Background and History
Niwot High School is situated about halfway between the cities of Boulder and Longmont in the small unincorporated town of Niwot. First opened in 1972, Niwot High School has been a part of the Niwot community for over 30 years.
The school's original construction was delayed, so for the first semester of the 1972-73 school year, students attended classes at the Longmont High School building after regular hours. Finally, on December 22, 1972, Niwot High was finished. The first class of students was given the honor to choose the schools colors, mascot, and motto. The colors were Kelly Green and Silver, the mascot was the Cougar (named "Carrie"), and the motto was "Our Pride is Our Life". There were no seniors in the first year, because the district did not want to remove current seniors from their home schools to finish their final year in a new school. Thus, the class of 1974 was the first graduating class, and the class of 1976 was the first to have been at Niwot for all four years. The football and baseball team won the conference championship their second year.
The current campus consists of two levels. On the upper level is the main entrance to the school, as well as the cafeteria, commons, main office, and counseling office. The lower level contains most of the classrooms, including the Science, Mathematics, Foreign Language, Fine Arts and Practical Arts classrooms, while the Language Arts and Music Classrooms are upstairs. The front parking lot is where the student body parking is located, as well as the visitor parking. The back parking lot is reserved for staff parking.
The school has had several additions since it was originally constructed; the new commons, auditorium, large gym, and a large portion of the lower wing were added after the school was originally built. In 2007, the school was fitted with electronic locks on all but the main doors, and the lower parking lot (which was originally the Senior Parking Lot) became the staff-only parking lot.
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