- Chamblee Charter High School
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Chamblee Charter High School Location 3688 Chamblee Dunwoody Road
Chamblee, Georgia, United StatesCoordinates 33°53′54″N 84°18′23″W / 33.898256°N 84.306307°WCoordinates: 33°53′54″N 84°18′23″W / 33.898256°N 84.306307°W Information Type Public High School Established 1917 Principal Rochelle Lowery Grades 9–12 Enrollment 1,604 Campus Suburban Color(s) Blue and gold Mascot Bulldog Website Chamblee Charter High School 
Graduation Day 2010
Chamblee Charter High School is a public secondary school located in Chamblee, Georgia which serves 1512 students from ninth to twelfth grades as of the 2010-2011 school year and is the second oldest high school of the DeKalb County School System, opening in 1917.[1] Chamblee's current principal is Rochelle Lowery.
Chamblee is a magnet school and therefore accepts students from all of Dekalb County as well as from its local district. Chamblee has been named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 1996[2] and is one of 27% of schools in Dekalb to make the AYP of the No Child Left Behind Act.[3] CHS was ranked 215 out of 1500 best public high schools by Newsweek magazine.[4] Their student's SAT scores are ranked first in Dekalb County and tenth in the state of Georgia.[5]
This school offers a variety of extracurricular activities, courses, and sports. There are elective performing art classes which are fostered by performances. CCHS has 22 offered AP courses, the most of any high school in Dekalb County, and was named an AP Honor School in 2011 for every category it was eligible. [6]
Contents
Timeline
- Prior to 1917: Chamblee High School and Chamblee Elementary School are housed in a single building on the present site of the First Baptist Church of Chamblee.
- 1917: DeKalb County authorizes the purchase of land for the high school on Chamblee Dunwoody road. Construction begins that year.
- 1919: first classes are held in the partially completed school.
- 1922: M.E. "Prof" Smith is named principal. He will serve as principal for 35 years.
- 1924: Ten classrooms and DeKalb County's first gymnasium are added to the campus.
- 1928: A home economics building is added to the campus.
- 1934: Depression-era WPA funding allows Chamblee High School to add eight new classrooms, a new gymnasium, a canning plant and a machine shop. The school becomes the first in DeKalb County to be accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
- December 8, 1941: the entire campus burns to the ground after fire breaks out. Classes are relocated to the area hospitals and Baptist and Methodist churches.
- December 1942: the high school is rebuilt and classes resume on campus.
- 1950: a lighted general athletic field is built for football and baseball games.
- 1962: North DeKalb Stadium opens next door to Chamblee High School.
- 1964: the school is remodeled, adding 19 classrooms and five laboratories.
- 1966: the new basketball gymnasium, chorus rooms, band rooms and swimming pool are added
- 1970: the old basketball gymnasium and home economics building are demolished. A new cafeteria is built on the site.
- 1973: the old 1942 classrooms are demolished and a new administration building and library are built.
- 1991: the first Magnet class enters Chamblee High School.
- 1994: Chamblee High was named a National School of Excellence.
- 1996: The Coca-Cola Company visited the school to have the students test their newest soft drink Surge.
- 2001: Chamblee High was named a State School of Excellence.
- 2001: Chamblee High became a charter school.
- 2011: senior and sophmore halls torn down for rebuilding of new school
Facility
Chamblee High School's main building was last renovated in 1971 and is being pushed fifty percent beyond maximum capacity. In the 2010-2011 school year, an additional 108 students would be added to the school under the NCLB, but due to insufficient space, DeKalb diverted these students to an annex of the school as allowed by the NCLB. These transferred students are in direct violation of Chamblee's charter, as not all of them meet its requirements but was ignored by the DCSS.[7][8][9] The school is also adjacent to North Dekalb Stadium and is used by many of the sports teams and local schools.
The DCSS board has approved construction of a new facility due to the poor conditions of CHS's current facility such as vermin and insect infestations, mold, and inability to renovate. This new facility will use $58 million in federal stimulus bonds as well as $11 million already set aside by the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax.[10] Construction of the new 250,000-square-foot (23,000 m2) facility began in June 2011 and will be completed by May 2013. [11]
Athletics
The Chamblee Bulldogs participate in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling. The varsity football team plays their home games at North DeKalb Stadium in Chamblee.
State championships
Athletics
- Boys Track: 1954, 1960, 1964
- Wrestling: 1974, 1979
- Boys Tennis: 1998
- Girls Cross Country: 1981
- Boys Cross Country: 1986
- Boys Soccer: 2008
- Cheerleading: 2007, 2008, 2009
Academics
- TEAMS (academic competition): 2009, 2010
- P.A.G.E. Academic Bowl: 1994
- Science Olympiad: 1997, 1998
- Math Team: 2003
- We The People: The Citizen and the Constitution: 1995, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2007
- Chess: 2006, 2007
- GearGrinders FIRST Robotics Team: 2006
- Debate 2006, 2007
- Odyssey of the Mind: 2004, 2005, 2006
Notable alumni
- John Casper, Class of 1961, space shuttle astronaut [12]
- Susan Spaeth, Class of 1964, author of 115 romance novels (under the pen name Diana Palmer)[13]
- Andy Spiva, Class of 1973, former Atlanta Falcons linebacker [14]
- Warren Norman, Class of 2009, Vanderbilt Commodores running back, 2009 Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year
- Teresa Tomlinson, current mayor of Columbus, Georgia
- Troy Sadowski, Class of 1984, former Atlanta Falcons tight end [15]
- Susan Walters, Class of 1981, actress [16]
- Steve Wallace, Class of 1982, former San Francisco 49ers tackle. Part of three Super Bowl championships with the San Francisco 49ers (1988, 1989, and 1994).[citation needed]
Feeder schools
The following schools feed into Chamblee Charter High School:[17]
- Ashford Park
- Huntley Hills
- Montgomery
- Kittredge Magnet School
- Nancy Creek
- Chamblee Middle School
References
- ^ "Chamblee High School". DCSS. http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/schools/high/chamblee/. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ Thomas, David. "Riley Names 266 Blue Ribbon Schools". http://www2.ed.gov/PressReleases/02-1996/blues.html. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ "Georgia AYP". AYP. Georgia DOE. http://www.gadoe.org/ayp2009.aspx. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ Dominey, Kyle. "Four schools among best in nation". http://www.neighbornewspapers.com/stories/Four-schools-among-best-in-nation,149590. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ "Georgia SAT Scores". AJC. http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-sat-scores-123218.html?appSession=192271949163817&RecordID=123&PageID=3&PrevPageID=2&cpipage=1&CPIsortType=&CPIorderBy=. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ "Chamblee High named AP honor school". Reporter Newspapers. http://www.reporternewspapers.net/2011/02/24/chamblee-high-named-ap-honor-school/.
- ^ "A bungle to Chamblee's charter?". http://dekalbschoolwatch.blogspot.com/2010/09/could-moseley-have-caused-bungle-to.html. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ "200 Students Forced To School 15 Miles Away". wsbtv. http://www.wsbtv.com/news/24704690/detail.html.
- ^ "Chamblee pushed over capacity by NCLB transfers". Dunwoody Crier. http://www.thecrier.net/articles/2010/08/18/front/chamblee.txt. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ Love, Gloria. "Dunwoody Neighbor". http://dunwoody-neighbor.com/stories/New-building-in-works-for-Chamblee-High-School,165996. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ "Construction of new Chamblee High to begin in June". Reporter Newspapers. http://www.reporternewspapers.net/2011/03/10/construction-chamblee-high-june/.
- ^ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/casper.html
- ^ http://www.dianapalmer.com/bio.html
- ^ http://armchairgm.wikia.com/Andy_Spiva
- ^ http://www.footballdb.com/players/sadowtr01
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0910376/
- ^ http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/~planning/PDFs/feed2007.pdf
External links
Sub-Region B Douglass Astros · Lithonia Bulldogs · Mays Raiders · Miller Grove Wolverines · Redan Raiders · Southwest DeKalb Panthers
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