“THROUGH QUALITY EDUCATION, OUR STUDENTS WILL ACHIEVE PERSONAL SUCCESS.”

SCHOOL and COMMUNITY
Telluride High School is a public, four-year secondary school with an enrollment of 160 students in grades 9-12. Our Middle School is in the same building, enrolling 128 students in grades 6-8. Due to our open enrollment policy, 10% of our student population is from surrounding areas. These students chose TM / HS for its programs and academic excellence. 
The present school was opened in November 1995; the campus sits on 10.8 acres. We are located in the town of Telluride, which is situated in a remote glacial valley in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. The school has a strong academic focus balanced with hands-on experiential education that reflects the interests and involvement of Telluride’s community.

SCHOOL FACTS 
The school day consists of six-period, modified block schedule - averaging 57 minutes per period. On the two lab-block days we also have a 30-minute "Tutorial" for students to make up work and to hold meetings. 
The graduating class of 2002 totaled 39 students. 75% percent of our High School students plan to enroll in a four-year college; 15% plan to go to a community college or trade school; 2% to the military; and 13% are planning to travel for a year. Of those students who will be attended college in the fall, 50% will attend college out-of-state and 50% will attend college in-state. 

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
In 2002, Telluride Middle / High School received the John Irwin School of Excellence Award. This award is based, in part, on student’s CSAP scores and is given to only the top 2% of schools in CO. Also in 2001, Telluride High School was honored as a National Service Learning Leader School for outstanding achievement in improving education and strengthening communities through service-learning projects.

STAFF
The teaching faculty has 23.5 full and part-time High School teachers (16.7 FTE) and 16.5 full and part-time Middle School teachers (10.4 FTE). Of the 33 total staff members, fourteen (43%) hold a Master’s degree. The 2001-02 student/teacher ratio in High School was 12.72 to 1; 15.74 to 1 in Middle School; and 14.32 

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

                                                     English                                                                     4.0

Social Studies                                                          4.0

Science                                                                    3.0

Mathematics                                                             3.0

Computer Literacy                                                     .5

Health/Fitness                                                            .5

P.E.                                                                           .5

Fine Arts                                                                  1.0

Foreign Language                                                   1.0

Senior Seminar                                                          .5

Electives                                                                  5.0

TOTAL REQUIRED                                     23.0

SERVICE LEARNING 20 HOURS PER YEAR

GRADING SYSTEM

NUMERICAL                 LETTER            GRADE PTS     HONORS

90 - 100                         A                        4.0                           5.0

80 - 89                           B                        3.0                           4.0

70 - 79                           C                       2.0                           3.0

60 - 69                           D                       1.0                           2.0

BELOW 60                     F                          0                              0

Class rank is based on the cumulative grade point average for grades 9 – 12.  Courses designated with an "X" are accelerated and equivalent to an Honors class.  A full-year, one period course consisting of two semesters is assigned the value of one credit (1.0) toward the graduation requirements.  A semester course receives one-half credit (.5).

ADVANCED PLACEMENT

Telluride offers SEVEN Advanced Placement courses: AP Calculus, AP American Government, AP English Language, AP English Literature, AP Physics, AP Statistics and AP Studio Art.  Telluride High School’s AP program is open enrollment where there is no pre-selection criteria.

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 RECENT COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST SCORES

2001-02  SAT MEAN SCORES

Seventy-eight percent of the 2002 graduating class at Telluride High School took the SAT as compared to 33% of the Colorado graduating seniors and 44% nationwide.  

Verbal      Math       Combined

Telluride High (Top 25%)           708         690           1389

Telluride High (Top 50%)           658         658            1310

Colorado                                         539         542            1081

National                                           506         514           1021

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2001-02 ACT TEST SCORES

Thirty-four (100%) of the 2003 graduating class (Juniors) took the ACT Test in May, 2002 as part of the STATE MANDATED (CSAP) testing program.  Their results: 

INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSES

In grades 6 - 10, English and History classes are taught together with a Humanities approach for a two-year World Studies sequence.   In grades 9 and 10, World Studies I and II are composed of World Literature, World History, and World Geography.  A full year completed at the High School level equals a total of 2.0 credits, one credit in each content area. 

In 11^th grade, U. S. History includes Geography and students choose English 11 or AP English Language.  12^th grade courses are separate; students can choose American Government or AP American Government and English 12 or AP English Literature.

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MENTORSHIPS

Educational opportunities are expanded for students through the Mentorship Program.  We have a unique partnership between the community and the school to provide “real life” classes supervised by a business owner and the school Mentorship Coordinator.  Students may complete internship opportunities in career areas such as architecture, medicine, photography, auto mechanics, journalism, banking, interior design, video, tourism, music, etc.  In 2001-02, 36 students were enrolled in 13 different mentor programs.

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EXTRA CURRICULAR HIGHLIGHTS

Telluride High School has a variety of interscholastic (CHSAA) sports, which include basketball, volleyball and soccer.  During the ski season, we offer two club ski teams (TART & BUMP), club hockey and Ski PE where students have the opportunity to ski two afternoons / week with semi-private instruction.  Telluride Middle / High School also has active and honored Knowledge Bowl teams.

Many of our students are involved in the Sheridan Arts Foundation, performing in the local Young People’s Theater. Our students also have the opportunity to participate in Children’s Chorus, Emanon and Adult Choir.