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Central High School

550 Warrior Way, Grand Junction, CO, 81504-6098 -

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Definition of Terms

Central High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Mesa County, CO

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1645 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

74 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 466 students

Grade 10 - 465 students

Grade 11 - 350 students

Grade 12 - 364 students

This School

(CO) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:22

1:17

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(CO) School Average

% American Indian	2%	2%
% Asian	1%	2%
% Hispanic	18%	26%
% Black	1%	5%
% White	78%	66%

Additional Student Information

This School

(CO) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

28%

19%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

(CO) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Mesa County Valley 51 School District

This School's Agency

(CO) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	39	3
Number of Students Managed	20,934 students	677 students
District Total Revenue	$162,446,000	$6,335,000
District Expenditure	$165,858,000	$6,229,000
District Revenue / Student	$7,760	$9,357
District Expenditure / Student	$7,923	$9,201
District Graduation Rates	n/a	n/a

Tributes for Nov. 22 (Greeley Tribune)
posted on November 22, 2009 at 08:32:07 am
Arthur E. Pendergraft Nov. 5, 1931-Nov. 19, 2009 Age: 78 Residence: Greeley Arthur E. Pendergraft, 78, of Greeley formerly of Gilcrest, died Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, at Bonell Good Samaritan Community. He was born Nov. 5, 1931, to Merle T. and Blanche (Taylor) Pendergraft. Arthur served in the U.S. Army. He was a Past Master of the Johnstown No. 140 Masonic Lodge. He was a past member of the ...
Well-Being Calendar: 11/19/2009 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
posted on November 19, 2009 at 12:33:41 pm
The Health calendar is published weekly. Information to be included can be mailed to the Record-Eagle, 120 W. Front St., Traverse City, MI 49684; faxed to 946-8632; e-mailed to sbeach@record-eagle.com or delivered to: 120 W. Front St. Traverse City.
Make sure You're on Parent Bridge (KKCO Grand Junction)
posted on November 14, 2009 at 05:52:30 am
Schools across the country are posting grades online and it's nothing new to District 51 where it's been done for almost 7 years now.
Well-Being Calendar: 11/12/2009 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
posted on November 12, 2009 at 12:36:36 pm
The Health calendar is published weekly. Information to be included can be mailed to the Record-Eagle, 120 W. Front St., Traverse City, MI 49684; faxed to 946-8632; e-mailed to sbeach@record-eagle.com or delivered to: 120 W. Front St. Traverse City.
Warriors fall short of making 5A tourney in volleyball (The Daily Sentinel)
posted on November 8, 2009 at 06:12:26 am
The Central High School volleyball team’s quest for a berth in this weekend’s Class 5A state tournament came up one victory short.

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for schools of the same name
Central High School is a secondary school for grades 9-12 located in Grand Junction, Colorado. Its enrollment is approximately 1650 , and offers several extracurricular organizations, sports, and clubs. A small sample of these would be football, baseball, tennis, Chess club, marching band, and Knowledge Bowl. The school also hosts the local JROTC classes. Students from around the Grand Valley are welcome to come and participate and can arrange their schedules through the district accordingly. Central publishes a school newspaper titled, "The Warrior," which highlights the most current school issues.
The school competes in activities including Speech and Debate, Knowledge Bowl, and JROTC, as well as various sports.
Ryan Patterson attended Central High School and won national recognition for his "Sign Language Translator," which was a Grand Award winner for the 2001 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. He won first place in the individual category at the 2001 Siemens Westinghouse Science & Technology Competition .
Curriculum
Central High offers a wide variety of classes, from basic computing to Advanced Placement Statistics and Calculus. To graduate from Central High, a student must have 25 "credits", obtained by completing classes. The schedule (as of 2006; this may change in 2007) is divided into four "block" classes in the day and four quarters in the year. It is possible to earn 0.5 credit per quarter per block. Set up this way, a student could earn 8 credits during one school year and 32 credits during 4 years of high school. This allows for students to retake failed classes and improve their grades without delaying their graduation. The exception to the 8 credits per year is if you take an after school course or are involved in a zero hour class. Zero hour classes take place 90 minutes (one standard block class length) before school and count for the standard amount of credits. After school courses include marching band and jazz band. These also count for the regular 0.5 credit per class earning. However, after school classes tend to entail activities outside of school (perhaps going to perform in a parade, competition, or other such activity). These activities are considered extracurricular and do not count towards school credits.
This school has also partnered with Mesa State College to offer many college level courses if the student is excelling at high school level.
Notable alumni
See also
List of high schools in Colorado
List of high schools in Mesa County, Colorado
External links
Central School District official website
Mesa County Valley School District official website

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