Electives

Adams 12 Five Star Schools offers students electives in:

• Computer Science
• Music
• Health
• Physical Education
• Theater
• Visual Arts
• World Language

The electives are a creative outlet which help develop skills of deeper understanding and divergent thinking while also playing a vital role in cultivating collaboration, communication, language comprehension, physical health, emotional wellness, critical thinking, curiosity, innovation, creativity, artistry, and problem solving – qualities desired by ALL 21st century employers.

Electives also help develop emotional intelligence – the capacity to be aware of, control, and express one’s emotions, and to engage in interpersonal relationships with acceptance and understanding.  Electives provide students with high-quality activities that further support the development of well-rounded citizens who embody teamwork, leadership, and strong character.  Students’ comprehensive educational experience is enriched through their involvement in the intangible, invaluable world of electives.

The Adams12 Five Star Schools Elementary Visual Art Show is held annually to celebrate the incredible, creative abilities of students throughout the district. Featuring student work from every elementary school, this event showcases our students' abilities to create, problem-solve, persevere, and engage in multiple modalities of expression. Currently hosted at Front Range Community College, this exhibition provides an opportunity to engage with the community in order to promote the importance of artistic growth and expression as part of the development of the whole child.

Information about the 2023-2024 District Art Show will be coming soon!

 

Information about the 2023-2024 District Art Show will be released soon.

The Adams 12 Five Star Schools Honor Festival Concert will be held in the Horizon High School Auditorium (5321 E 136th Ave, Thornton, CO 80602) on Saturday, January 7th, 2023 at 3:00.

The District Honor Band Festival showcases the highest musicianship and achievement from each participating school’s program. Participation is by invitation from each student’s individual school’s band director.

The Adams 12 5th Grade Honor Choir is an event that invites all elementary music teachers to bring their most dedicated 5th grade music students together to perform a collaborative concert. Each year a guest clinician from outside of the district is chosen to direct the choir. Students learn the music with their own teachers and then fine tune the music with the clinician.

This concert is traditionally held in May each year and anywhere from 150-200 students participate in this collective event. It is truly a celebration of music and the electives programming in Adams 12! 

This year's concert will be held on Friday, May 12th, 2023 at 7:00 PM in the Horizon High School Auditorium.

The Adams 12 Five Star Schools Orchestra Festival Concert will be held in the Legacy High School Gymnasium (2701 W 136th Ave, Broomfield, CO 80023) on Saturday, December 10th, 2022 at 1:00. Spectators should park in the West parking lot. Please enter through the West doors and there will be signs directing you to the Large Gym. 

The District Orchestra Festival is a showcase of the incredible string orchestra programs of Adams 12 Five Star Schools. Participation is by invitation from each student’s individual school’s orchestra director.

Additional information can be found below:

High School Information Letter

Middle School Information Letter

The Adams 12 Five Star Schools Choir Festival Concert was held in the Horizon High School Auditorium (5321 E 136th Ave, Thornton, CO 80602) on Saturday, November 5th, 2022 at 3:00.

The District Choir Festival is a showcase of the incredible choral programs of Adams 12 Five Star Schools. Participation is by invitation for middle school choir students and the festival also features a choir from each of the high schools.

All Honor Choir and High School Choirs:

 

Middle School Honor Choir:

 

Northglenn High School Choir:

 

Thornton High School:

 

Horizon High School:

 

Legacy High School:

Adams 12 Five Star Schools sponsored Elementary Cross Country Race will be held at the Margaret W. Carpenter Park Fields located at 11151 Colorado Blvd, Thornton, CO 80233 on Friday, October 6th, 2023 from 12:00 PM to 2:30 PM. 

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Race Course:

Join us for our annual Five Star 5k.

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Hour of Code activities and events are hosted at schools across Adams 12 Five Star Schools during Computer Science Education week, December 4-10, 2023.

The Hour of Code started as a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify "code", to show that anybody can learn the basics, and to broaden participation in the field of computer science. It has since become a global learning, celebration, and awareness event with hundreds of 1-hour coding activities to choose from (available in over 48 languages). Computer science is changing every industry on the planet, and every 21st-century student should have the opportunity to learn how to create technology. 

We encourage you to watch the video below to learn more and talk to your student’s teacher or principal to discover what activities are planned at your school. You can also visit the Hour of Code website for activities to do with your child at home!

 

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Way back in the spring of 1984, the City of Thornton teamed up with the Thornton Lions Club to offer a series of relay races for boys and girls from local elementary schools. These races would include 4 x 100 meter relays and also a special Mayor’s Mile (4x 400)  race at the end of the event.  We also offered a new division in 2017, the “Star Strutters Unified Race” and had 17 athletes from five schools compete in two heats.  The race order has changed over the years and the event has been cancelled some years due to weather and Covid, but the event has since grown to include as many as 22 Elementary and K8 schools in the Adams 12 Five Star Schools. Lions Club Relays are typically held the first Sunday in May at Five Star Stadium (9360 Washington Street).  This event is also a fundraiser for the Thornton Lions Club Vision Programs which provide eyeglasses, exams, guide dogs and other vision services to those in the local community who are in need. 

The following is a list of Theater/Musical Performance for the different high schools within Adams 12 Five Star Schools for the 2023-2024 school year.  Independent theater or school websites are also listed for more information on these performances.

Horizon High School

Fall Musical:

Irving Berlin’s White Christmas
November 9, 10, 11 at 7pm
Rating: PG
Duration: 2 hours

Summary: Veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis have a successful song-and-dance act after World War II. With romance in mind, the two follow a duo of beautiful singing sisters en route to their Christmas show at a Vermont lodge, which just happens to be owned by Bob and Phil's former army commander. With a dazzling score featuring well-known standards including “Blue Skies,” “I Love A Piano,” “How Deep Is the Ocean” and the perennial title song, White Christmas is an uplifting, wholesome musical that will delight audiences of all ages.

Spring Musical:

The Wedding Singer
March 1st and 2nd, 8th and 9th 2024 at 7pm
Rating: PG-13
Duration: 2 hours

Summary: The Wedding Singer takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room. Based on the hit Adam Sandler movie, The Wedding Singer's sparkling new score does for the '80s what Hairspray did for the '60s. Just say yes to the most romantic musical in twenty years.

It's 1985, and rock star wannabe, Robbie Hart, is New Jersey's favorite wedding singer. He's the life of the party until his own fiancée leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. Enter Julia, a winsome waitress who wins his affection. As luck would have it, Julia is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and, unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever.

Find Arts Gala:

April 12th or 13th
Rating: TBD
Duration: 2 hours

Summary: Students across band, orchestra, choir, theatre, and visual arts will combine to produce a gala of fine arts celebrations complete with artwork and performances, silent auction bidding, food and more in a joint fundraiser for each department. 

Facebook: Horizon High School Drama Department
Instagram: @hhsthespians

Click to purchase tickets

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Legacy High School

Fall Play:  

The 146 Point Flame by Matt Thompson 
Oct. 13-14, 2023 at 6:30 PM
Rating:  PG
Duration:  1 hour

Summary:  This show is based on the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City. The story centers around 4 immigrant women who share their dreams, thoughts, fears and feelings about their ultimate destinies. Touching and poetic, this piece illuminates the definition of human courage.

Spring Musical:   

Chicago: Teen Edition by Fred Ebb and John Kander 
March 21-23, 2024 at 6:30PM
Rating:  PG-13
Length: 2 hours

Summary:  In roaring twenties Chicago, Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband, Amos, to take the rap... until he finds out he's been duped and turns on Roxie. Convicted and sent to death row, Roxie and another "Merry Murderess," Velma Kelly, vie for the spotlight and the headlines, ultimately joining forces in search of the "American Dream": fame, fortune, and acquittal. The Teen Edition is specifically designed to be content-appropriate and flexible and has been adapted to remove overtly sexual references and adult language from the original production.

Websites: lhsthespians.wixsite.com/legacythespians

Facebook: Legacy High School Theatre Department

Click to purchase tickets

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Northglenn High School

Fall Play:

Little Women By Marisha Chamberlain 
Oct. 5th, 6th, and 7th at 7:30 PM
Rating: PG
Duration: 110 minutes

Summary: Under the guidance of their beloved mother, the four young March sisters -- tempestuous Jo, motherly Meg, shy Beth, and spoiled baby Amy -- struggle to keep their family going while Father's away in the Civil War. In this beautifully dramatized adaptation of the classic novel, even as privation, illness, and sibling rivalry cast their shadows, each girl strives to find her true self.

Spring Musical:

TBD

Website: https://sites.google.com/adams12.org/nhs-drama/home

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Thornton High School

Fall Play: 

Everything that Can Go Wrong in a One Act by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields  November 3rd at 7pm
November 4th at 1pm

Summary: This is the murder mystery in which, try as the actors might, everything seems to go wrong.  This is comedy of errors in the best possible sense...no Shakespearean language.   

Winter Play:

A Play In Four Days 
Saturday, December 2nd at 1 pm

Summary: This used to be a competitive drama event done in one day, we do it over four. A group of students will write scenes, then they go through the play making process: auditions, tech, rehearsal, and finally it ends with a matinee performance on Saturday. 

Spring Musical:

TBD

Applications must be turned in by the second week of January (Senior Year).

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