Littleton Public Schools history

All the schools were privately owned and operated, as no provision was made for government support until 1862, when School Districts #1 and #2 were established in east and west Denver, respectively.

In 1864, however, a number of settlers met at Richard Little's cabin to organize what would become School District #6, also known as the Littleton School District.

In 1865, Harry Pickard donated land for a schoolhouse, and at a cost of $65 a one-room log structure was built by John Bell on present-day Union Avenue just east of the South Platte River, about a mile and a half north of downtown Littleton.

Littleton's first brick school was opened in 1873 at Rapp and Church Streets on land donated by Richard Little.

In 1894, a second school was built at the intersection of Broadway and Littleton Boulevard.

Littleton: Littleton History Museum, 1979.

Littleton: Littleton Public Schools, 1990.

On December 9, 1994, the school gymnasium was renamed in honor of Arapaho Elder Anthony Sitting Eagle, who was one of the primary tribal elders that principal Ronald Booth met with in establishing the school's relationship with the Arapaho Nation.

A detailed and specific application was submitted and approved by the Littleton Public School Board on May 9, 1996.

In 1997, Littleton High School applied to become an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program school.

After approval, the first class of 14 students graduated in 1999 and had a 100 percent passing rate; all students earned their IB diploma.