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Valor Christian High School is a private, christian high school in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, United States. The school colors are Navy blue, Columbia blue, and white, and the school nickname is The Eagles. Valor has four major focuses: Academics, Arts, Athletics, and Discovery (missionary outreach).
Academics
Valor Christian has been named a Blue Ribbon school twice. The first time was in 2015 and the second in 2021. Valor Christian was the only Colorado high school named as a National Blue Ribbon School in 2021.
Valor Christian offers a variety of Advanced Placement (AP) courses as well as Dual Credit (DC) courses through certified local universities. As of the 2020–21 school year Valor Christian offers 21 AP Courses and 17 DC courses.
Campus
The Valor Christian campus is 35 acres, and consists of: an academic building with a library, labs, and 35 classrooms; the Valor Center for Culture & Influence, including a theatre, performance hall, and studios and classrooms for arts and media; and the athletics facilities, including the athletics building, a 5,200-seat artificial turf stadium, and athletics fields. Plans exist for a STEM Building and Aquatics building, yet the necessary land and funding has not been acquired by the school.
Athletics
The school is known for its sports program, especially football. They have won multiple state championships .
= State championships
== Notable Coaching Staff
=Valor has been known to have high-profile coaches. 2 time NCAA Champion Coach and Stanley Cup Finalist Assistant Coach George Gwozdecky has been the Ice hockey coach at Valor since 2015. For the 2018 and 2019 Football seasons Super Bowl Champion Ed McCaffrey was the head coach. Brent Vieselmeyer, now an NFL assistant coach, was head coach at Valor Christian. Four Time World Series Champion Mike Timlin continues to work as an assistant for the Valor baseball team.
Notable alumni
Roger Rosengarten, NFL tackle for the Baltimore Ravens
Janine Beckie, soccer player, 2020 Olympic gold medalist
Tess Boade, soccer player
Wyndham Clark, PGA golfer, 2023 U.S. Open champion
Jaelene Daniels, soccer player
Luke Del Rio, former college football player and NFL coach, current offensive analyst for Washington
Christian Elliss, NFL Linebacker for the New England Patriots
Noah Elliss, NFL Defensive Tackle
Anna Hall, professional heptathlete for Adidas
Ali Kilponen, softball player
Christian McCaffrey, Pro Bowl NFL running back for the San Francisco 49ers
Luke McCaffrey, NFL wide receiver for the Washington Commanders
Max McCaffrey, former NFL player, current assistant coach for the Miami Dolphins
Will Owen, American racing driver
Marybeth Sant-Price, Track and Field World Championship medalist
See also
Bibliography of Colorado
Geography of Colorado
History of Colorado
Index of Colorado-related articles
List of Colorado-related lists
Outline of Colorado
References
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