Central High School (Grand Junction, Colorado)

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name = Central High School


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district = Mesa County Valley School District 51
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principal = Jody Frost
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enrollment = 1650
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location = Grand Junction, Colorado
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website = http://chs.mesa.k12.co.us/

seealso|Central High School "for schools of the same name"

Central High School is a secondary school for grades 9-12 located in Grand Junction, Colorado. Its enrollment is approximately 1650 [ [http://reportcard.cde.state.co.us/reportcard/pdf/2006_2000_1450_H.pdf School accountability report] ] , and offers several extracurricular organizations, sports, and clubs. A small sample of these would be football, baseball, tennis, Chess club, marching band, and Knowledge Bowl. The school also hosts the local JROTC classes. Students from around the Grand Valley are welcome to come and participate and can arrange their schedules through the district accordingly. Central publishes a school newspaper titled, "The Warrior," which highlights the most current school issues.

The school competes in activities including Speech and Debate, Knowledge Bowl, and JROTC, as well as various sports.

Ryan Patterson attended Central High School and won national recognition for his "Sign Language Translator," which was a Grand Award winner for the 2001 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. He won first place in the individual category at the 2001 Siemens Westinghouse Science & Technology Competition [ [http://www.nih.gov/news/NIH-Record/03_19_2002/story01.htm The NIH Record] ] .

Curriculum

Central High offers a wide variety of classes, from basic computing to Advanced Placement Statistics and Calculus. To graduate from Central High, a student must have 25 "credits", obtained by completing classes. The schedule (as of 2006; this may change in 2007) is divided into four "block" classes in the day and four quarters in the year. It is possible to earn 0.5 credit per quarter per block. Set up this way, a student could earn 8 credits during one school year and 32 credits during 4 years of high school. This allows for students to retake failed classes and improve their grades without delaying their graduation. The exception to the 8 credits per year is if you take an after school course or are involved in a zero hour class. Zero hour classes take place 90 minutes (one standard block class length) before school and count for the standard amount of credits. After school courses include marching band and jazz band. These also count for the regular 0.5 credit per class earning. However, after school classes tend to entail activities outside of school (perhaps going to perform in a parade, competition, or other such activity). These activities are considered extracurricular and do not count towards school credits.

This school has also partnered with Mesa State College to offer many college level courses if the student is excelling at high school level.

Notable alumni

ee also

*List of high schools in Colorado
*List of high schools in Mesa County, Colorado

References

External links

* [http://chs.mesa.k12.co.us/ Central School District official website]
* [http://www.mesa.k12.co.us/ Mesa County Valley School District official website]