Dakota Ridge High School

Dakota Ridge Senior High School is a public school located in Dakota Ridge, Colorado, United States.HistoryDakota Ridge High School opened in August 1996.CampusDakota Ridge operates as a closed campus for freshmen and an open campus for sophomores, Juniors, and seniors.It sits atop a hill on Coal Mine Avenue, overlooking Foothills Golf Course to the south.A new wing was added roughly ten years after its original opening.Extracurricular activitiesStudent groups and activities at Dakota Ridge include BASIC, choir, DECA, Eagle Productions, Eagleaires, FBLA, FCCLA, Gay Straight Alliance, International Thespian Troupe 5837, Key Club, math club, mock trial, National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, newspaper, robotics, science club, snow riders club, student government, and yearbook.The school's athletic teams, known as the Dakota Ridge Eagles, compete in CHSAA class 5A in the Jefferson County League. Teams are fielded in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, poms, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling.In 2007, the men's cross country team won the State Championship. The women took their turn in 2008, setting a state record for dominance with the fewest team points scored in 5A state history leading them to the State Championship.The 2012-13 cheerleading squad also brought home the League Championship for both Varsity & JV and won the CHSAA 4A/5A Coed State Championship in December of 2012. The cheer squad went on to the USA Nationals Cheerleading & Dance Competition in Anaheim, California placing third in the nation. The next season (2013-2014) the Co-Ed Cheer squad took the state title for the second time in a row.Instrumental music and performanceMarching band