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Lutheran High School is a private Lutheran high school located in Parker, Colorado, in the United States. Affiliated with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, the school is accredited by the National Lutheran School Association and has an average class size of 25 students. The executive director of the school is Dan Gehrke.

History

In 1955, Lutheran High School opened on West Arizona Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Only temporary buildings, including a little, white house, which is still on campus today, served as the classrooms and school library. Total enrollment the first year was 77 students - 49 freshmen and 28 sophomores. Students voted to have navy blue and gold as the school colors and The Lights as the mascot. In 2000, the school decided to expand to two additional campuses - Lutheran High School of the Rockies (later renamed Lutheran High School Parker) and North Lutheran High School. Lutheran High was renamed Denver Lutheran because of the additional campuses.

Lutheran High School Parker opened in 2000 in a strip mall on Parker Road. In 2004, construction for Lutheran High School Parker started at its current location on Newlin Gulch. Construction was completed in 2008. Enrollment goals for each campus could not be met for several years, resulting in North Lutheran High closing in 2006. The lack of success also resulted in Denver Lutheran closing its doors in 2011 and being consolidated Lutheran High School Parker, with the consolidated school being named Lutheran High School. Lutheran High School is now the only Lutheran high school in the Denver metro area. As of 2019, enrollment was 600.

Athletics - state championships

The school has won the following state championships:

• Cross Country – 1975
• Girls Basketball - 1985, 1996, 1998, 2014, 2016
• Boys Basketball – 1985, 1986, 2011, 2021
• Boys Track - 1989, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023
• Poms – 2010
• Volleyball - 2011, 2012, 2018
• Girls Softball - 2021, 2022, 2023

Notable alumni

• Baye Fall - basketball player
• Jon Scott (Class of 1976) - Fox News anchor (Fox & Friends)

References

1. ^ "FAQs | Lutheran High School, Parker". www.lhsparker.org. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
2. "LuHi - A History". www.lhsparker.org. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
3. ^ "Lutheran High School". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
4. "List of anticipated classification and league changes from schools for 2014-16 cycle". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
5. "Mission and Core Values". Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
6. ^ "The Colorado Lutheran High School Association Annual Report 2013-2014" (PDF). Retrieved July 21, 2015.
7. ^ "LuHi: A History". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
8. "Lutheran High School of the Rockies - Parker, Colo". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
9. "DPS buys Denver Lutheran High School for $5M". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
10. "Lutheran-Parker, Denver Lutheran to become one school". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
11. "State Championships By School" (PDF). Retrieved July 21, 2015.
12. "All-time list of Colorado girls high school basketball champions". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
13. "All-time list of Colorado boys high school basketball champions". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
14. "Most boys track and field championships". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
15. "Volleyball championship archive". Retrieved July 21, 2015.
16. "Fox anchor comes home for DNC media crush". Retrieved July 21, 2015.

• High schools in Denver
• Lutheran schools in Colorado
• Private high schools in Colorado
• Secondary schools affiliated with the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
• 1955 establishments in Colorado
• Educational institutions established in 1955