CCHS girls’ golf looking to repeat as state champions
All four members of the 2011 State Champion Cherry Creek High School girls’ golf team are back and hope to repeat in 2012. The team came one step closer by winning their region on May 8 at Aurora Hills Golf Club with senior Shinwoo Lee and sophomore Calli Ringsby firing 73s and junior’s Mackenzie Cohen and Dani Urman following right behind with 74 and 75 respectively. All four players’ impressively low rounds easily qualified them for state. Cohen’s 74 was a lifetime best.
Linking the chain of America: Student connects strangers in cross-country Q&A
Liz Bowling took a month off from college to discover America. “I decided, OK, meet America. It’s a playground,” the Cherry Creek High School graduate said. “I’m going to go out and see what it’s all about.”
No. 1… again!: Cherry Creek girls win 16th consecutive state tennis championship
When tryouts for the Cherry Creek High School girls’ tennis team were over, there were five new players on the varsity squad of 11 players and only one returning at the same position from last year’s state championship team.
Heritage suspends seniors after prank: Students posted false information about teachers on dating site
Four Heritage High School students were suspended for three days and several others received lesser punishments last week as the result of an online prank in which false information about some teachers was posted on a dating website.
St. Mary’s Academy 19th annual gala raises $230K
St. Mary’s Academy hosted the Happy Trails & Cocktails Gala on April 20 at Mile High Station. More than $230,000 was raised to support St. Mary’s Academy Tuition Assistance Fund. SMA recognizes that enrollment requires a significant financial commitment and works hard to make an SMA education affordable. In the 2011-2012 school year, more than $1 million was awarded in tuition assistance to boys and girls at all grade levels. This year at the gala, the bidding floor was opened for donations to the newly created Sister Susan Swain Endowed Financial Aid Fund to support student financial aid for students in the Lower School in her honor.
Graduation Announcement – Levenson graduates with BA at University of Miami
Alexandra Levenson, a 2008 graduate of Cherry Creek High School, graduated from the University of Miami, in Coral Gables, Fla., on May 11. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, with a double major in Psychology and Political Science and a minor in Exercise Physiology. During her time at the University of [...]
Kent Denver School student Ashley Achee wins scholarship
The National Federation of Independent Business Young Entrepreneur Foundation announced the Colorado recipients of the 10th annual NFIB Young Entrepreneur Awards, a scholarship program designed to reward and encourage entrepreneurial talents among high school students.
Local high school standout earns Boettcher Scholarship
Marisa LaRouche, a senior at Regis Jesuit High School – Girls Division has been named one of only 40 2012 Boettcher Foundation Scholarship Recipients. Boettcher Scholars are awarded “full-ride” merit-based scholarships to attend a college or university within the State of Colorado.
School – Team Roxie Girlz rock DI
Destination Imagination Colorado is the largest competition-based creative problem solving organization in Colorado. It provides students the opportunity to unleash their innovative talents to solve open-ended challenges that show their creativity in technical, scientific, fine arts, improvisational, structural, and service learning fields.
Cherry Creek District to decide ballot questions
Proposals would expand high schools, support general fund By Peter Jones The Cherry Creek School District Board of Education has voted to place a $125 million bond and a $25 million budget override on this November’s ballot. Much of the revenue from the bond issue would be used to pay for expansions at southeast [...]
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