Learn More About High School Programs and Options

8th Graders and Their Families Can Learn More at High School Nights

Adams 12 Five Star Schools is extremely proud of the variety of choices offered for quality, advanced academic programming available at each of its high schools. Our program offerings include the following range of options for your motivated students:

• Horizon HS: the SOAR Honors program is a four year, individualized & comprehensive program designed to enlighten, enrich and excite students and prepare leaders for success in the post-secondary setting. The SOAR program provides structure and support for high achieving students to prepare for college leadership. Contact dawn.schafer@adams12.org or 720.972.4457 https://sites.google.com/adams12.org/hhssoar/

• Legacy HS: the Legacy 2000 program is a rigorous four-year program designed to develop the tangible and intangible skills and experiences that assist students interested in preparing themselves for a career involving mathematics, science, and technology.  Contact jason.cianfrance@adams12.org or 720.972.6739. https://sites.google.com/a/adams12.org/l2k/home

• Mountain Range HS: the High School of Business™ program is an accelerated college program that prepares students to be leaders and competitors in our 21st Century Workplace and in our global society. The program prepares students to work in business and economics while working towards fluency in a World Language. Students in the program are dual enrolled in high school and college and have the opportunity to earn 21 college credits. Contact lori.a.schaeffer@adams12.org or 720.972.6332. https://mountainrangehsb.org/

• Northglenn HS:

  • STEM Pathways program is a student-centered environment rich in questioning and inquiry, where students have frequent opportunities to apply engineering design and problem-solving processes to authentic, contextual problems. STEM Pathways include: Engineering and Biomedical Science. Contact eric.e.hotz@adams12.org or 720-972-4691 or william.j.thielke@adams12.org or 720-972-4689.   http://northglennh.adams12.org/

  • P-TECH at Northglenn STEM (EC@N-STEM) program is an innovative partnership between Adams 12 Five Star Schools, Front Range Community College, and Lumen Technologies where students are able to earn a free associates degree in Computer Information Systems. Students begin in 9th grade and finish their degree at FRCC. As such, students graduate with both a high school diploma and an industry-recognized associate degree, in addition to gaining relevant workplace skills. Contact todd.corn@adams12.org or 720-972-4629.  http://northglennh.adams12.org  

• Thornton HS: the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma exposes students to a rigorous, comprehensive global education while preparing students for a series of exams as juniors & seniors that can enable them to get up to a year's worth of university credit. Contact Kelsey Barnes 720-580-1321 @ bar014695@adams12.org or Kristen McCloskey @ mcc005977@adams12.org or 720-507-7645.  https://thorntonh.adams12.org 

All Adams 12 incoming 9th graders who reside within the Adams 12 boundaries are eligible to apply for all of the above programs, regardless of their attendance area boundaries.  For the 2022-2023 school year, based on current enrollment, Legacy and Horizon High Schools will not be accepting applications to their specialized programs from students who reside outside of the district.  Northglenn High School will only accept applications from out-of-district students who attended one of our STEM K-8 schools.  Mountain Range and Thornton High Schools will accept applications from out-of-district students.  As a result, families do not need to submit a choice application if applying directly to one of these specific programs.

We encourage you to get to know each of these programs better to determine the best fit for your child by attending the High School Information Nights on November 15 & 16.  Sessions are virtual and can be accessed by clicking on the links below.

The schedule for the evening will be: 

To make the application process more efficient for parents, we have common application deadlines for each program.  These dates are as follows:

After February 25, schools may begin selecting students from their wait lists if space is available.  We hope this will simplify the application process for you and your child as you continue your educational journey through Adams 12 Five Star Schools.