Mountain Range Principal's Update
4 December 2023
November 12, 2024
Back to Back State Champions!!
A huge congratulations to the Mustangs gymnastics team, who secured their back to back State Championship title last Thursday! The ladies brought an outstanding performance to the competition and several competitors received invitations to compete in the individual event finalists competition on Saturday, including Annabelle Maier, Sylvie Frisbie, Frankie MacAskill, Rachel Price, and Ella Mikolajewski. In another historical moment, our very own Frankie MacAskill received not one, but two perfect ten's at event finals (FF to 3:19). This monumental achievement has not happened since 1988 and left the officials, spectators and fellow competitors with their jaws on the floor. Congrats to Frankie and all the Mustangs. Great job ladies!
Thanksgiving Food Boxes
Mountain Range High School will be providing FREE Thanksgiving food boxes to families. Boxes will include a fresh turkey, stuffing, gravy mix, lots of fresh produce, and non-perishable items. Families must be able to pick up their box Tuesday the 26th from 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm at Mountain Range High School. Questions? Text Ellie at 720-588-2330 and sign up on the form below!
Gifted + Talented News
Gifted and Talented News:
ALP/ Living Document: Students met to choose their ALP (Advanced Learning Plan) goals for this year and they put these goals in an ALP Living Document for their teachers and parents/guardians in Google Slides, and it is listed in Naviance. Please ask your student to show and share this with you if they haven’t already.
GT Parent Group: The Adams 12 GT Parent Group is a very active group that is open to our broader district community. See this website for info: https://www.a12gifted.org/
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Upcoming Important Dates
- November 13- School Accountability Meeting, 5-6:30pm meet.google.com/ipn-spwa-udk
- November 14-16: Fall Play Performance - The Play the Goes Wrong, MRHS Auditorium: 7:00pm Buy Tickets Here
- November 16- NHS Food Drive, details below
- November 18- Winter Sports Begin
- November 21- Winter Athletic Parent Meeting, 6-7pm
- November 25-26- NO SCHOOL- Staff Comp Days
- November 27-29 - NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break
- December 11 - Recruiting 101, 7pm
- December 18-19: Semester 1 Finals, End of 2nd Quarter
- December 20: NO SCHOOL - Staff Workday
- December 23 - January 3: NO SCHOOL - Winter Break
- January 6: NO SCHOOL - Staff Workday
- January 7: 2nd Semester Begins, meet periods 1-8
- January 8: Academic Support Time Begins
School Accountability Committee Meeting
Join us for our School Accountability Committee Meeting with Principal Hansen tomorrow! Wednesday, November 13 · 5:00 – 6:30pm Video call link: https://meet.google.com/ipn-spwa-udk
Fall Play Performance This Weekend
Fall Play Performance - The Play the Goes Wrong: MRHS Auditorium, November 14-16 @ 7:00pm
College Planning Night
New date: November 19
Are you a Junior that is planning on going to college after high school? Then come to a College Planning Night For Juniors on Tuesday November 19th at 7pm in the Mountain Range Auditorium. Find out about scholarships, FAFSA/CAFSA, the application process, a timeline of what and when you should be doing for the college planning and application process. Questions please reach out to Mr. Riccio in the counseling office or at ric021684@adams12.org.
Recruiting 101
NHS Food Drive
Come support the National Honor Society in our annual food drive! We will be hanging out at the King Soopers on 120th and Colorado on Saturday, November 16th from 8-2 collecting non-perishable food items.
Mark Your Calendars to Apply for the High School of Business!
The High School of Business will soon be accepting 8th grade student applications for the 2025-2026 school year!
Find out how 8th-grade students can apply for the High School of Business™ program on November 18th and 19th. Information sessions will be hosted at the Educational Support Center.
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 dually enrolled in high school and college and can earn 21 college credits.
Contact Hilary Wimmer at 720-972-6477 or hilary.wimmer@adams12.org. Visit the High School of Business website for more information.
Girls Basketball Open Gym
Attention Girls Basketball players! Open gyms are Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm in the main gym through November 13th. Tryouts for girls basketball are on November 18th. If you have questions or need more information please reach out to Mr. Bohlender dillon.bohlender@adams12.org or Mrs. Benimeli ben016054@adams12.org.
MRHS Art Club
MRHS Art Club meets from 3:15 to 4:00 PM in Room D123 on the following Tuesdays for the rest of 1st Semester: Nov. 12th, Dec. 3rd and Dec. 17th.
Art Club is a place for Drawing, Painting, Crafting, Making new friends and More! All MRHS students are welcome! If you have any questions, come see Ms. Colegrove in room D123.
Battle of the Books: Fantasy
Just about one week until our Fantasy battle! All students are welcome to join-even if they missed the first battle! Check out what we're reading below, and the battle is November 21 at Thornton High School. Get more club information here!
Please click the buttons below for each flyer.
These materials on the MRHS Community Board are neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Adams 12 Five Star Schools, its Board, the Superintendent, or this school.
Flex Lab Tutoring is Back!
Flex Lab tutoring is for students in grades 6-12, and it's free to attend! Adams 12 teachers provide the support, and it's held at Century Middle, Northglenn Middle, Shadow Ridge Middle, Silver Hills Middle, Thornton High, and Northglenn High. Students can attend any location! Reach out to a Counselor and Dean for referrals, and students do need a permission form to attend. You can also contact Lisle Reed at lisle.m.reed@adams12.org or 720-972-6011 with questions.
AFW Fundraiser
Do you have furniture needs? Purchases at American Furniture ANYTIME OF THE YEAR support our school! Please Share with Friends and Relatives. Mention MRHS78 at checkout. Up to 4% of purchases support Mountain Range! Thanks for your support!
24/25 CHSAA Physical Form Required
Starting in the 2024/2025 school year, all students who participate in Athletics will be required to use the CHSAA approved physical form. All other forms provided by your student's doctor will not be accepted. Only current physicals already on file will be acceptable until its expiration date. You will need to use the new CHSAA approved form moving forward.
A copy of the new form has been included in this email and can also be found on our website under Athletics. Please contact Karen Polson at karen.r.polson@adams12.org with any questions.
Mustang Merc
Hello Mustang families! We wanted to let you know that the Mustang Merc, our school resource room, is open to all students throughout the school year. We have food (including fresh produce and meat), hygiene items, household goods, school supplies, and basic clothing available to all families for FREE!!!! Interested? Place an order through the QR code, text or call Ellie at 720-588-2330, or stop by counseling to learn more. You can also order through this form.
City of Broomfield Transportation Safety Action Plan
Share your safety concerns and ideas to improve transportation safety, especially around Broomfield schools at https://www.broomfieldvoice.com/btsap. Your input, combined with safety and collision data, will be used to create the Broomfield Transportation Safety Action Plan (BTSAP). The BTSAP will identify ways to improve safety on Broomfield’s multimodal transportation network and include both action steps and recommendations that aim to reduce crashes and serious injuries when traveling in Broomfield. The survey and map close on Oct. 1.
Join our School Accountability Committee!
The School Accountability Committee (SAC) is an opportunity for parents and community members to have a voice in the continuous school improvement process. This team of volunteers meets with one or more teacher representatives and the building administration throughout the year to review school data, discuss the school improvement plan, provide recommendations about spending priorities and promote parent and community engagement. Members of the team learn about the important work of the school and offer insight and feedback. For more information, visit the Adams 12 SAC Handbook.
Meetings will be virtual for the 2024-25 school year from 5:00-6:30pm. If you are interested in being a member, please fill out this form. We are always looking for new members.
Questions? Please send an email to our Principal, Tiffany Hansen.
RTD Zero Fare for Youth
Did you know that all children and teens ages 19 and under can take ride with RTD at no cost? This helps to reduce transportation costs for families and removes barriers to education and employment for those that need it. Students can access this program with a current school ID, but others in the family may also access it by showing one of the following to the bus operator or fare inspector: valid government-issued ID, alien registration/permanent resident card, Military ID/dependent card with DOB, RTD-issued youth special discount card. To request a RTD-issued youth special discount card please contact us at specialdiscount@rtd-denver.com.
Student ID Required to Board Bus
Student IDs are required for every high school student for every ride as school bus passes are incorporated into the student ID. Since all students are required to scan their bus pass for each ride, students without a student ID will not be allowed on the bus.
If students have lost their ID, they may visit Student Relations for a replacement ID. Students are given one free ID and allowed 2 free replacements for lost IDs. Subsequent replacements are $5. Fines are added to student accounts automatically.
Helpful Attendance Reminders
- Attendance calls go out twice a day: 10:30am and 4:30pm. If you call out your student prior to 10:30, please be aware you may still receive the 10:30am call if we haven't not had the chance to reach your original message in the queue. If you also receive a message at 4:30pm, please call and leave another message.
- If you know in advance that your student will be missing school, please have your student pick up a Request for Pre-Arranged Absence form from the Main Office or Student Relations.
- Attendance mistakes do happen, and if it happens to your student, please call the attendance line at 720-972-6313. They will walk you through the process for your student to get attendance corrected.
Student ID Cards
As per District Policy 5060.5.0 "All middle and high school students are required to carry on their person an unaltered school issued photo identification card (ID) during school hours, or at such times, locations, and activities specifically identified by the building principal; provided however, that the building principal shall have the discretion to impose a stricter requirement regarding student wearing of school issued photo ID cards based upon safety and/or related concerns."
For Mountain Range, your MINGA Id is also acceptable if it shown on your Chromebook or via the MINGA app. In an effort to keep our campus safe, we will be checking ID's on a more frequent basis to ensure students are where they are supposed to be. Thank you.
Need Diapers?
Mountain Range families can request 50 free diapers per child, per month. Visit https://forms.gle/s7SN71syn6xrcyu46 or scan the QR code to sign up.
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Doordash/UberEats/Food Orders
If you or your students use a food service to deliver food, we request that all food orders be picked up in the student parking lot. The main office will not accept any food orders from a delivery service. If you need to drop food off for your student, please do so in the main office. We will get it to the student on the students off hour.
Seniors - Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
Reminders on the District’s Attendance Policy
Here are a few helpful reminders on the District’s Attendance Policy:
Absences need to be excused within 2 school days. This does not count the weekend.
Students may be excused for 5 days without a doctor's documentation. This includes vacations, “no reason given”, mental health day, family reasons, weather, and road conditions, along with other reasons. This year, the district has made an exception to allow absences for covid related symptoms. They do ask students to stay home if they are not feeling well. Therefore, these absences will be excused.
Remember that any time your student has a doctor’s appointment of any kind, have the doctor give them a note to excuse that absence. Have your student bring that note to the attendance clerk in Student Relations when they return to school.
Anytime you know in advance that your student will not be in attendance for 3 days or more, there is a “Request for Pre-arranged Absence” form. This may be picked up in Student Relations or the main office. This form is to be filled out by a guardian and signed. It is then taken around to all the teachers to sign and given to the main office staff. This form is then approved by an Assistant Principal and entered into Infinite Campus. These absences do not count toward the 5 days allowed without a doctor note.
To get your student out early, the call must be made to the early release line prior to 2:30 pm. We will not be able to get a student out of class for walk-up parents/guardians past 2:45 pm.
Call our attendance line at 720-972-6400 to leave a message 24 hours a day.
Mountain Range High School General Info
If you need basic information about Mountain Range High School, check out the Mountain Range Info link in our contact information below or by following this link.
This information will be at the bottom of the newsletter each month.
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Mountain Range High School
Athletics & Activities Hotline: 720-972-6399
Fax: 720-972-6529
Email: mountain.range@adams12.org
Website: https://mountainrange.adams12.org/
Location: 12500 Huron Street, Westminster, CO 80234
Phone: 720-972-6300
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MountainRangeHS/
Twitter: @MountainRangeHS