Legacy High School (Broomfield, Colorado)
Legacy High School (LHS) is a high school located in Broomfield, Colorado that opened in 2000. It is within the Adams 12 Five Star Schools District. The school had 2,182 students for the 2013/2014 school year. Academic programs. The school offers Advanced Placement classes in numerous subjects, and the 2009/2010 graduating class had 363 students take a total of 579 exams, which are open to junior and senior students. The average ACT score was 21.1 compared to the Colorado average of 19.4. A total of $5,148,626.00 in scholarships was offered to the 2009/2010 graduating  class. Additionally, the school offers the Legacy 2000 program to students interested in STEM fields. The four year program prepares students for college and a career by enhancing writing, public speaking, problem solving, and engineering project skills. Incidents. In 2016, a school bus carrying the Legacy High School football team crashed into a concrete support near the terminal while driving from Denver International Airport, killing the bus driver and injuring multiple students. Athletics. Legacy sports, except football, participate in the 5A division of the Colorado High School Activities Association, in the Front Range League, which includes Boulder High School, Fairview  High School, Fort Collins High School, Fossil Ridge High School, Greeley West High School, Horizon High School, Loveland High School, Monarch High School, Mountain Range High School, Poudre High School and Rocky Mountain High School. Football is the only Legacy sport that does not participate in the 5A Front Range League, but instead participates in the 5A North Metro League, which includes Arvada West High School, Boulder High School, Fairview High School (Boulder, Colorado), Pomona High School (Arvada, Colorado), and Ralston Valley High School. Legacy offers a wide variety of opportunities in athletics, including boys' and girls' cross country, football , boys' golf, girls' gymnastics, boys' soccer, softball, boys' tennis, volleyball, boys' and girls' basketball, girls' swimming, wrestling, baseball, girls' golf, girls' soccer, boys' swimming, girls' tennis, and boys' and girls' track and field. Softball. The Legacy softball program was the 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2013 state champions. Basketball. The Legacy girls' varsity basketball team won the Colorado 5A State Championship during the 2011-2012 season. Track and Field. In the 2018 5A State Championship meet, sophomore Brynn Siles finished 2nd in the 3200 meters and 7th in the 1600 meters. Swimming. Steve Schmuhl won the Colorado 5A State  Championships in the 100 and 200 yard freestyles in 2008 and 2009. He set state records in both events. Arts and music. The Legacy High School marching band was the CBA State Marching Band champion in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016,2017,2021 for class 5A. The band was the 1st place overall marching band in the 2010 Parade of Lights. The band was invited to travel to London, England in 2009 to perform in the 2010 New Years Day Parade. In 2010, the band was selected to play in the 2011 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The  winter percussion ensemble earned state championships in 2006, 2007 and 2009. The color guard earned six consecutive state championships from 2004–2009, as well as a silver medal in the 2009 WGI World Championships. The theatre program was one of the first in the state to stage an amateur performance of "The Phantom of the Opera". The Legacy Marching Band performed in the 2015 Rose Parade in Pasadena, California on New Year's Day. In March 2018, the Legacy Marching Band performed in Dublin's St. Patrick's Day Festival and was awarded 'Best Overall Band', beating out over ten other  competing bands. Mark Hamill was the Guest of Honor at the Festival.