Windsor High School (Colorado)
Windsor High School is a high school located in Windsor, Colorado, United States. The school is part of the Weld RE-4 School District. It serves about 1,600 students, and employs about 76 faculty members.
Band
The school's marching band has a long history. The marching band has won Colorado Bandmasters' Association State Competitions in 1991, 1992, 2008, and most recently in 2011.It changed its name from the "Windsor High School Marching Band" to the "Pride of Windsor Marching Band" after the victory in 2008.
The band performed for President Barack Obama's inaugural parade on January 20, 2009.
The marching band has qualified for state every year in Colorado since the 1980s, never missing a single year. The band has achieved several 2nd and 3rd place finishes along with its wins, and has narrowly missed out on finals competition several times, including in 2007, 2013, 2015, and 2016.Two of these, in 2007 and 2016, were by less than a point.
The band was selected to march in the 75th Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade in Hawaii on December 7, 2016, where they received the first place prize in the parade competition.
The Pride of Windsor marching band has received high ratings and 1st place finishes at competitions in Colorado, Wyoming, Hawaii, Utah, and Texas, and notably won first place in its division at a USBands competition, sponsored and hosted by the DCI Drum Corp, The Cadets, in 2015.
In 2019, the Windsor High School Wind Symphony, the school's top auditioned concert band, qualified for the CBA State Concert Band Festival for the first time in Windsor history, making it one of the top 32 concert bands in the state. There it achieved an Excellent rating.
In the 2019 marching season, the band ended as a Semifinalist when CBA State was cancelled for 4A and 5A due to inclement weather, earning them the current highest regionals score of all time and the 3rd highest score in school history, behind 2011 and 2016's state performances.
Today, the band program includes the marching band, several concert bands, a color guard and winter guard program, a competitive winter percussion program, a jazz band, chamber ensembles, a jazz combo, AP and Intro to Music Theory, and in some concerts, full symphony orchestra pieces are programmed, providing students with the opportunity to play with the orchestra program.
Clubs and organizations
Many clubs and organizations are offered at Windsor High School, some of which are listed below.| Club/organization | Description | Related website |
| Bio Club | This club is for students interested in biology. It is a member of NABT BioClub. | http://www.nabt.org |
| Cheer-leading | ||
| Drama Club | The club is separate from an available theater class. | |
| Family, Career and Community Leaders of America | This club is part of the national FCCLA organization. It prepares students for life, students can compete in events at conferences such as illustrated talks and entrepreneurship. | |
| Foreign Language Club | ||
| Future Business Leaders | This group is part of the national FBLA organization. In this organization students can improve their business skills and compete in conferences in business related events. | |
| FFA | This club is part of the national FFA organization. This organization is for agriculturally minded students, who can compete in conferences in events such as floriculture and other agriculturally related events. | |
| Knowledge Bowl | ||
| National Honor Society | ||
| Spanish Club | ||
| Spirit/Dance | ||
| Student Council | ||
| W-club | ||
| Yearbook |
Sports
Windsor offers several sports, including football, basketball, swimming, track and cross country. The Wizards boast 18 state championships including four earned in 2018 alone:| Sport | Championship |
| Football | 1981, 1993, 2011, 2015 |
| Wrestling | 2011, 2012, 2018 |
| Boys Basketball | 1923, 1924 |
| Boys Swim | 2018 |
| Girls Golf | 2018 |
| Girls Soccer | 2018 |
| Girls Track | 2010 |
| Softball | 2006 |
| Boys Cross Country | 1995 |
| Volleyball | 1995 |
| Girls Basketball | 1994 |
| Boys Track | 1951 |
The boys' basketball team went to state competition in 1924, and then went on to win the national competition.
In 2011, they made it all the way to the state championship game but lost to Sterling High School. In 2015, they reached the 4A Championship and defeated the Loveland Indians 35-14.
The boys' soccer team went to the quarter round of state playoffs in 2010. After a record of 16 shutouts, they lost to Mullen High School. They won their conference with only one loss against rival Northridge High School.