Green Mountain High School | |
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13175 West Green Mountain Drive Lakewood, Colorado United States |
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Coordinates | 39°41′36″N 105°08′42″W / 39.69336°N 105.14505°WCoordinates: 39°41′36″N 105°08′42″W / 39.69336°N 105.14505°W |
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Type | Public |
Motto | Learning Is Rampant |
Established | 1973 |
School district | Jefferson County Public Schools |
Principal | Colleen Owens |
Grades | 9–12 |
Number of students | Approximately 1200 |
Campus type | Open campus |
Color(s) | Black and gold |
Mascot | Ram |
CHSSA sports class | 4A |
Website | http://gmhsrams.org/gmhs/ |
Green Mountain High School is a public high school in the western part of the city of Lakewood in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. It is administered by Jefferson County Public Schools. The student body numbers approximately 1500.
Green Mountain High School offers all core curriculum mandated by district policy and state law, as well as four-level courses in Spanish, and German, with Advanced Placement courses offered for both, which equate to college credit pending the results of a College Board examination upon completion. Advanced Placement courses are also offered in English, American History, European History, World History, Economics, Chemistry, and Calculus. Various accelerated and Honors courses are also available. GMHS also offers summer classes.
Green Mountain High School offers visual arts, with courses in drawing and painting, ceramics, photography and graphic arts, and performing arts.
Green Mountain instructor Barbara Amberg, recipient of multiple high school theater educator awards, offers courses in acting as well as musical and non-musical stage productions.
Five student choral ensembles perform regularly for class credit, including a large concert choir and two chamber ensembles: SATB Shadows of the Mountain and SSAA Images. Both chamber choirs represent the school regularly at music competitions for classical style, such as the University of Colorado Madrigal Festival, as well as jazz, such as the UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival.