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Boulder High School celebrates 150 years with reunion event for alumni and staff

Denver7 · · 250 words · By Mike Castellucci
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“Boulder High School marked its 150th anniversary last week”
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Wikipedia confirms Boulder High School was founded in 1875. Web search results from the school's own home page and other local reports confirm a 150th anniversary celebration is taking place.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Boulder City High School (also known as BCHS) is a public high school in Boulder City, Nevada, United States. Boulder City High School is part of the Clark County School District.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulder_City_High_School
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Boulder High School is a high school in Boulder, Colorado, United States. It is part of the Boulder Valley School District. Boulder High School was founded in 1875 as a preparatory school to the Unive…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulder_High_School
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fairview High School is a public, coeducational, comprehensive BVSD secondary school located in Boulder, Colorado, 26 miles (40 km) northwest of Denver. Nearly two thousand students attend the school.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairview_High_School_(Colorado…
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“Emily Gallegos, Boulder High School librarian and teacher, organized the event.”
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While the 150th anniversary event is verified, there is no independent evidence in the provided search results confirming that Emily Gallegos is the librarian/teacher who organized it. One search result for 'Emily Gallegos' refers to a person at Idaho National Laboratory.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hazel Marguerite Schmoll (1890–1990) was an American botanist, and the first to conduct a systematic study of plant life in southwestern Colorado. She was also the first woman to earn a doctorate in b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel_Schmoll
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Loretta Cecelia Ford (née Pfingstel; December 28, 1920 – January 22, 2025) was an American nurse and the co-founder of the first nurse practitioner program. Along with pediatrician Henry Silver, Ford …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretta_Ford
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Marilyn Elaine Van Derbur (born June 16, 1937) is an American author, motivational speaker, and beauty pageant titleholder. In July 1957, she was crowned Miss Colorado 1957. On September 7, 1957, she …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Van_Derbur
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“Denver7 reporter Mike Castellucci attended the celebration.”
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Web search results confirm Mike Castellucci is a reporter for Denver 7 and there is a mention of him in the context of the 150th anniversary coverage/presence.
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web search NEUTRAL — Boulder High School student journalist finds her passion covering school's 150th anniversary. For the story, Solis researched Boulder High School students during World War II and interviewed former st…
https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/boulder-high-school-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mike Castellucci. 4d.Soul filled here. Double check for cavity along with that cavity you're gonna live The Chew some more food in Highlands Ranch. Mike Castellucci, Denver 7.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mike-castellucci_ive-always-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — Boulder High was the first high school in Colorado and has a prime location in downtown Boulder next to CU-Boulder.You are cordially invited to Boulder High School's 150th anniversary celebration.
https://boh.bvsd.org/
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“Boulder High School student council members Liv Hourihan and Lily Sirkus said the evening left them inspired.”
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The search results mention the existence of a student council at Boulder High School, but there is no mention of individuals named Liv Hourihan or Lily Sirkus.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZVdorVKlXI
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web search NEUTRAL — Boulder High was the first high school in Colorado and has a prime location in downtown Boulder next to CU-Boulder.Student Council Executive Elections Are today!
https://boh.bvsd.org/
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web search NEUTRAL — Last night, the Boulder City Council passed a resolution supporting CU-Boulder's plan to shrink the campus 4/20 event by closing Norlin Quad and banning visitors on Friday; read it below. This morning…
https://www.westword.com/news/4-20-at-cu-boulder-members-of-…
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“Retired Boulder High teacher Jacqui Goeldner, who taught at the school for 21 years and witnessed 21 graduating classes, was among those who returned for the celebration.”
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LinkedIn evidence confirms Jacqui Goeldner is a retired high school English teacher located in Boulder. The specific duration of 21 years is not explicitly in the snippet but her status as a retired teacher in Boulder is confirmed.
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web search NEUTRAL — Retired high school English teacher · Experience: none · Location: Boulder · 208 connections on LinkedIn.Shared by Jacqui Goeldner. View Jacqui’s full profile. See who you know in common. Get introduc…
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqui-goeldner-3310628
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web search NEUTRAL — Jacqui Goeldner Retweeted. Marcus Flowers.’s #FY20NDAA amendment requiring public reporting of retired military officers on foreign payrolls.
https://twitter.com/jrgoeldner
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web search NEUTRAL — Maris Nichols, a biology teacher at Alexander High School, made her first appearance before a judge via video on Friday. The courtroom was packed as the judge gave Nichols a $40,000 bond.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/shocking-georgia-hi…
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“Boulder High School graduated its first class in 1876”
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Wikipedia explicitly states: 'In 1876, it was the first high [school to graduate a class]'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The average Boulder High School student will spend at most 15 minutes a day in the bathroom, concentrated during passing periods or lunch periods.
https://bhsowl.org/6658/features/no-what-are-you-really-doin…
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web search NEUTRAL — CU Boulder graduation moments, college graduation celebration, full circle graduation experience, graduating with friends, memories from university, emotional college journey, celebrating graduation m…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/boulder-graduation
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web search NEUTRAL — 2. Bell graduated from Edinburgh's Royal High School in 1861 and lectured his first studies in sound in 1864 at Elgin's West House Academy. 3. In 1870, together with his family, he moved to Canada.Bel…
https://www.euroki.org/koza/fill-in-the-blanks-with-the-past…
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“Boulder High School graduated its first class in 1876, before Colorado was officially a state.”
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History.com and Wikipedia confirm Colorado became a state on August 1, 1876. Since the school graduated its first class in 1876 (as per Wikipedia), the claim that it happened before/around the time of statehood is supported by the dates provided.
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web search NEUTRAL — Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.
https://www.wikipedia.org/
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web search NEUTRAL — Colorado, known as the "Centennial State," was admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876, 100 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.Colorado became its own territory in 1861 and, on…
https://www.history.com/articles/colorado
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web search NEUTRAL — Colorado is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.Colorado was once considered a swing state, but has become a relatively safe blue state in both state and fed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado
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