Carrboro High School
| Carrboro High School | |
|---|---|
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Non Scholae Sed Vitae Discimus | |
| Address | |
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201 Rock Haven Road Carrboro, North Carolina United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 2007 |
| School district | CHCCS |
| Principal | Lavern Mattocks |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Color(s) |
Purple, black and white |
| Mascot | Jaguar |
| Nickname | Jaguars |
| Website | www.chccs.k12.nc.us/chs/ |
| All data from school website/handbook.[1] | |
 Windows at entrance | |
Coordinates: 35°53′31″N 79°05′07″W / 35.8920°N 79.0853°W
Carrboro High School is a suburban non-charter high school located in Carrboro, North Carolina. It is located close to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Carrboro High school is part of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district which contains two other high schools, Chapel Hill High School and East Chapel Hill High School. Its first year of operation was 2007-2008 and its principal was Jeff Thomas, a former vice principal from Chapel Hill High School.[1] Kelly Batten was named principal in August 2008.[2] In 2012, Batten announced that he would be leaving the district to join Chatham County Schools as the district executive director of secondary education. LaVerne Mattocks, former Durham Public Schools administrator, took the role of principal as CHS that year and has remained so since.
Academics
The school posted the fourth highest average SAT score in the Raleigh Durham area: 1750 with 89.3% of students taking the test.[3]
Athletics
Carrboro High School is a 2A high school in North Carolina. It offers the same varsity sports as Chapel Hill High School. Carrboro High School has access to a baseball field, a softball field, a track, a gymnasium, and two general practice fields. These two fıelds are used for football and soccer.
Carrboro cross-country won the school's first trophy from its second place finish in the Open race at the Tanglewood Invitational, held in Winston Salem.[4] Carrboro High's women's cross country team won the 2A state championship in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 and the boys cross country team won the state championship in 2010. The women's track & field team won the 2A state championship in 2011, 2012, and 2013, and the women's soccer team won in 2012. Carrboro High School won the Wells Fargo Cup for the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 school years for having the strongest 2A athletic program in the state. The Jags added their first 2A dual team men's tennis state championship in spring 2014. Max Fritsch and Jake Zinn also won the school's first individual tennis title, taking the 2014 2A doubles state championship. Both feats were repeated in 2015.
Band Program
Carrboro High is home to the Carrboro High School Jaguar Regiment. In 2011, the Jaguar Regiment finished the season undefeated in its class. While the marching band has fewer than thirty people in it, the Jaguar Regiment managed to net first in its class at the 34th Brick Capitol Classic marching competition in 2013.
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