Lutheran High School
Address
11249 Newlin Gulch Blvd

Parker, Colorado
80134

United States
Coordinates39°30′45″N 104°48′29″W / 39.5126°N 104.8080°W / 39.5126; -104.8080
Information
Former name
  • Lutheran High School Parker
  • Denver Lutheran
TypePrivate high school
Religious affiliation(s)Lutheranism
DenominationLutheran Church–Missouri Synod
Established
  • 1955 (Denver Lutheran)
  • 2004 (current campus)
  • 2011 (consolidation)
CEEB code060417
PrincipalDavid Ness
Grades9-12
Enrollment600 (2019[1])
Color(s)Purple and silver
  
AthleticsCHSAA 3A
Athletics conferenceMetro League
MascotLion
AccreditationNational Lutheran School Association
Websitewww.lhsparker.org
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Lutheran High School is a private Lutheran high school located in Parker, Colorado, in the United States.[5] Affiliated with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, the school is accredited by the National Lutheran School Association[3] and has an average class size of 25 students.[1] The executive director of the school is Dan Gehrke.[3]

History

In 1955, Lutheran High School opened on West Arizona Avenue in Denver, Colorado.[6] 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.[7] Students voted to have navy blue and gold as the school colors and The Lights as the mascot.[7] 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.[6] 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.[8] Enrollment goals for each campus could not be met for several years, resulting in North Lutheran High closing in 2006.[7] The lack of success also resulted in Denver Lutheran closing its doors in 2011 and being consolidated Lutheran High School Parker,[9] with the consolidated school being named Lutheran High School.[10] Lutheran High School is now the only Lutheran high school in the Denver metro area. As of 2019, enrollment was 600.[1]

Athletics - state championships

The school has won the following state championships:[11][12][13][14][15]

  • 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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FAQs | Lutheran High School, Parker". www.lhsparker.org. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  2. ↑ "LuHi - A History". www.lhsparker.org. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  3. 1 2 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. 1 2 "The Colorado Lutheran High School Association Annual Report 2013-2014" (PDF). Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 "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.
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