Chatfield High School
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Chatfield Senior High is a high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 located in an unincorporated area of Jefferson County
Jefferson County, Colorado
Jefferson County , whose slogan is the "Gateway to the Rocky Mountains", is the fourth most populous of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. Located along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, Jefferson County is adjacent to the west side of the state capital, Denver....

 near Littleton
Littleton, Colorado
Littleton is a Home Rule Municipality contained in Arapahoe, Douglas, and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. Littleton is a suburb of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area. Littleton is the county seat of Arapahoe County and the 20th most populous city in the state of...

, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

. It is part of the Jefferson County Public Schools
Jefferson County Public Schools (Colorado)
Jefferson County School District R-1 is a school district in Jefferson County, Colorado. It is the largest school district in Colorado and was the 32nd largest school district in the United States in 2001-2002...

 system.

History

Chatfield Senior High School opened in the fall of 1985; there was no senior class its first year. The school's first graduating class was the Class of 1987. During reconstruction on Columbine High School
Columbine High School
Columbine High School or CHS is a high school in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.- History :Columbine High School opened in the fall of 1973. There was no senior class in its first year. The school's first graduating class was the class of 1975...

 and after the Columbine High School massacre
Columbine High School massacre
The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, an unincorporated area of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, near Denver and Littleton. Two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a massacre, killing 12...

, students from Columbine High School attended classes at Chatfield.

Athletics

Chatfield has produced well-known athletes such as LenDale White
LenDale White
LenDale Anthony White is an American football running back. He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the second round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Southern California....

, Ryan Vena
Ryan Vena
Ryan Vena is an American Arena Football quarterback who currently a free agent. Vena attended Colgate University in Hamilton, New York and graduated in 2000. Vena started his career in arena football in 2002.He currently has over 500 career touchdowns as of Friday April 23, 2010 reported on NFL...

, Robbie McEwen and Zac Robinson
Zac Robinson
-New England Patriots:Robinson was drafted by the New England Patriots in the seventh round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He signed a four-year contract on July 21, 2010...

. Chatfield's football team in 2001, led by Coach Dave Logan, defensive tackle Robbie McEwen, QB Ryan Bucher and running back LenDale White, won the state championship. In 2001 Chatfield's football team went undefeated and was nationally ranked.

Chatfield's athletic rival is Columbine High School
Columbine High School
Columbine High School or CHS is a high school in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.- History :Columbine High School opened in the fall of 1973. There was no senior class in its first year. The school's first graduating class was the class of 1975...

.

Notable features

Chatfield's marching band
Marching band
Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...

 is among the top in state each year, having placed 4th in 2000, 7th in 2005, 10th in 2006, 6th in 2007, 7th in 2008, and 9th in 2009. Chatfield's pom squad
Pom Squad
A dance squad or dance team, sometimes called a pom squad or drill team, is a sport team that participates in competitive dance. In a routine, a squad will incorporate a specific dance style , technical work and, depending on the routine, pompon and/or cheers...

 also took 1st in league for the 2006-2007 year as well as 3rd at the NDA nationals in Florida. In 2009 the Lady Chargers Varsity soccer team took state. In 2010 Chatfield student athletes beat rival school Columbine in every Varsity sport.

Notable alumni

  • Ryan Vena
    Ryan Vena
    Ryan Vena is an American Arena Football quarterback who currently a free agent. Vena attended Colgate University in Hamilton, New York and graduated in 2000. Vena started his career in arena football in 2002.He currently has over 500 career touchdowns as of Friday April 23, 2010 reported on NFL...

    , football player
  • Katie Hnida
    Katie Hnida
    Katharine Anne "Katie" Hnida is an American football player who became the first woman to score in an NCAA Division I-A game, college football's highest level...

    , football player
  • Zac Robinson
    Zac Robinson
    -New England Patriots:Robinson was drafted by the New England Patriots in the seventh round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He signed a four-year contract on July 21, 2010...

     - football player
  • LenDale White
    LenDale White
    LenDale Anthony White is an American football running back. He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the second round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Southern California....

     - football player
  • Topher Lazarz - 2012 Libertarian candidate for Colorado's 4th congressional district
    Colorado's 4th congressional district
    Colorado's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Colorado. Located in the eastern part of the state, the district encompasses most of the rural Eastern Plains as well as the larger cities of Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland and Longmont along Colorado's Front...

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