William C. Hinkley High School or simply Hinkley High School is a public high school in Aurora, Colorado, United States. It is one of eight high schools in Aurora Public Schools. In 2007, Hinkley was ranked within the top 1000 public high schools in the United States by Newsweek.
Hinkley's student newspaper is The Talon.
Hinkley is an Engineering and Biomedical pathway school.
IB Programme
Hinkley offers one of the district's few International Baccalaureate programmes, and is one of only a handful of schools to offer an IB Human Rights course.
In order to ease the 150-hour community service requirement of the IB Programme, a student organization known as the Landmines Task Force was created. The group raises money and awareness regarding the international landmine problem, donating through the United Nations Association's Adopt-A-Minefield to help eradicate landmines in Mozambique. To date, the group has raised over $20,000. The program was started by IB HL African History teacher Christine Sundberg in the 2003/2004 school year; the program has ceased to exist since the 2008/2009 school year.
Demographics
58.5% Latino
14.3% White
19.5% African American
7.3% Asian
0.4% Native American
Hinkley's free/reduced lunch rate is 62% of the students.
Athletics
Football
1997 State 4A champions
Basketball
1994 State 5A champions
Baseball
1979 State 4A champions
Notable alumni
Chris Broderick, former lead guitarist for Megadeth, 2008 – 2014
Will Donato - jazz musician
Brian Fisher, former MLB player (New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, Seattle Mariners) Joel Steed, former NFL Nose Tackle, Pittsburgh Steelers
References
External links
Aurora Public Schools (Colorado) Public high schools in Colorado International Baccalaureate schools in Colorado Educational institutions established in 1973 Schools in Arapahoe County, Colorado