Platte Canyon High School

Platte Canyon High School, located in Bailey, Colorado, United States, was founded in 1957. The school building is located on Highway 285 in Park County.

Platte Canyon High School
Platte Canyon High School seen from Highway 285
Address
57243 US Highway 285

Bailey, Colorado
80421

United States
Coordinates39°25′16″N 105°32′09″W
Information
Established1957 (1957)
CEEB code060075
Faculty15.88 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Student to teacher ratio15.49[1]
Campus size246 (2017-18)[1]
Color(s)Royal blue and silver
  
MascotHusky
Websitepchs.plattecanyonschools.org/en-US

Athletics

Platte Canyon High School is a member of the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) and the Frontier League. The Platte Canyon Huskies participate in 2A football (Colorado Conference) and 3A Frontier League basketball, baseball, cheer, cross country, speech and debate, softball, track & field, volleyball, wrestling, along with 4A Inter-League girls' swimming and 5A State League alpine skiing.

2006 hostage crisis
Main article: Platte Canyon High School hostage crisis

On September 27, 2006, a "hostage situation" was reported at 11:40 a.m. local time (1740 UTC) at the high school. Duane R. Morrison, 53, of Denver,[2] reportedly said that he had a bomb. He had taken six students as hostages in a second-floor room and released four of them while keeping the other two; each of the six hostages was female.[2][3] Once SWAT members approached, one of the female hostages, identified as 16-year-old Emily Keyes, was shot and critically wounded. She was taken away by a helicopter, and was later declared dead from her injuries.[4] The hostage-taker then shot and killed himself. The other female was not wounded.

References
  1. "PLATTE CANYON HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  2. "Colorado Sheriff: High School Assault of Sexual Nature". CNN. Archived from the original on January 25, 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  3. "Student Injured, Gunman Dead In School Standoff". CBS Broadcasting. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007.
  4. "Hostage in school standoff dies". NBC News. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
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