Chamblee Charter High School

Chamblee Charter High School
Address
3688 Chamblee Dunwoody Road
Chamblee, Georgia
United States
Coordinates 33°53′54″N 84°18′23″W / 33.898256°N 84.306307°W / 33.898256; -84.306307Coordinates: 33°53′54″N 84°18′23″W / 33.898256°N 84.306307°W / 33.898256; -84.306307
Information
Type Public High School
Established 1917
Principal Dr. Norman Sauce III
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 1,604
Campus Suburban
Color(s) Blue and gold         
Mascot Bulldogs
Website Chamblee Charter High School
Graduation Day 2010

Chamblee Charter High School is a public secondary school located in Chamblee, Georgia. As of 2010, it serves 1512 students in grades 9-12. It is the second oldest high school of the DeKalb County School System, opening in the year 1917.[1] Chamblee's current principal is Norman Sauce III.

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 of the 1500 best public high schools by Newsweek magazine.[4] Its students' SAT scores are ranked first in Dekalb County and sixth in the state.[5]

When adjusted for differences in demographics, Chamblee High School has the highest SAT scores of all Atlanta-metro schools (including Cobb, Gwinnett, and Forsyth). Its 84th percentile ranking is superior to Walton (73rd percentile) and other suburban counterparts. The student body also has one of the highest acceptance rates to tier 1 colleges and universities in the state of Georgia.[6]

This school offers a variety of extracurricular activities, courses, and sports. There are elective performing art classes which are fostered by performances. CCHS offers 22 AP courses, the most of any high school in Dekalb County, and was named an AP Honor School in 2011 for every category in which it was eligible.[7]

On December 17, 2012, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools announced that it had downgraded the DeKalb County Schools System's status from "on advisement" to "on probation" and warned the school system that the loss of their accreditation was "imminent."[8]

History

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 were 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 were in direct violation of Chamblee's charter, as not all of them meet its requirements but was ignored by the DCSS.[9][10][11]

The school is adjacent to North Dekalb Stadium, which is used by many 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.[12] Construction of the new 250,000-square-foot (23,000 m2) facility began in June 2011 and was to be completed by May 2013.[13] The new completion date is August, 2014.

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

Academics

Feeder schools

The following schools feed into Chamblee Charter High School:[14]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Chamblee High School". DCSS. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  2. ↑ Thomas, David. "Riley Names 266 Blue Ribbon Schools". Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  3. ↑ "Georgia AYP". AYP. Georgia DOE. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  4. ↑ Dominey, Kyle. "Four schools among best in nation". Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  5. ↑ "Georgia SAT Scores". AJC. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  6. ↑ "Demographic SAT Scores".
  7. ↑ "Chamblee High named AP honor school". Reporter Newspapers.
  8. ↑ ""DeKalb school district in 'conflict and crisis,' put on probation by accreditation agency."." The Atlanta Journal and Constitution. December 17, 2012. Retrieved on December 19, 2012.
  9. ↑ "A bungle to Chamblee's charter?". Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  10. ↑ "200 Students Forced To School 15 Miles Away". wsbtv.
  11. ↑ "Chamblee pushed over capacity by NCLB transfers". Dunwoody Crier. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  12. ↑ Love, Gloria. "Dunwoody Neighbor". Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  13. ↑ "Construction of new Chamblee High to begin in June". Reporter Newspapers.
  14. ↑ http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/~planning/PDFs/feed2007.pdf
  15. ↑ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/casper.html
  16. ↑ http://www.footballdb.com/players/sadowtr01
  17. ↑ http://www.dianapalmer.com/bio.html
  18. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0910376/

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