Cherry Creek High School Cybersecurity Club
Join our community of ethical hackers, learn cutting-edge cybersecurity skills, and compete in exciting challenges. No experience needed — we teach everything from the ground up.
Club highlights
Competing, winning, and giving back
A community of 70+ students across competitions, weekly training, and year-round community outreach.
CyberQuest champions
Lockheed Martin CyberQuest — 1st place (2025)
Back-to-back CTF wins
Colorado School of Mines CTF (2024 & 2025)
CyberPatriot Platinum
Advanced six teams to the Platinum tier
Host of CreekCTF
Interdistrict competition — 8 teams last year
By the numbers
Where we stand
70+
Active students
2×
Mines CTF wins
6
CyberPatriot Platinum teams
8
CreekCTF teams last year
Our competitions
Where we compete
Creek Cybersecurity Club takes part in national and regional competitions that challenge and develop our members' skills.
CyberPatriot
The National Youth Cyber Defense Competition, created by the Air Force Association. Teams find and fix security vulnerabilities on live system images against the clock.
picoCTF
Carnegie Mellon's capture-the-flag competition for middle and high school students, run entirely online.
HS OreCTF
An in-person spring CTF hosted by the Colorado School of Mines. Creek has won it back to back, in 2024 and 2025.
Lockheed CyberQuest
Lockheed Martin's cyber competition. Creek took first place in 2025.
CreekCTF
Our own competition, first held in 2025 with eight teams. Beginner friendly by design, and still interesting for experienced players.
Lockheed CodeQuest
An annual programming competition for high school teams, also run by Lockheed Martin.
Why join
What you get out of it
Develop technical skills, work on real-world security challenges, and connect with people who care about this as much as you do.
Learn real skills
Gain practical experience in cryptography, system security, and ethical hacking that translates to real-world applications.
Join a community
Connect with like-minded peers who share your passion for technology and cybersecurity.
Compete nationally
Represent Cherry Creek in CyberPatriot, picoCTF, and other national cybersecurity competitions.
Beyond competitions
We teach, too
Members lead workshops on internet safety, phishing awareness, and password security at libraries, retirement homes, and elementary schools throughout the school year.
Meeting details
When and where we meet
When and where
- Every wednesdays
- Semester 1 · 3:30 – 5:00 PM
Semester 2 · 3:30 – 4:30 PM - Library Tech Center
- Room W431 in semester 2
Stay updated
Get notifications about meetings, competitions, and announcements by joining our Remind.
Text @creekcyber to 81010
Join our club
Ready to start?
Want to be part of our team? No experience needed — just show up ready to learn. We meet every Wednesday after school.