbooks/1/7/7/4/1774f0d1c683a861f900b66613cf7d43/440/0006.jpg?h=14aa0f3c702e0579062e7f5e05a7c1bc Golden High School image, 1964 yearbook] |image2=[http://p12cdn4static.sharpschool.com/userfiles/servers/server_835251/image/ghsfrontdoor.jpg Front of Golden High School, built in 2008] |image3=[http://www.goldentoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/GoldenHigh.jpg One of the Golden High School buildings and the mountains] }} A new school building was completed in August 2008.<ref name=JPS /> The 188,000-square-foot campus was built for $33 million. There are two separate buildings. One has 60 classrooms and labs and a library, the other hold the cafeteria, gym, an auditorium and a shop classroom.<ref name="Schrader">{{Cite news |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2008/08/12/hi-school-new-one-in-golden/ |title=Hi, school: new one in Golden |last=Schrader |first=Ann |date=August 12, 2008 |work=The Denver Post |access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref> {{clear left}}
==Attendance zone== The attendance zone of the school includes, besides Golden:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1rGW26Xs8ZMUU5DMmNOMTQ4M28/view|title=High Schools|publisher=Jeffco Public Schools|accessdate=2020-03-28}} - [https://docs.google.com/a/jeffcoschools.us/file/d/0BxRbRgZjmQ8xUnY1Y3A3amtfcU0/edit Golden High detail]</ref> West Pleasant View<ref name=WPVMap>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st08_co/place/p0884042_west_pleasant_view/DC10BLK_P0884042_001.pdf|title=West Pleasant View Map|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2020-03-29}}</ref>
==Education== Golden High School is a public high school, teaching grades nine through twelve. It is accredited by the Colorado State Department of Education and is rated as a performance school. The school calendar is based upon two 18-week semesters. Golden High School offers a comprehensive curriculum, including college prep classes, engineering, culinary, woodworking, metalworking, and a variety of classes in fine and performance arts. It offers AP and honor courses, as well as a few courses that earn transferable college credit. Students generally take six classes at a time, but could take seven classes a semester. The student enrollment for the 2015–2016 school year was approximately 1,250 students.<ref name="JPS">{{cite web |title=Golden High School |url=http://golden.jeffcopublicschools.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_835251/File/Our%20School/Contact%20Us/profile.pdf |url-status=dead |accessdate=July 25, 2025 |website=Jefferson Public Schools |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629235809/http://golden.jeffcopublicschools.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_835251/File/Our%20School/Contact%20Us/profile.pdf |archivedate=June 29, 2018}}</ref>
==Special programs== Special programs include:<ref name=JPS /> * GHS offers a unique Senior Seminar program to seniors second semester. Students are selected through a competitive application process to spend the semester in an experiential learning environment. * Each Spring GHS offers juniors the chance to participate in Junior Rafting Trips. * GHS is the coordinating school for an annual Summer Field Biology trip to Hawaii. * Spanish students have the opportunity to study in Spain each summer at the University of Salamanca.
== Performance Groups == Stage Right Productions is Golden's student theater group. They perform full plays, one-act plays, and musicals every semester.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stage Right Productions |url=https://sites.google.com/view/stagerightproductionsghs/home |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=sites.google.com |language=en-US}}</ref> They are registered as Troupe 2681 within the International Thespian Society and have been a thespian troupe since the 1970s. 2023 will be their 50th year as an organization.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stage Right Productions - FAQ's |url=https://sites.google.com/view/stagerightproductionsghs/faqs |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=sites.google.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
The Screamin' Demons Improv Team is Golden's official improvisational comedy group. They rehearse and perform under the umbrella of Stage Right Productions.
== Traditions ==
=== The Hand Jive === The "Hand Jive" is a choreographed dance that Golden students and faculty perform during assemblies and sports games. The Hand Jive is performed along with the song ''Just Can't Get Enough'' by Depeche Mode. The tradition started around the time the song was released in 1981.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Danny |last=New|date=2023-02-07 |title=Golden High School has a decades-old tradition with a classic Depeche Mode song |url=https://www.denver7.com/news/positive-news/golden-high-school-has-a-decades-old-tradition-with-a-classic-depeche-mode-song |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=Denver 7 Colorado News (KMGH) |language=en}}</ref>
==Golden High Alumni Foundation== The Golden High Alumni Foundation provides grants and scholarships to Golden High School students. While attending high school, students can apply for grants for educational camps, conferences, trade and vocational programs, sports programs, trips, and other programs. The foundation also offers scholarships to Colorado-based colleges or trade schools.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.goldenhighalumni.org/grants.php |title=Golden High School Alumni Foundation |website=www.goldenhighalumni.org |access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref>
== Notable alumni == {{alumni|date=June 2022}} *Greg Germann, actor, notable for his appearances on Grey's Anatomy and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.<ref name="extras.denverpost.com">{{Cite web |title=Denver and Colorado Preps High School Sports - The Denver Post |url=https://extras.denverpost.com/preps/how0213.htm |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=extras.denverpost.com}}</ref> * Roy Hartzell, baseball player for St. Louis Browns and New York Highlanders/Yankees{{citation needed|date=June 2018}} * Lindsey Horan, midfielder for the United States women's national soccer team, Olympic gold medalist and World Cup Champion<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet PARADE's All-America High School Soccer Team |url=http://www.parade.com/news/all-america/2010/meet-parades-all-america-high-school-soccer-team.html |publisher=Parade Magazine |accessdate=February 21, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025130347/http://www.parade.com/news/all-america/2010/meet-parades-all-america-high-school-soccer-team.html |archivedate=October 25, 2012 }}</ref><ref name=dp_2010>{{cite web|last=Frei|first=Terry|title=Golden's Horan, a soccer prodigy, battles despite prestige on national soccer scene|date=16 June 2010 |url=http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_15314214#ixzz2LZtCv8fk|publisher=Denver Post|accessdate=February 21, 2013}}</ref> * Albert "Cowboy" Jones, baseball pitcher for Cleveland Spiders and St. Louis Perfectos/Cardinals{{citation needed|date=June 2018}} *Annie McEnroe, actress, notable for her appearance in Beetlejuice (1988).<ref name="extras.denverpost.com"/> * Mark Melancon, Major League Baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres<ref name="Axisa 2009">{{cite web|last=Axisa|first=Mike|url=http://riveraveblues.com/2009/02/prospect-profile-mark-melancon-7282/ |title=Prospect Profile: Mark Melancon |publisher=Riveraveblues.com |date=February 4, 2009 |accessdate=July 5, 2015}}</ref> * Yul Moldauer, American gymnast, Olympian, and 2017 U.S. national all-around champion * Tyler Pennel, runner<ref name="Gary">{{cite web|url=http://www.garycohenrunning.com/Interviews/Pennel.aspx|author=Gary Cohen|title=Tyler Pennel Interview|date=October 2014|accessdate=February 1, 2015}}</ref> * Bill Phillips, fitness and nutrition author; entrepreneur; former CEO of Experimental and Applied Sciences (EAS)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bill Phillips explores the power of transformation|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2009/10/18/bill-phillips-explores-the-power-of-transformation/|last=Post|first=Kristen Browning-Blas {{!}} The Denver|date=2009-10-18|website=The Denver Post|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref> * Jarret "J.J." Thomas, 2002 Olympic bronze medalist, men's halfpipe{{citation needed|date=June 2018}} * John Charles Vivian, former Governor of Colorado{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}
==See also== *National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Colorado
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://golden.jeffcopublicschools.org/}}
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