George Washington High School is located in

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, United States. GW is a large urban high school serving grades 9-12. George Washington is a part of the

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system.

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 1,182 students enrolled in 2019-20 was: *Native American/Alaskan - 0.4% *Asian - 4.9% *Black - 22.5% *Hispanic - 28.5% *White - 37.9% *Multiracial - 5.58% *Native Hawaiian or Other - 0.2% 47.4% of the students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunches.

Extracurricular activities

Boys basketball

The George Washington High School boys basketball team plays in the

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5A class. In both 2017 and 2018, GW boys basketball was the Colorado state tournament runner-up.

Newspaper

The school newspaper is ''The George Washington Surveyor'', which is part of the

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. The paper got its name from president George Washington's lifelong association with geography and cartography. The ''Surveyor'' was the winner of the

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from the

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in 2007, 2008, and 2009.

Robotics

George Washington's robotics functions through FIRST Robotics, with the

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team 1410 (founded 2004 as the Patriotbots, rebranded in 2008 as The Kraken), and

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teams 17153 (founded 2019), 18677(founded 2020), 18678(founded 2020). The Kraken has won 3 regionals and 11 awards.

Speech and debate

The George Washington Speech And Debate team consists of over 150 students, and is ranked 5th in the nation as of May 29, 2022 by the National Speech and Debate Association.

Notable alumni

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player and head coach for the

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. Won a

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and Finals MVP in

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, journalist, winner of the 1987

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, Broadway actor and author of ''The Tricky Part'' *

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, former

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player for the

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, jazz vocalist, winner of

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in 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2006 * Ed Smith, former NFL player for the

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References

External links

* {{authority control Public high schools in Colorado High schools in Denver International Baccalaureate schools in Colorado