Arvada West High School

Arvada West High School was contracted in 1961 and opened in 1963. By the late 1990s, Arvada West was serving so many students it was on a split schedule. Ralston Valley High School, which opened in 2000, relieved the overcrowding. ==Extracurricular activities==

The school's athletic teams, known as the Arvada West Wildcats, compete in CHSAA class 5A in the Jefferson County League. Teams are fielded in interscholastic competition in baseball, basketball, cheerleading and poms, cross country, football, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, and volleyball. State championship titles held by the school include: • Baseball: 1994 (6A) • Cheerleading: 1993 (6A) • Girls' basketball: 1978 (AAA) • Boys' cross country: 1974 (I) • Football: 1972 (AAA), 1997 (5A) • Girls' soccer: 1987 • Softball: 1993 (6A), 1994 (6A), 1995 (5A), 1996 (5A), 1999 (5A), 2000 (5A) • Boys' track and field: 1975 (AAA), 1994 (6A), 2014 (5A) • Girls' track and field: 1976 (AAA), 1977 (AAA) • Volleyball: 1977 (AAA) • Wrestling: 1988 (AAA), 1992 (6A), 2014 (5A), 2015 (5A) ==Notable alumni==

• Roy Halladay (1995) – MLB pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies • Jacki Thrapp (2010) – Emmy award-winning journalist who worked for Fox News Channel, the New York Post and Channel 2/Fox 31 Denver. She is most known for her coverage of the Ghislaine Maxwell Trial and executive producing comedian Gianmarco Soresi's 3x Emmy-nominated comedy special, "Shelf Life," on Amazon Prime. • Barry Kooser (1987) – artist, painter, animation filmmaker, CCO of Worker Studio • Kevin McDougal (1995) – NFL player • Jayne McHugh – member of the United States women's national volleyball team in the 1988 Summer Olympics • Casey Malone (1995) – Olympic discus thrower • Brad Pyatt – NFL player for the Indianapolis Colts in 2003–2006; CEO of the company MusclePharm • John Roush – University of Oklahoma football player; drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 1975 NFL draft ==References==