Chaparral High School (Arizona)

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Chaparral High School
Address
6935 E. Gold Dust Avenue
Scottsdale, Arizona, 85253
United States
Information
Type Public
Established 1973
School district Scottsdale Unified School District
Principal Mary Lou Firecrotch
Grades 9th-12th
Enrollment 2,090
Color(s) Gold and Red
Mascot Firebirds
Website Chaparral Website

Chaparral High School is a public high school located in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. The mascot is the firebird and the school colors are scarlet red and gold.[1] The high school was built back in 1958 by Aaron Fox of Fox Construction and School Design. Chaparral is based on the percentage of students passing or exceeding the AIMS, Chaparral is one of the best high schools in the state. In 2006, Chaparral had the state's highest percentage of students exceeding reading standards, and the fourth highest percentage of students exceeding math and writing standards.

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[edit] Construction & Remodeling

Founded in 1973, the school needed renovation. The rebuilding of the school started early August 2006, and the entire reconstruction of the school was planned to be finished August 2008, before the 2008-2009 school year. Due to the delay of demolishing the last (200) building, the school finally finished its last parking lot in late October 2008.

[edit] Student body and academics

Chaparral has one of the highest graduation rates FTf_site=azcentral&f_sitename=Arizona+Republic%2C+The+%28Phoenix%2C+AZ%29&p_theme=gannett&p_product=ARPB&p_action=search&p_field_base-0=&p_text_base-0=brainiest+school+in+the+valley&Search=Search&p_perpage=10&p_maxdocs=200&p_queryname=700&s_search_type=keyword&p_sort=_rank_%3AD&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date%3AB%2CE&p_text_date-0= Reference to password protected article in Arizona Republic]</ref> Chaparral High School has consistently ranked in Newsweek's list of Best High Schools in America, and in 2007 Chaparral was one of only 12 schools ranked in Arizona.[2] The high school also usually garners more National Merit Semifinalists annually than any other school in the state and holds the state record for having the most scholars in one year (24 in 2000).[3] Additionally, the school has also earned the record most in-state Presidential Scholars in Arizona with 17 in 2003.

Chaparral is the only school in Arizona to have students win the highest honors at the Siemens Westinghouse Competition and Intel Science Talent Search, two of the most prestigious science competitions in the U.S.[4]

[edit] Athletics

Chaparral competes in 19 interscholastic sports and leads the 5A Division II in a number of sports programs.The school has historically been best known for its baseball program, annually ranked in USA Today's Super 25 High School Baseball Team list.[5] Jerry Dawson is the only baseball coach in school history and has more than 700 victories to go along with eight state championships. Chaparral also has made the final four of the state tournament on 13 occasions in addition to winning 24 regional championships (the last 17 in a row).

In football, Chaparral has won three state championships, including back-to-back titles in 1999 and 2000 with teams that went 28-0. Charlie Ragle is the head football coach, succeeding Ron Estabrook, who built the program and won more than 120 games in 12 seasons. The Firebirds lost to rival Scottsdale Saguaro High School in the 2008 4A-I state championship game played at Sun Devil Stadium by a score of 38-0.

Chaparral recently had a brand new, state-of-the-art artificial turf football field installed and constructed a modern field house, which includes a weight room, trainer's office and coaches headquarters and was financed by program supporters. The field is one of the first high school fields of its kind in the greater Phoenix area and is used also by the soccer program and the Chaparral Lacrosse Club.

Chaparral's club lacrosse team is also very successful. Winning state championships in 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2009, the Firebirds have exceeded many expectations. The 2009 Championship was won by coach John Silky against team rivals the Brophy Broncos (10-7). The team is currently coached by Jeff Guy.

[edit] Arts

Chaparral has three concert choirs, and a Mixed Jazz group (a co-ed group which perform jazz standards) and a Nothing But Treble group (an all girls group).

Chaparral also has two concert bands, a marching band, jazz band, as well as various ensemble groups.

Chaparral is home to Thespian Troupe #203.

[edit] Speech and Debate

[edit] 2006-2007 School Year

The Speech and Debate team has many students and specializes in Oratory and Public Forum Debate. At 4A Winter Trophy in Tucson, Arizona, Sean Arn took 1st place in Novice LD debate[6], while Anthony Conyers, Justin Hillman, Andrew Matson, Eric Himmelberger, Ben Grossman, and Adam Bloch closed out in Varsity PFD.[7] Chaparral was the only school in Arizona to send Public Forum Debate teams to the Tournament of Champions, held at the University of Kentucky. [8]

At the ASU Southwest Debate Championship (a national debate tournament held at Arizona State University), Adam Bloch and Ben Grossman took first place in Varsity PFD [9] and Emily Shiau took 3rd Place in Oratory[10]. Chaparral defeated its competition at the 2007 State Tournament, winning 2nd in sweepstakes. Chaparral PF debaters, Adam Bloch, Ben Grossman, Eric Himmelberger, Andrew Matson, Anthony Conyers, Nick French, Riley Roberts, and Max Ullman, closed out PFD at semi-finals.[11] Furthermore, Ben Grossman (1st) and Emily Shiau (2nd) closed out Original Oratory. [12] Ben Grossman and David Schaeffer were State Champions in Student Congress, and Grossman also won 1st place in Expository Speaking.[13][14]

Chaparral also sent three students to the National Forensic League National Competition in Derby/Wichita, Kansas: Ben Grossman (Original Oratory), Riley Roberts (PFD), and Max Ullman (PFD). [15] Ben Grossman was named the All-Tribune Forensics Scholar for his forensics accomplishments. [16]

[edit] 2007-2008 School Year

The Speech and Debate team specialized in Public Forum Debate. Yassamin Ansari and Stefani Jones won 1st place in novice Public Forum Debate at several tournaments, while Justin Hillman and Justin Pirtle won 5th place at the Harvard Tournament in varsity Public Forum Debate. Justin Hillman with Justin Pirtle, and Anthony Conyers with Nick French closed out in varsity Public Forum Debate at 4A State. At 4A state, Justin Hillman and Lawrence Nemeh received 4th place in Duo Interpretation. Lawrence Nemeh also received 4th place for Dramatic Interpretation at State. Lawrence broke to semi-finals in Humorous Interpretation at National Qualifiers.

Chaparral sent two students to the National Competition: Nick French and Anthony Conyers for Public Forum Debate.

[edit] 2008-2009 School Year

At the Harvard Invitational Debate Tournament, Stefani Jones & Yassamin Ansari got 17th and Sean Arn & Katie Bauer got 33rd in Varsity Public Forum Debate. Jonathan Osborn & Anita Shannon got 5th in Junior Varsity Public Forum Debate.[17] Justin Hillman competed by himself in a partnered event and was 44th seed out of over 200.[18]

At The 4A AIA Winter Trophy Chaparral had a two way closeout in the Novice Public Forum Divisions with the teams of Taylor Turkeltaub & Anastasia Lambrou and Lea Shapiro & Maya Sarihan receiving first place[19]. In the Varsity Public Forum Division the team of Sean Arn & Danielle Swanner received first[20]. Justin Hillman won first in Impromptu, Neel Rao won second in impromptu, and Jackson Arn received 4th[21]. In Humorous interpretation Lawrence Nemeh received 1st[22]. In Original Oratory, Liz Vukelich won 1st, Anastasia Lambrou won 2nd and Vincent Nguyen received 3rd[23]. Also in extemporaneous speaking Sean Arn received 3rd place[24]. Chaparral won 3rd overall in sweepstakes.

At Valley Christian High School annual tournament, the team of Justin Hillman & Sean Arn received first place in open Public Forum[25]. In Humorous speaking Lawrence Nemeh received first[26]. In extemporaneous speaking Sean Arn won 3rd place[27]. In Spontaneous Argumentation Jackson Arn won 1st place, Lawrence Nemeh won 3rd[26]. In impromptu speaking Jackson Arn received 5th and Neel Rao received 6th[28]. In Original oratory Anastasia Lambrou received 2nd place[29]. In Novice Lincoln-Douglas Katie Bauer won 2nd place[30]. Overall Chaparral won 1st place and also received the award for most points per person with Sean Arn winning most points by a competitor and Justin Hillman receiving 3rd.

At the 4th annual Bobcat bonanza, the team of Sean Arn & Katie Bauer won 2nd place in Varsity Public Forum and in the Novice Division the team of Anastasia Lambrou & Taylor Turkeltaub won 1st place[31]. In the Impromptu division Justin Hillman won 1st place and Neel Rao won 6th place[32]. Overall Chaparral won 4th place.

At the 4A AIA state tournament, Chaparral broke all 6 of their Public Forum Debate teams and had a 6-team closeout of the state championships in Public Forum Debate. The state co-champions in debate were Sean Arn & Katie Bauer, Lawrence Nemeh & Jackson Arn, Maya Sarihan & Lea Shapiro, Yassamin Ansari & Stefani Jones, Taylor Turkeltaub & Anastasia Lambrou, Jonathan Osborn & Anita Shannon, and .[33] Also at the state championships, Lawrence Nemeh won 1st place in Humorous Interpretation, Anastasia Lambrou won 1st in Original Oratory, Liz Vukelich won 4th in original oratory, Jackson Arn won first in Impromptu Speaking and 2nd in Extemporaneous speaking, Justin Hillman won 4th in Impromptu speaking, Yassamin Ansari won 5th in Impromptu speaking, and Chaparral won 2nd overall in sweepstakes points.[34]

Chaparral high school qualified 2 students to the National Forensic League Competition in Birmingham Alabama: Stefani Jones and Yassamin Ansari for Public Forum Debate. Chaparral received the Leading Chapter award at the National Qualifying tournament for accumulation of points over the years.

[edit] Notable Alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ Chaparral High School - Index
  2. ^ America's Top Public High Schools - Newsweek America's Best High Schools - MSNBC.com
  3. ^ Reference to password protected article in Arizona Republic
  4. ^ TGen work wins Valley students scholarship cash
  5. ^ USATODAY.com - Final Super 25 baseball rankings
  6. ^ Novice LD Bracket
  7. ^ Varsity Public Forum Results
  8. ^ Lexington Wins TOC Public Forum Debate Championship
  9. ^ Bloch & Grossman Claim ASU Southwest Championship
  10. ^ Original Oratory Finals
  11. ^ Public Forum Debate Bracket
  12. ^ Original Oratory Finals
  13. ^ 4A State Tournament
  14. ^ PFDebate Wiki - Most Active Pages
  15. ^ NFL Nationals Qualifiers 2007 - PFDebate Wiki
  16. ^ http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/89999
  17. ^ 2009 Harvard Debate Results
  18. ^ http://www.harvard-debate.org/downloads/HHS2004/Download_415.pdf
  19. ^ http://www.joyoftournaments.com/az/winter4a/2008/bracket7.htm
  20. ^ http://www.joyoftournaments.com/az/winter4a/2008/bracket6.htm
  21. ^ http://www.joyoftournaments.com/az/winter4a/2008/results17-8.htm
  22. ^ http://www.joyoftournaments.com/az/winter4a/2008/results13-8.htm
  23. ^ http://www.joyoftournaments.com/az/winter4a/2008/results16-8.htm
  24. ^ http://www.joyoftournaments.com/az/winter4a/2008/results15-8.htm
  25. ^ http://www.joyoftournaments.com/az/valley/2009/bracket3.htm
  26. ^ a b http://www.joyoftournaments.com/az/valley/2009/results12-8.htm
  27. ^ http://www.joyoftournaments.com/az/valley/2009/results5-8.htm
  28. ^ http://www.joyoftournaments.com/az/valley/2009/results8-8.htm
  29. ^ http://www.joyoftournaments.com/az/valley/2009/results7-8.htm
  30. ^ http://www.joyoftournaments.com/az/valley/2009/bracket2.htm
  31. ^ http://www.joyoftournaments.com/az/central/2009/bracket6.htm
  32. ^ http://www.joyoftournaments.com/az/central/2009/results14-8.htm
  33. ^ 2009 Public Forum Elimination Bracket
  34. ^ 2009 AIA 4A State Debate Results

[edit] External links


High Schools of Scottsdale Unified School District
Arcadia High School • Coronado High School • Chaparral High School • Desert Mountain High School • Saguaro High School

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