Hinkley High School

Public school in Colorado, United States
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William C. Hinkley High School or simply Hinkley High School is a public high school in Aurora, Colorado, United States. It is one of eight high schools in Aurora Public Schools.[2] In 2007, Hinkley was ranked within the top 1000 public high schools in the United States by Newsweek.[3]

Hinkley's student newspaper is The Talon.

Hinkley is an Engineering and Biomedical pathway school.

IB Programme

Hinkley offers one of the district's few International Baccalaureate programmes,[4] and is one of only a handful of schools to offer an IB Human Rights course.[5]

In order to ease the 150-hour community service requirement of the IB Programme, a student organization known as the Landmines Task Force was created. The group raises money and awareness regarding the international landmine problem, donating through the United Nations Association's Adopt-A-Minefield to help eradicate landmines in Mozambique. To date[when?], the group has raised over $20,000.[6] The program was started by IB HL African History teacher Christine Sundberg in the 2003/2004 school year; the program has ceased to exist since the 2008/2009 school year.

Demographics

Hinkley's free/reduced lunch rate is 62% of the students.[7]

Athletics

Hinkley has won five CHSAA state championships. Their most successful sport is boys basketball, in which they won two titles (1994 and 1998).

Football

  • 1997 State 4A champions

Basketball

Boys Basketball

  • 1994 State 5A champions
  • 1998 State 4A champions

Baseball

  • 1979 State AAA champions

Cross Country

Boys Cross Country

  • 1964 State Division II champions

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Notable alumni

  • Chris Broderick, former lead guitarist for Megadeth, 2008 – 2014
  • Will Donato - jazz musician
  • Brian Fisher, former MLB player (New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, Seattle Mariners)
  • Joel Steed, former NFL Nose Tackle, Pittsburgh Steelers

References

  1. ^ a b c "Hinkley High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  2. ^ "Schools – Aurora Public Schools". aurorak12.org. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  3. ^ America's Top Public High Schools - Newsweek America's Best High Schools[dead link] Accessed July 05, 2007.
  4. ^ IB Program Offers Students a Challenge. Accessed January 28, 2007.
  5. ^ Enthusiastic Response to IB Human Rights Course Accessed January 28, 2007.
  6. ^ APS IB Students Walk to Eliminate Landmines Accessed January 28, 2007.
  7. ^ a b "Hinkley High School".
  8. ^ "All-Time Champions". chsaanow.com. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
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