Coal Ridge High School
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![Picture of a man in a plaid shirt with a bald head.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1774551966/garfieldre2net/sel5sc6xhzt5sbmhvqzr/Mik2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1774551966/garfieldre2net/sel5sc6xhzt5sbmhvqzr/Mik2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1774551966/garfieldre2net/sel5sc6xhzt5sbmhvqzr/Mik2.jpg","width":640}])
Garfield Re-2 School District is pleased to announce that longtime Coal Ridge High School educator and assistant principal Michael Mikalakis has been selected to serve as the school’s next principal, effective July 1, 2026, pending Board of Education approval. Mikalakis will take the reins from outgoing principal Jackie Davis, who is retiring at the end of the 25-26 school year.
Mikalakis will become just the fifth principal in Coal Ridge High School’s history, a responsibility he does not take lightly.
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![Parents, Staff and Community are invited to meet the Coal Ridge High School Principal candidates at the Coal Ridge High School Library Thursday, April 2, from 5 - 6:30 p.m.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1774552225/garfieldre2net/n8f1esc0ums2kkc7n2zb/1.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1774552225/garfieldre2net/n8f1esc0ums2kkc7n2zb/1.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1774552225/garfieldre2net/n8f1esc0ums2kkc7n2zb/1.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1774552225/garfieldre2net/n8f1esc0ums2kkc7n2zb/1.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1774552225/garfieldre2net/n8f1esc0ums2kkc7n2zb/1.png","width":1545}])
Parents, Staff and Community are invited to meet the Coal Ridge High School Principal candidates at the Coal Ridge High School Library Thursday, April 2, from 5 - 6:30 p.m. The three candidtes are Michael Mikalakis, Jessica Newman and Troy Snyder.
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The first time Coal Ridge High School junior Kindall Murr took the controls of a small airplane, she wasn’t thinking about homework or college applications.
She was looking out over the Western Slope from the sky.
"I fell in love with flying," Murr said. "Just seeing the area from above was so cool. Everything about it was so fun. I was like, 'I don't want a boring job. This is what I want to do.'"
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![Three Coal Ridge Seniors Earn Finalist Spots for Colorado’s Top Scholarships]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1773066376/garfieldre2net/p0szgqzekkptlzuljffb/CRHSawardfinalists.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1773066376/garfieldre2net/p0szgqzekkptlzuljffb/CRHSawardfinalists.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1773066376/garfieldre2net/p0szgqzekkptlzuljffb/CRHSawardfinalists.png","width":787}])
Yahir Garcia, Chloe Coon, and Gracie Appleton are finalists for three prestigious scholarships, each recognizing students for their character, leadership, and academic promise: Yahir for the Boettcher Scholarship, Chloe for the Michael E. McGoldrick (MEM) Scholarship, and Gracie for the Daniels Scholarship.
Each scholarship is highly competitive. Each carries significant financial support. But more importantly, each recognizes the traits Garfield Re-2 and Coal Ridge strive to cultivate in every graduate: students who are academically prepared, empowered individuals, community-connected, and strong and determined.
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