Cañon City High School

Cañon City High School
Location
Cañon City, Colorado United States
Coordinates	38°27′2″N 105°14′0″W / 38.45056°N 105.23333°WCoordinates: 38°27′2″N 105°14′0″W / 38.45056°N 105.23333°W
Information
Type	Public high school
Principal	Bill Summers
Grades	9–12
Color(s)	Black and gold
Athletics	Football, men's and women's basketball, baseball, soccer, tennis, golf, softball, wrestling, volleyball, cross country
Mascot	Tiger
Website	Cañon City High School

Cañon City High School (CCHS) is a high school in Cañon City, Colorado, United States.^[1] The current campus was built in 1961 with major additions in the 1980s and the late 2000s. The former school building now serves as Cañon City Middle School and was built in 1929.

Athletics

CCHS currently competes in these sports (may be incomplete):

• Football
• Men's and women's basketball
• Baseball
• Tennis
• Men's and women's cross country
• Wrestling
• Golf
• Soccer
• Volleyball

Band

Cañon City Tiger Pride Marching Band
School	Cañon City High School
Director	Joshua Race
Uniform	Black and gold

The Cañon City Tiger Pride Marching Band is currently under the direction of Joshua Race.

Notable participation

• Annual participant and host band of the Cañon City Music & Blossom Festival
• Portland Rose Festival in Portland, Oregon
• Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C.

Former band directors

• Ken Ovrebo, member of the Colorado Bandmasters Association Hall of Fame, 2010^[2] He is also currently the Marching Chair for the CBA Marching Committee^[3] and recently retired Stephanie Nolan who now serves as a part time assistant band director.

Choir

The choir program at CCHS consists of Encore (both men and women) and Tiger Ladies (women's choir).

Sexting scandal

In 2015, a major sexting scandal at the school involving a significant portion of the student body, including members of the football team, was covered by the media.^[4]

References

1. Cañon City High School Accessed Juny 18, 2012
2. "Hall of Fame Members". Retrieved 20 January 2014.
3. "CBA Marching Committee". Retrieved 20 January 2014.
4. Kassondra Cloos and Julie Turkewitz (November 6, 2015). "Hundreds of Nude Photos Jolt School". The New York Times. Retrieved November 7, 2015. At least 100 students at a high school in Cañon City traded naked pictures of themselves....

External links

• Cañon City High School