Chaparral High School (Scottsdale, Arizona)

Chaparral High School

Principal	Mrs. Mary Lou Muccino
School Type	Public (U.S.)
Religious Affiliation	None
Founded	1973
Address & Location	6935 E. Gold Dust Avenue, Scottsdale, Arizona 85253, USA
Enrollment	1,828 students
Campus Situation	Suburban
Mascot	Firebird
School Colors	Scarlet Red and Gold
School Website	[http://www.susd.org/chaparral/index.html CHS]

Chaparral High School is a public high school located in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. The mascot is the firebird and the school colors are scarlet red and gold. [ [http://www.susd.org/chaparral/construction.html Chaparral High School - Index ] ] Based on the percentage of students passing or exceeding the AIMS, Chaparral is one of the best high schools in the state. In 2006, Chaparral had the state's highest percentage of students exceeding reading standards, and the fourth highest percentage of students exceeding math and writing standards.

tudent body and academics

Chaparral has one of the highest graduation rates in the state, with a 98% graduation rate, significantly higher than the 80% state average. Over 95 percent of Chaparral's graduates enroll in higher education, the most of any highschool in Arizona. [ [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?s_site=azcentral&f_site=azcentral&f_sitename=Arizona+Republic%2C+The+%28Phoenix%2C+AZ%29&p_theme=gannett&p_product=ARPB&p_action=search&p_field_base-0=&p_text_base-0=brainiest+school+in+the+valley&Search=Search&p_perpage=10&p_maxdocs=200&p_queryname=700&s_search_type=keyword&p_sort=_rank_%3AD&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date%3AB%2CE&p_text_date-0= Reference to password protected article in Arizona Republic] ] Chaparral High School has consistently ranked in Newsweek's list of Best High Schools in America, and in 2007 Chaparral was one of only 12 schools ranked in Arizona. [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18757087/site/newsweek/ America's Top Public High Schools - Newsweek America's Best High Schools - MSNBC.com ] ] The high school also usually garners more National Merit Semifinalists annually than any other school in the state and holds the state record for having the most scholars in one year (24 in 2000). [ [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?s_site=azcentral&f_site=azcentral&f_sitename=Arizona+Republic%2C+The+%28Phoenix%2C+AZ%29&p_theme=gannett&p_product=ARPB&p_action=search&p_field_base-0=&p_text_base-0=brainiest+school+in+the+valley&Search=Search&p_perpage=10&p_maxdocs=200&p_queryname=700&s_search_type=keyword&p_sort=_rank_%3AD&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date%3AB%2CE&p_text_date-0= Reference to password protected article in Arizona Republic] ] Additionally, the school has also earned the record most in-state Presidential Scholars in Arizona with 17 in 2003.

Chaparral is the only school in Arizona to have students win the highest honors at the Siemens Westinghouse Competition and Intel Science Talent Search, two of the most prestigious science competitions in the U.S. [ [http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/1206science06.html TGen work wins Valley students scholarship cash ] ]

Athletics

Chaparral competes in 19 interscholastic sports and leads the 4A Division I in a number of sports programs; however, the school is best known for its lacrosse. Charlie Ragle is the head football coach. He previously coached defensive line at Arizona State until Dirk Koetter and much of the staff was released. The Football team has experienced little success, in contrast to the tremendous hype, and will not be a state title contender in 2008. The school has historically been best known for its baseball program, annually ranked in USA Today's Super 25 High School Baseball Team list. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/baseball/2006-super25.htm USATODAY.com - Final Super 25 baseball rankings ] ]

Chaparral recently had a brand new, state-of-the-art artificial turf football field installed by Rhino Sports and a million dollar field house to have a weight room, trainer's office and coaches headquarters. The field is one of the first high school fields of its kind in the greater Phoenix area.The football team's website can be found at www.chaparralfootball.com

Arts

Chaparral has three concert choirs, and a Mixed Jazz group (a co-ed group which perform jazz standards) and a Nothing But Treble group (an all girls group which often will sing songs that somebody in the group has arranged or written, or will perform already written music) which rehearse on their own time to put together performances.Fact|date=June 2007

Chaparral also has two concert bands, a marching band, jazz band, as well as various ensemble groups.

Chaparral takes pride in its two Orchestras, Symphonic and Concert.

Chaparral is home to Thespian Troupe #203. It is known for the high quality of its successful performances Fact|date=August 2007including 2 mainstage productions, a musical and Student Productions each year.

peech and Debate

2006-2007 School Year

The Speech and Debate team has many students and specializes in Oratory and Public Forum Debate. At 4A Winter Trophy in Tucson, Arizona, Sean Arn took 1st place in Novice LD debate [ [http://www.joyoftournaments.com/az/winter4a/2006/bracket4.htm Novice LD Bracket ] ] , while Anthony Conyers, Justin Hillman, Andrew Matson, Eric Himmelberger, Ben Grossman, and Adam Bloch closed out in Varsity PFD. [ [http://www.joyoftournaments.com/az/winter4a/2006/results6.htm Varsity Public Forum Results ] ] Chaparral was the only school in Arizona to send Public Forum Debate teams to the Tournament of Champions, held at the University of Kentucky. [ [http://blog.pfdebate.com/2007/05/07/lexington-wins-toc-public-forum-debate-championship/ Lexington Wins TOC Public Forum Debate Championship ] ]

At the ASU Southwest Debate Championship (a national debate tournament held at Arizona State University), Adam Bloch and Ben Grossman took first place in Varsity PFD [ [http://blog.pfdebate.com/2007/01/16/bloch-grossman-claim-asu-southwest-championship/ Bloch & Grossman Claim ASU Southwest Championship ] ] and Emily Shiau took 3rd Place in Oratory [ [http://www.joyoftournaments.com/az/asu/2007/results10-8.htm Original Oratory Finals ] ] . Chaparral defeated its competition at the 2007 State Tournament, winning 2nd in sweepstakes. Chaparral PF debaters, Adam Bloch, Ben Grossman, Eric Himmelberger, Andrew Matson, Anthony Conyers, Nick French, Riley Roberts, and Max Ullman, closed out PFD at semi-finals. [ [http://www.joyoftournaments.com/az/state4a/2007/bracket3.htm Public Forum Debate Bracket ] ] Furthermore, Ben Grossman (1st) and Emily Shiau (2nd) closed out Original Oratory. [ [http://www.joyoftournaments.com/az/state4a/2007/results7-8.htm Original Oratory Finals ] ] Ben Grossman and David Schaeffer were State Champions in Student Congress, and Grossman also won 1st place in Expository Speaking. [ [http://www.joyoftournaments.com/az/state4a/2007/ 4A State Tournament ] ] [ [http://wiki.pfdebate.com/rss2_0/pageReport/mostActive PFDebate Wiki - Most Active Pages ] ]

Chaparral also sent three students to the National Forensic League National Competition in Derby/Wichita, Kansas: Ben Grossman (Original Oratory), Riley Roberts (PFD), and Max Ullman (PFD). [ [http://wiki.pfdebate.com/page/NFL+Nationals+Qualifiers+2007?t=anon NFL Nationals Qualifiers 2007 - PFDebate Wiki ] ] Ben Grossman was named the All-Tribune Forensics Scholar for his forensics accomplishments. [http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/89999]

2007-2008 School Year

The Speech and Debate team specialized in Public Forum Debate. Yassamin Ansari and Stefani Jones won 1st place in novice Public Forum Debate at several tournaments, while Justin Hillman and Justin Pirtle won 5th place at the Harvard Tournament in varsity Public Forum Debate. Justin Hillman with Justin Pirtle, and Anthony Conyers with Nick French closed out in varsity Public Forum Debate at 4A State. At 4A state, Justin Hillman and Lawrence Nemeh received 4th place in Duo Interpretation. Lawrence Nemeh also received 4th place for Dramatic Interpretation at State. Lawrence broke to semi-finals in Humorous Interpretation at National Qualifiers.

Chaparral sent two students to the National Competition: Nick French and Anthony Conyers for Public Forum Debate.

Notable alumni

*Brian Bannister- Baseball Player (Kansas City Royals)
*Jarrett Bellini- Writer/Humorist
*Darrell Bevell- Football Coach (Minnesota Vikings)
*Paul Konerko- Baseball Player (Chicago White Sox)
*Busy Phillips- Actress
*Lyle Sendlein- Football Player (Arizona Cardinals)
*Stephenie Meyer -author of #1 bestselling series, The Twilight Saga
*Courtney Cums-adult film industry actress

Construction & Remodeling

Founded in 1973, the school needs renovation. The rebuilding of the school started early August 2006, and the entire reconstruction of the school is planned to be finished August 2008, before the 2008-2009 school year.

References

External links

* [http://www.susd.org/Chaparral/ Chaparral High School Online]