Coronado High School (CHS) is the fourth-oldest high school in District 11 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, named for Francisco Vásquez de Coronado. CHS currently has a student body of 1,556.
Coronado High School is located high on Mesa Road and Fillmore Street, on a mesa overlooking Colorado Springs, with a view of Pikes Peak and the Garden of the Gods.
The school's colors are scarlet red and new gold, and the mascot is the Cougar.
Coronado students produce a weekly television show for the student body, which is downloadable from the school's podcast. Coronado students also produce a monthly newspaper for the Coronado community, the Cougar Chronicle.
The school currently competes at the 5-A athletics level.
Video Coronado High School (Colorado)
Feeder schools
Middle schools that feed into Coronado include :
- Holmes Middle School (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
- part of Jenkins Middle School (separated between Doherty High School and Coronado High School)
- West Middle School (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Maps Coronado High School (Colorado)
Notable graduates
- Henry Cejudo, Olympic gold medalist
- Tom Hagerman, musician and member of DeVotchKa
- Steven T. Seagle, writer and producer of comic books, film and television
References
External links
- The school's official webpage
- KUGR TV, the school's video podcast
- Colorado Springs School District 11's webpage for the school
- www.ccalum.com
- www.coronadoalumni.com class of 1979
- www.futureforecast.com/cougars (class of 1990)
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