Chapman Intermediate School

Chapman Intermediate School
Established	1990
Type	Public middle school
Principal	Susan McCarthy
Grades	5-6
Location	6500 Putnam Ford Road, Woodstock, Georgia,, United States
District	Cherokee County School District
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Blue, White
Mascot	Cyclones
Newspaper	The Cyclone
Website	Homepage

Chapman Intermediate School is one of the like 9 middle schools in Cherokee County. The school is located in Woodstock, Georgia. They currently educate grades 5-6. Its mascot is a Cyclone. It opened in 2000 with approximately 1150 fifth and sixth grade students and a total staff of almost 100. Chapman currently has 10 communities, each with 4 or 5 teachers. Bascomb, Oak Grove & Boston Elementary schools all feed in to Chapman.

Administration

• Mrs. Susan McCarthy, Principal 2011–Present
• Mr. Daniel Fuller, Assistant Principal (6th Grade)
• Mrs. Carolyn Daugherty, Assistant Principal (5th Grade)

Clubs and activities

As of 2009:

Beta Club- Jennifer Hall and Judy Dawson, both 5th Grade teachers at Chapman.

Student Council- Jami Shade, a 6th grade teacher & Tammie Rice, a 5th grade teacher who work at Chapman.

Chorus- The 2 music teachers, Doug Lee and Richard Gunderlock (Who also does the guitar and sings for "The Retreat")

Science Olympiad Team- Joan Means and Amanda Johnson, both 5th grade teachers at Chapman.

Academic Bowl- Lawence Gluckson, a 6th Grade teacher at Chapman.

Drama- Virgina Richards, a 5th grade teacher at Chapman.

Spelling/Geography Bee

Science/Social Studies Fair

Art Club- Mary Jo Mulvey, the only art teacher at Chapman.

Photo Club- Also, Mary Jo Mulvey

Fish Club- Michael Duckworth, a 6th grade teacher at Chapman

Running Club- Taught by Maggie Jones, a 5th grade teacher from Chapman. 2009–Present

Band- Taught by Michael Foxworth from Etowah High School. 2008–Present

History

Until 1935, there was a small school located across from Bascomb Church on what is now Bascomb-Carmel Road. It consisted of grades one through seven. For the first few years of his teaching career, Mr. Clarence Chapman was the principal as well as one of the teachers. In 1935, Bascomb School was consolidated with another elementary school and later torn down. South Cherokee County remained a rural area into the mid sixties. Highway 92 was paved in 1962. Until that time it had been an all-weather graveled road and was known as the Old Alabama Road. By 1966, Oak Grove School still had only one teacher per grade from fourth grade up through eighth grade. The total enrollment was 350 students. Woodstock School had an enrollment of around 600 students.

Around this time, south Cherokee County began growing by leaps and bounds. People began moving to the area and driving to work in Atlanta. Woodstock Elementary and Oak Grove Elementary were both too small for the incoming students. Rooms and buildings were added only to be outgrown before they were completed. A new school was the only answer. The property of the Chapman family was purchased for the new school. Construction was begun in 1971 and completed in February 1974. During the months from August, 1973, until February, 1974, the Chapman faculty and students were split and located at Woodstock and Oak Grove.

The school opened with grades one through eight. The first principal was Mr. Young Smith. During the 1970s and 1980s, the area continued to grow and E.T. Booth Middle School was built and opened nearby. The seventh and eighth grade students from Chapman and other south Cherokee elementary schools were transferred to the new middle school.

A large two-story classroom building was added to the Chapman campus in 1990 to accommodate the ever-increasing enrollment.

During the 1998-1999 school year, once again some decisions were needed to make arrangements for the growing schools in the area. With parent and school personnel input, the decision was made to create a school for fifth and sixth grade students and to house this "new" school at the Chapman campus. Preparations were made to transition these students from Bascomb ES, Boston ES and Oak Grove ES.

In August 2000, Chapman Intermediate School opened with approximately 1150 fifth and sixth grade students and a total staff of almost 100.

In 2011, the building of the new E.T. Booth Middle School began. The new E.T. Booth Middle will take sixth grade, and the elementary schools will take fifth grade, and what Chapman will be used for is unknown. It is speculated that it will become a ninth grade academy for Etowah High School.

Teams

Chapman has 10 teams or "Communities" (five for each grade). For 5th Grade, they are:

Madagascar

Snow Island

Tahiti

Tasmania

Greenland

For 6th Grade, they are:

Hawaii

Aruba

Bermuda

Kodiak

South Georgia

External links

• Official School Website
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