Chaparral High School (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Chaparral High School
Location
3850 Annie Oakley Drive Las Vegas, NV, 89121
Information
School type	Public high school
Motto	Rigor, Relevance, Relationships, and Responsibility
Established	1973
School district	Clark County School District
Dean	Mr. Lolo James
Principal	Kevin McPartlin
Vice principal	Ron Guerzon Brenda Reese Arnold Sanchez Sharon Sanchez
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	2,779
School Colour(s)	Orange, Black, and White
Athletics conference	Sunrise 4A Region
Team name	Cowboys
Website	http://www.ccsd.net/schools/chaparral/index.html

Chaparral High School is a public high school in Clark County School District located in Paradise, Nevada . It is located in the east side of the town. The school was established in the Fall of 1973. Its mascot is the Cowboy and its school colors are orange, black, and white. The school fight song is the theme from the classic Western The Magnificent Seven composed by Elmer Bernstein.

Extracurricular activities

Chaparral High School is home to a variety of clubs and organizations, including a unit of the Naval JROTC.

Athletics

Chaparral's athletics program is known as the Cowboys and competes in the Southeast Division of the Sunrise 4A Region. The Cowboys have a prominent rivalry with Eldorado in football, which began in 1973. Chaparral won the 2008 game, defeating Eldorado 17 to 14. The Cowboys hold a substantial lead in the series 26-11, including 19 of the first 21 . Chaparral has won 9 of the last 14 meetings; although there was a record four-game losing streak in the early-2000s. Another significant rivalry is with Valley High School. The 2007-2008 year the cheerleaders went to camp and brought back 9 trophies (8 First place, 1 Second), 2008-2009 year they brought back six trophies. Chaparral's NJROTC is currently the number one air rifle team in Clark County. The NJROTC program also has second best armed drill team and number one color guard, and finally many RTO(individual rifle exhibition) champions that are the best is Clark County.

Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association state championships

• Baseball - 1980, 1991
• Cross Country (Boys) - 1978
• Football - 1977,
• Soccer (Boys) - 1993, 2001
• Soccer (Girls) - 2001,2002,2004
• Volleyball (Girls) - 1982, 1984, 1994
• Wrestling - 1976, 1977, 1978, 1983
• Golf - (Boys) 1987, 2010
• Men's Volleyball -1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
• Men's Track and Field (boys)-1993-1994. Won on the same day as the boys Volleyball team in 1995

Notable alumni

Anthony E. Zuiker Theatre

• Dustin Lee Abraham - writer and producer (How High, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
• Ginger Fish ('83) - musician (Marilyn Manson)
• Richard Seigler ('99) - football player and coach
• Brandon Flowers ('99) - musician (The Killers)
• Masuimi Max ('96) - adult film actress and model
• Helen Salas ('04) - beauty pageant titleholder, Miss Nevada Teen ('04) and Miss Nevada ('07)
• Joey Slotnick ('86) - television and film actor
• Mark Stoermer ('95) - musician (The Killers)
• Anthony E. Zuiker ('86) - writer and executive producer (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY), new school theatre is named after him
• Cast of High School Reunion TV Series ('89)
• Sean "Hollywood" Hamilton (Freshman only) - National Radio Personality

External links

• Chaparral High School
• The Alumni Association for Chaparral
• Old Alumni Page