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Public high school in Air Force Academy, Colorado, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Air Academy High School (AAHS) is a public high school in El Paso County, Colorado, United States that serves the northwestern end of Colorado Springs, Colorado, as well as the United States Air Force Academy. Air Academy is a part of Academy School District 20. It is the only high school in the U.S. built on a military academy (the school district also has an elementary school on the Air Force Academy).[3]
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Air Academy High School | |
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6910 Carlton Drive 80840 United States | |
Coordinates | 38°58′8″N 104°50′46″W |
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School type | Public high school |
Established | 1957 |
School district | Academy 20 |
CEEB code | 060266 |
NCES School ID | 080192000002[1] |
Principal | Daniel Olson[2] |
Teaching staff | 77.39 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,370 (2018–2019[1]) |
Student to teacher ratio | 17.70[1] |
Color(s) | Silver and Blue |
Athletics conference | CHSAA |
Mascot | Kadet |
Yearbook | Vapor Trails |
Feeder schools | Eagleview Middle School |
Website | airacademy |
Air Academy is situated in the foothills of the Front Range, at an approximate elevation of 6,550 feet (1,995 m) above sea level.
AAHS offers 21 Advanced Placement classes to students in numerous subject areas.[4]
Air Academy offers varsity and junior varsity athletic teams competing in Colorado High School Activities Association 4A and 5A sporting events. Facilities at the school include two gyms, a weights facility, a track, a yoga and fitness room, soccer, baseball, and softball field, six tennis courts, and an outdoor football/soccer stadium (nicknamed the K-Dome). Bill Mondt coached Kadet football to a state football championship in 1962; he went on to be head coach at New Mexico University and later coached successfully at Eaton CO High School Gary Barnett was the head football coach at AAHS in the 1970s; he was later the head coach at Northwestern (1992–1998) and Colorado (1999–2005).
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