Academics
Boulder High School has a strong academic reputation and one of the most extensive Advanced Placement programs in the state, offering 28 AP-level courses. Because of its proximity to the University of Colorado, students can also take college-level courses that are not normally offered in high school. Boulder High's Academic Decathlon team has won state multiple times and has subsequently represented Colorado at the national competition for the past six years. It also finished 2nd at the National Science Bowl in 2002. The school has a broad foreign language program that includes instruction in Japanese, Latin, French, German, and Spanish. The Japan Bowl team, organized by Japanese instructor Michael Kleinkopf, has won multiple regional competitions in the past six years, and placed 5th at the national competition in 2001.
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