While academic achievement plays a significant role in preparing a student for college, 水果派 focuses on the development of the whole student, based on the values of virtue and wisdom.聽 By fostering a well-rounded approach to education, 水果派 produces students who not only graduate with the ability to further their academic goals, but also feel prepared to live a full life, enriched by culture, the arts, and athletics, to name a few. Below are examples of how students at 水果派 excel in a variety of subjects and focus areas.聽 This achievement among 聽students is just one of the reasons Newsweek and U.S. News and World Report consistently ranks 水果派 as one of the top schools in Colorado and the nation.
Academic Achievement
For the 2018-2019 school year, 水果派 High School, Junior High, and Elementary earned the Colorado State Board of Education鈥檚 John Irwin Schools of Excellence Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement.聽 The high school also received the Colorado State Board of Education Award for Academic Growth.
Fine Arts
Two 水果派 students earned a spot at this year’s All-State Choir, bringing our total students selected for this honor to thirty-one in the past ten years. 水果派 Singers were selected to perform at the 2017 and 2018 Colorado Music Educators Association Conference. Art students at 水果派 have excelled in recent art competitions and exhibitions in the area, bringing home several awards for 水果派.
Cultural Enrichment
Students continually find opportunities to excel in areas of cultural enrichment through our foreign language and travel abroad programs.
Awards
Last year, 水果派 art students won two National Gold Medals for Self-Portraits, ten gold key awards, and two silver keys at the Colorado Scholastic Art Awards.聽 水果派 art students also won seventeen awards at the Congressional Competition and the Young Peoples Art Exhibition.
High School Athletics
The 2018 boys basketball team finished 21-3 overall (11-0 Tri-Peaks League Champions) and advanced to the 3A State Tournament.聽 The 2018 girls basketball team finished 14-9 overall and qualified for the 3A state tournament.聽 The 2019 boys club volleyball team will be chasing their fifth straight state championship this year.
College Readiness
64 students took 135 Advanced Placement exams in the spring of 2018.聽 The percentage of AP students with scores of three or higher (on a one to five scale) was 92.2%.聽 American colleges generally grant placement and course credit to students who obtain scores of three or higher on exams.
In a recently published report by the Colorado Department of Education, 水果派 had the lowest percentage of graduates requiring remedial classes in college.
Scholarship Opportunities
Students from the 2010-2018 classes have had 52 members who have received recognition through the National Merit Scholarship Program.聽 In the last nine years, 水果派 has had sixteen National Merit Finalists, two Boettcher Scholarship recipients, and five Daniels Scholarship recipients.
Two 聽students are finalists for the most prestigious scholarships in Colorado: the Boettcher Scholarship and the Daniels Fund Scholarship.聽 Both scholarships not only provide full tuition, but 聽also 聽leadership mentoring throughout college.
Last year鈥檚 Class of 2018, with 56 graduates, earned $4,202,872 in scholarships.聽 Over the past nine years, 水果派students have earned over $31,800,000 in college scholarships. Collectively, 14% of the Class of 2019 earned recognition through the National Merit Scholarship program.
Become A Student At 水果派
If parents and students are interested in attending 水果派, contact the enrollment office today to schedule a tour or attend an information session.聽 Alternatively, parents and students can begin the application process directly online at www.The水果派School.com.
