William C. Hinkley High School or simply Hinkley High School is a public high school in

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, United States. It is one of eight high schools in Aurora Public Schools. In 2007, Hinkley was ranked within the top 1000 public high schools in the United States by ''

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Accessed July 05, 2007. Hinkley's student newspaper is ''The Talon''. Hinkley is an Engineering and Biomedical pathway school.

IB Programme

Hinkley offers one of the district's few

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Accessed January 28, 2007. and is one of only a handful of schools to offer an IB Human Rights course.Enthusiastic Response to IB Human Rights Course
Accessed January 28, 2007. In order to ease the 150-hour community service requirement of the IB Programme, a student organization known as the Landmines Task Force was created. The group raises money and awareness regarding the international landmine problem, donating through the

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's Adopt-A-Minefield to help eradicate landmines in Mozambique. To date, the group has raised over $20,000.APS IB Students Walk to Eliminate Landmines
Accessed January 28, 2007. The program was started by IB HL African History teacher Christine Sundberg in the 2003/2004 school year; the program has ceased to exist since the 2008/2009 school year.

Demographics

*58.5%

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*14.3%

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*19.5%

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*7.3%

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n *0.4% Native American Hinkley's free/reduced lunch rate is 62% of the students.

Athletics

Football * 1997 State 4A champions Basketball * 1994 State 5A champions Baseball * 1979 State 4A champions

Notable alumni

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References

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* {{authority control Aurora Public Schools (Colorado) Public high schools in Colorado International Baccalaureate schools in Colorado Educational institutions established in 1973 Schools in Arapahoe County, Colorado