CHANTILLY HIGH SCHOOL

'Chantilly High School' ('CHS') of Chantilly, Virginia is located in Fairfax County, Virginia and is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools system. Most of the graduates attend two or four year colleges.

Contents

Overview

History

Demographics

Arts & activities

Chantilly awards

Test scores

Notable alumni

External links

Overview

Chantilly High School, known colloquially by some students as ''Tilly'', is home for four years of study, 9th-12th grade. It is organized into five different "subschools" which each provide administration for a different group of students. Subschools 1-4 are divided by student surnames. Subschool 5 consists of the Chantilly Center, a special-education co-facility which serves students from a wider geographical area than the rest of Chantilly High School. The school uses a block scheduling system. Recently, the block scheduling system was modified to accommodate the addition of two 38-minute "Learning Seminar" periods, where students go to teachers in order to review material or make up missed assignments and tests due to absences, and a 40-minute "PLC" period each Friday, in which teachers in each respective subject department meet to confer.
Chantilly was listed in ''Newsweek'' in 2004 as the 94th top public high school in America. Chantilly has a high percentage of students enrolled in advanced placement (AP) and honors classes. Chantilly is also a member of the largest public school bus system in the nation, recently overcoming New York City and Los Angeles, with currently over 45+ buses servicing the school daily.
After the retirement of Tammy Turner, James Kacur became the school's principal in the 2005-2006 school year.
Chantilly is partners with Northrop Grumman Corporation, a global defense company based in California.
Chantilly High School offers many foreign languages as part of their curriculum; these languages include; Spanish, French, Latin, and German

History

Chantilly High School was built in 1973 as part of the "Superschool" or "consolidated high school" idea. It was also built as a temporary school, made to last for only five years or so. As such, it was built with modules
(similar to the modular additions currently being constructed at other FCPS schools), and the school was built in only three months. Parts of the school were brought to the site on flatbed trucks and placed together with several cranes. As such, many of the rooms fell into disrepair because they were designed to be temporary, and so Chantilly received a renovation in the early 1990s.
Initially, Chantilly was a "Secondary School" and students ranged from grades 7 through 12, and at that time there were four sub schools (Red, Blue, Orange and Yellow), with color coordinated lockers. The first graduating class (and setting the example for all those that follow) was the class of 1976.
The original school colors (? & ?) and team name (?) that was assigned by the county school board was rejected by the student body prior to the opening day of the school. A special vote was held to rename the colors and provide a new team name. Out of the three choices provided - The Purple and White Chantilly Chargers became official!

Demographics

In 2006-2007, Chantilly's student body was 58% White, 21% Asian, 11% Black; 9% Hispanic; and 1% Native American/Pacific Islander

Arts & activities

Many of the sports teams have qualified for district, regional, and/or state competitions. Chantilly has an award-winning newspaper, ''The Purple Tide'', a nationally-renowned yearbook, ''The Odyssey'', and an award-winning Debate and Forensics team. Various clubs and honor societies are active throughout the school year. The string orchestra has won and placed highly in competitions among some of the top high school orchestras of North America. Each March the school hosts the Chantilly Invitational Jazz Festival which showcases middle and high school bands from across the region as well as distinguished guest performers. Anthony "Tony" Aversano was the schools first music director. Mr. Aversano brought much acclaim to the music program, in particular the Jazz band. Chantilly Jazz won the Downbeat Magazine award for Best High School Jazz Band for 1985 that included groups from across the entire United States. Chantilly Jazz placed 2nd in the Downbeat Magazine competition in 1986.
The Chantilly High School Fine Arts department has received many awards over the years. The CHS Mighty Marching Chargers have received many awards, including Grand Champion at the Virginia Showcase of Bands and Grand Champion between 2003 and 2006 at the JMU Parade of Champions. The Mighty Marching Chargers were undefeated in the state of Virginia from 2000 - 2005. Chantilly's indoor drumline is one of the most successful organizations in the school, having won the Atlantic Indoor Association championships six times (2001 - 2005, 2007). The indoor drumline has also won three Winter Guard International regionals (Nashville 2003 in PSA class, Coatesville 2006 & Richmond 2007 in PSO), and was ranked 15th in the world at the 2006 WGI Championships (in PSO class). The current band directors as of spring 2007 are Keith Taylor and Drew Ross. The indoor drumline is directed by Chris Martin and Will Riddell. Mr. Riddell also teaches and arranges music for the school's percussion ensemble. Chantilly is also noted for having an excellent show choir program, including the award winning Touch of Class. In 2006, the choir won 2nd place out of two choirs at a national show choir competition in San Antonio, TX. Also, Touch of Class and Jazz Band join together every Memorial day weekend for their hit show "Jazz and Pizazz". Choir Directors are Glenn Cockrell and Michael Fuchs.

Chantilly awards

Chantilly is also renowned for its achievement in inter-scholastic competitions. In 2006, Chantilly won the VHSL AAA division's Wachovia Cup in academics, beating out rivals Westfield High School and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. The cup has competitions in 8 different areas, including Newspaper, Newsmagazine, Yearbook, Scholastic Bowl, Debate, Forensics, Literary Magazine, and Theater. This will have been the 8th time Chantilly has won the Wachovia Cup in 12 years.
The varsity golf team has been successful. They were Concorde District Champions in 2005 and 2006, Northern Region Champions in 2005, Northern Region Runner-up in 2006 and finished 4th and 6th in the state tournament in 2005 and 2006 respectively. Chantilly golfer Joe Monte was the Virginia AAA State Individual Champion in 2005.
Recently, the Chantilly HS football team won the VHSL Division 6 AAA Northern Region Finals against rival Westfield High School only two years after having a winless regular season. They moved on to the VHSL AAA State semifinals where they were up against opponent Varina High School, AAA Central Region champions. Chantilly defeated Varina 17-7, which was sparked by senior outside linebacker Mike Pociasks fumble recovery for a touchdown in the first quarter. They then moved on to the State Championship against Osbourn High School. The Chargers fell short of the championship with a 42-20 loss to Osbourn, with Eagle QB Brandon Hogan (Committed To West Virginia) running and passing for 6 touchdowns. The 2006 team was led by All-Met defensive end Zach Hally, Patrick Madaj, Nate Worek, Danny Simms and Austin Morris. The team is coached by Michael Lalli. Chantilly was also the 1996 VHSL AAA State Football Champions led by 2 future NFL players.
The Theater department in Chantilly was founded by Elaine Wilson in 1978. Ed Monk is now the director of the department. He is the playwright of many of the productions at Chantilly. Shannon Katcheressian is the other theater teacher, when she came to Chantilly in 2001 she brought a new level to the department, musicals. She has also started a Theater Company 2nd Flight Productions The two of them combined have achieved to bring the drama department a numerous amount of first place wins. They have brought the department to compete in VHSL, theater sports, and Cappies. In 2006 the theater department took second place in the One-Act play: Regionals; won a number of first and second place awards in the VHSL competition, including best duo, monologue, and readers theater. In 2007 the theater sports team won first place. Over the years at Cappies the department has won awards for Best actor/actress, best set, best lighting, best cameo actor/actress.
In 1973, the year the school opened, the Varsity and JV Football teams went undefeated in regular season.

Test scores

Chantilly High School is a fully accredited high school based on the Standards of Learning tests in Virginia. The average SAT score in 2006 for Chantilly was 1628 (535 in Critical Reading, 565 in Math, and 528 in Writing).

Notable alumni

★ Mike Kohn ('90) Bronze Medal winner in Bobsled in the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games

★ Nicholas Kohn ('93) Broadway singer & actor. Starred in Tony Award Winning musical Avenue Q and the Buddy Holly Story.

★ Bhawoh Jue ('97), NFL football player for the San Diego Chargers

★ Eric Post ('97), long distance runner (formerly taught at CHS)

★ William Morris ('97), double bassist in the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, music faculty at NOCCA

★ Colin Vint ('02), soccer player for SV Henstedt-Rhen [1]

★ Joe Koshansky ('00), First Basemen Colorado Rockies

★ Jon Link ('02), pitcher, Chicago White Sox

★ Jimmy Martin ('01), Current NFL Europe Football player for the Rhein Fire.

★ Tehran Ghasri, Current TV host internationally syndicated television program, marketing for Bad Boy World Wide Entertainment Group

★ Gary Gleason ('76), President/CEO Jameson Medical, Inc.

★ Cole Downer ('01), Current NFL Europe Football player for the Amsterdam Admirals.

★ Karen Montague Reyes ('86), syndicated cartoonist and creator, "Clear Blue Water".

★ Scott Secules ('84), National Footbal League (NFL) football player for the Miami Dolphins

★ Michael Helene Wilson ('99) Celebrity Hair and Makeup Artist (film and Photography), International Artistic team "TIGI Bed Head"

★ Yusef Najafi ('99) Staff Writer at Metro Weekly News Magazine

★ YooChun Park or Micky YooChun, South Korean pop singer/entertainer and member of band TVXQ

★ Chip Johnson ('01), bassist for rock band The Alternate Routes

External links

★ http://www.fcps.edu/ChantillyHS/

★ http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/ChantillyCenter/

★ http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/ChantillyAcademy/

★ http://www.chantillyband.org/

★ http://www.chantillyrobotics.com/