Arapahoe High School (Colorado)
free public school in Centennial, Colorado, USA
Arapahoe High School is a public high school in Centennial, Colorado, United States. Located in a suburb of Denver, it is the flagship of the Littleton Public Schools District as the largest of three high schools, with an enrollment of 1,820 students. It has been designated a Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.
The school is known for its affiliation with the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming.
History
Relationship with Arapaho Nation
On September 17, 1993, the school began a relationship with the Arapaho Nation from the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. The relationship strives to promote awareness and exchange between cultures.
The original "Arapahoe Warrior" logo was designed by Wilbur Antelope, a Northern Arapaho artist, and the logo has been endorsed by the Arapaho Nation for school activities.
On December 9, 1994, the school gymnasium was renamed in honor of Arapaho Elder Anthony Sitting Eagle, who was one of the primary tribal elders that principal Ronald Booth met with in establishing the school's relationship with the Arapaho Nation.
Every other year the school hosts "Arapahoe Day" in which members of the Arapaho Nation travel from the reservation to share in tribal customs with the students. On years in which the school does not host Arapaho Nation members, select students visit the Wind River Indian Reservation in Riverton, Wyoming.
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