Cape Elizabeth High School

Cape Elizabeth High School is a public high school in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States.

Awards and recognition

During the 2004-05 school year, Cape Elizabeth School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education [ [http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-2003.pdf U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 2003 through 2006 (PDF)] , United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.] , the highest award an American school can receive. [ [http://www.journalinquirer.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17475750&BRD=985&PAG=461&dept_id=161556&rfi=6 CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department] , "Journal Inquirer", November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."] [Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; "The Washington Post". September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."]

Academics

Cape Elizabeth High School students average the highest SAT scoresFact|date=May 2007;, the state's standardized test choice, in the state of Maine. Last Year 100% of students took the SAT in accordance with Maine Law, which requires at least 95% of students in each junior class to take the test in order to meet the standards set up by the No Child Left Behind Act.

The school requires all students take at least 4 years of English, 3 years of Math courses, 3 years of Science courses, 2 1/2 year of history courses, 1/2 year of government courses, 1 year of technology courses, 1 year of art courses, 1 year of physical education courses, and 1/2 a year of health education in order to graduate. Students are required to take at least 6 courses every semester and may take as many as 8.

The school offers numerous courses in technology and the fine arts including web page design, typing, digital design, drafting, motion picture production, woods, boat building, metal working, art fundamentals, ceramics, advanced ceramics, photography, painting and drawing, illustration and design, advanced art studio, and advanced photography. The school also has an award-winning Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band, 3 large Jazz Ensembles and 3 Jazz Combos, a Concert Choir, a Select Choir, and a Treble Choir.

According to the high school guidance office over 90% of students' parents are college graduates and more than half hold at least one advanced degree.

Athletics

70% of Cape Elizabeth High Schools students participate in the athletic programFact|date=May 2007; comprised of 36 teams. Activities include: Soccer, Cross Country, Basketball, Football, Swimming, Diving, Indoor Track, Nordic Skiing, Lacrosse, Golf, Tennis, Track, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Baseball, Softball, and Sailing. Over the past 15 years CEHS has won many titles in the state of Maine,Fact|date=May 2007 teams from all sports in which students currently participate have won at least one state championship except downhill skiing and girls' lacrosse. Cape Elizabeth High School's best athlete was Joan Benoit who won the 1984 Olympic marathon and two Boston marathons along with numerous other prestigious races. [Menendez, Jenn. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ME&p_theme=me&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FD522111F31B455&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "ATHLETIC DIRECTOR SEES SAME SPIRIT"] , "Portland Press Herald", September 1, 2003. Accessed July 2, 2008.]

The Maine Principals' Association recognized the following teams from Cape Elizabeth as having won state titles this decade:

Boys' Ice Hockey - 2003, 2005, 2006

Boys' Cross-Country - 2005 and 2006

Girls' Softball - 2007

Boys' Baseball - 2004

Girls' Swimming - 2002, 2003, 2004

Girls' Tennis - 2000 and 2007

Boys' Tennis - 2002, 2003, 2004

Boys' Track and Field - 2005

Girls' Track and Field - 2000

Boys' Lacrosse - 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005,

Staff and building

There are 63 professional staff members; 71% have advanced degrees. Cape Elizabeth High School has a theater in the auditorium. The campus has six tennis courts, a baseball field, a softball field, a recently resurfaced six-lane track, a multi-purpose lighted turf field, and two other multi-purpose fields. There are several other fields available for students use in the town including those at the gull crest area and a softball field and a soccer field at Fort Williams Park. The gull crest area also will soon open five kilometers of multi-purpose 12-15 foot wide multi-purpose trails.

References

External links

* [http://www.cape.k12.me.us/ Official Website]