Company Profile
Battle Mountain High School
Company Overview
Battle Mountain High School is a 4-year comprehensive high school accredited by the Colorado Department of Education. Students experience challenging academics, a large variety of athletics, fun activities and social events, and develop a sense of community as a Battle Mountain Husky. The school is located at the crossroads of Vail and Beaver Creek, two of the best ski resorts in the world. It is surrounded by the majesty of the Rocky Mountains, with the Eagle River running through the middle of the valley. Battle Mountain students perform among the best in the state in academics, athletics and activities. BMHS has an extremely strong Advanced Placement program and access to classes as the local community college. The state of the art facility was built in 2009 and provides students and teachers with all the technological access one would expect in a new building. BMHS is a great school in a world class community.
Company History
Battle Mountain High School was created in 1959 during the reorganization of schools in Eagle County. Minturn High School and Red Cliff High School combined to form a new high school. The school was located in a building in Red Cliff. The students selected the name (Battle Mountain), colors (black & gold), and mascot (Huskies). In 1964 a new school building was built in Maloit Park, south of Minturn. Battle Mountain High School became a Junior/Senior High School. The population in the area soon created a need for a larger building to educate all of the students. In the fall of 1974 another BMHS building was constructed just west of Dowd Junction. The building opened as a Senior High School only, serving students in the 9th-12th grades. In 2009 the school moved to the current location in Edwards.
Benefits
School district employees qualify for deeply discounted ski passes at local ski resorts.