John Cackowski

I am very excited we are back in school. I'm entering my 23rd year of teaching, and I'm a former HRHS graduate graduating in 1992 (Was the 3rd graduating class HRHS had). I actually went to HRHS for 5 years. HRHS started out in 1987 with middle and high school together before Cresthill was built, so I went here in 8th grade. I'm married to a former 1994 HRHS grad named Natalie, and I have a daughter who is a senior at Arapahoe, and a son who will be a incoming freshman at Arapahoe.

I have taught many different courses in 22 years. I graduated from Colorado State and I'm actually a history major. I spent a lot of years teaching World History, US History, Government, Economics, Modern Euro, and Geography. I have taught strength and conditioning, and I got my masters in Educational Technology, and HRHS needed me to help out in the Business Tech department 5 years ago because I also had a background in teaching television productions when I started teaching at ThunderRidge HS. So I have had a pretty diverse teaching history.

My favorite sport is baseball. I love baseball. I used to be the head baseball coach here for 10 years. We had a good run making the playoffs in 8 straight years including back to back Final Four appearances, and at one point we were ranked 18th in the country. I have coached for USA Baseball, I have had a job as a professional baseball scout, and I also was a head softball coach at one time when I was at ThunderRidge.

I was born in Staten Island, NY, and moved out here when I was 5 years old, however my parents divorced and my mother moved back to Staten Island, so I spent a lot of time going back and forth, so I feel like I grew up in both places, however you can't beat Colorado. I love it here. Being that I was born in NYC, I'm a huge Yankees fan, and huge NY Giants fan, however I also love the Nuggets, Avalanche, and I like the Broncos.

We are excited to offer a new Filmmaking pathway at HRHS this year to go along with TV Broadcasting. Our Television show is called "TFTV" standing for True Falcon TV. I named it that because I graduated from Highlands Ranch, hence a 'True Falcon".