Arvada West High School, nicknamed A-West, is a public secondary school in

Arvada, Colorado Arvada () is a home rule municipality located in Jefferson and Adams counties, Colorado, United States. The city population was 124,402 at the 2020 United States Census, with 121,510 residing in Jefferson County and 2,892 residing in Adams Coun ...

, United States. Opened in 1963, it is one of four high schools in Arvada. It is part of the Jefferson County School District.

History

Arvada West High School was contracted in 1961 and opened in 1963. By the late 1990s, Arvada West was serving so many students it was on a split schedule.

Ralston Valley High School Ralston Valley High School (RVHS or RV) is a Comprehensive high school, comprehensive, four-year public high school in Arvada, Colorado, Arvada, a northwest suburb of Denver, Colorado. Opened for the 2000 school year, its enrollment is around 1800 ...

, which opened in 2000, relieved the overcrowding.

Extracurricular activities

The school's athletic teams, known as the Arvada West Wildcats, compete in CHSAA class 5A in the Jefferson County League. Teams are fielded in interscholastic competition in baseball, basketball, cheerleading and poms, cross country, football, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, and volleyball. State championship titles held by the school include: *Baseball: 1994 (6A) *Cheerleading: 1993 (6A) *Girls' basketball: 1978 (AAA) *Boys' cross country: 1974 (I) *Football: 1972 (AAA), 1997 (5A) *Girls' soccer: 1987 *Softball: 1993 (6A), 1994 (6A), 1995 (5A), 1996 (5A), 1999 (5A), 2000 (5A) *Boys' track and field: 1975 (AAA), 1994 (6A), 2014 (5A) *Girls' track and field: 1976 (AAA), 1977 (AAA) *Volleyball: 1977 (AAA) *Wrestling: 1988 (AAA), 1992 (6A), 2014 (5A), 2015 (5A)

Notable alumni

Roy Halladay Harry Leroy "Roy" Halladay III (May 14, 1977 – November 7, 2017) was an American professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies between 1998 and 2013. His nicknam ...

(1995) –

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pitcher for the

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and

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Barry Kooser Barry R. Kooser is an American artist, painter, and educator who worked at Walt Disney Feature Animation Studios between 1992 and 2003 as a background artist on films such as ''The Lion King'', ''Pocahontas'', ''Mulan'', ''Lilo & Stitch'', and ...

(1987) – artist, painter, animation filmmaker, CCO of

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Kevin McDougal Kevin T. McDougal (born May 29, 1972) is best known as the starting quarterback for the University of Notre Dame football team who narrowly missed winning the national championship in 1993. He is currently a real estate investor in South Flor ...

(1995) – NFL player * Jayne McHugh – member of the

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in the 1988 Summer Olympics *

Casey Malone Casey Malone (born 6 April 1977 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado) is an American discus thrower. His personal best is 68.49 metres, achieved in June 2009 in Fort Collins, Colorado Fort Collins is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and ...

(1995) – Olympic discus thrower *

Brad Pyatt Bradley James Pyatt (born April 16, 1980 in Arvada, Colorado) is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League and Arena Football League. He was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent ...

– NFL player for the Indianapolis Colts in 2003–2006; CEO of the company MusclePharm * John Roush – University of Oklahoma football player; drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the

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* {{Authority control Educational institutions established in 1963 Public high schools in Colorado Jefferson County Public Schools (Colorado) Schools in Jefferson County, Colorado 1963 establishments in Colorado