Columbine High School began and dedicated to the memory of the victims. Columbine High School Columbine High School (CHS) is a high school in Columbine, Colorado, United States. The school is part of the Jefferson County Public Schools district. The school is located at 6201 South Pierce Street, one mile west of the Littleton city limits and one-half mile south of the Denver city/county line. The official school colors are blue and silver. Columbine High School opened in the fall of 1973 with a capacity for 1,652 students. It was named after the surrounding community of Columbine, which in turn was named after
Columbine High School massacre rights in the United States. Michael Moore's "Bowling for Columbine" focuses heavily on a perceived American obsession with handguns, its grip on Jeffco, and its role in the shooting. "Columbine" has since become a euphemism for a school shooting, rather like "going postal". A video game called Super Columbine Massacre RPG! was based on the massacre. The 2016 biographical film "I'm Not Ashamed", based on the journals of Rachel Scott, includes glimpses of Harris's and Klebold's lives and interactions with other students at CHS. The 1999 black comedy, "Duck! The Carbine High Massacre" is inspired by the Columbine massacre. The