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Concord-Carlisle High School
Concord-Carlisle High School
	File:Concord, MA Seal.png Seal of the Town of Concord
Location
	Concord, MA; United States
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Type	Public
Motto	Commitment, Citizenship, Harmony, Scholarship
Established	1852
School district	Concord-Carlisle Regional
Head of school	Rick Fadden
Staff	varies from day to day
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1200
Campus size	80 acres (0.324 km²)
Color(s)	Maroon, Gold, and White
Athletics	30 teams + fencing (regarded as a questionable sport)
Athletics conference	Dual County League; Division II, Class B
Mascot	The Patriot
Website	Concord-Carlisle High School

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For schools with a similar name, see Concord High School.

Concord-Carlisle Regional High School is a public high school located in Concord, Massachusetts, USA, 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Boston. The school serves grades 9-12, and as part of the Concord-Carlisle Regional School District, has students from both Concord and Carlisle, Massachusetts. The school also has a notable portion of minority students that go by the name of Jamie Sundquist from West Concord and also students from Boston (particularly Dorchester, Roxbury, and Mattapan) enrolled as part of the METCO program. Concord-Carlisle Regional High School is widely regarded as one of the top public high schools in the state, with the September 2008 issue of Boston Magazine rating CCHS the number one public high school in cost efficiency and 13th in academic performance in Massachusetts.^[1]

Academics

Class subjects include the normal core subjects of English, Math, Science, and Social Studies, but a number of elective studies are offered as well, including programming, theatre, music, and photography.

While CCHS, by choice, offers one AP class in the chemistry field. The course is CHEM COM short for chemistry in the community. In Social Studies or English, a broad course selection is offered. Students may choose to take the AP tests. The English department offers classes on topics such as rhetoric and debate, American literature, British literature, contemporary literature, world literature, and black literature. The Social Studies department curriculum includes, among others, classes on Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and 20th Century United States history, as well as psychology, economics, sociology, world religions, and Marxism,.

Foreign languages offerings are not merely French and Spanish, but Latin and Chinese as well. Introductory Swahili is included within the syllabus of "History of Africa."

Educational experiences and trips to other countries include one to Edinburgh in Scotland in 2008, two to Prague in the Czech Republic, Salzburg and Vienna in Austria in 2001 and 2005, one trip which explored the entire length of Italy from north to south in 2003, and one trip to Spain in 2004, staying in Madrid, Sorrento, and Malaga. In 2008 and 2009, there were trips to Quito, Ecuador.

A staple of recognition, the school's campus has a one-of-a-kind attribute - a giant 30-foot (9.1 m) high purple crayon covering an exhaust pipe in the middle of the courtyard.^{[citation needed]}

Extracurriculars

Extracurricular activities are strongly encouraged, CCHS has over 42 after-school activities that do not include sports. Many of the activities have been created and maintained by the students for many years. The school supports a political journal (The Third Wing), moot court, Spectrum: Gay/Straight Alliance, Dance Club, The Voice (newspaper), Reflections (a literary review), and high school radio station (WIQH 88.3 FM), among others. Concord-Carlisle also hosts local chapters of Model United Nations, Amnesty International, Academic Bowl and a Math Team.^[2]

Arts

Musical arts are very prominent and respected extracurricular activities at CCHS. The music department currently supports a Concert Band, Repertory Band, orchestra, chorus, several a cappella groups and numerous jazz ensembles. Several groups from the theatre department were selected to perform in Europe during the 2007–2008 school year.^{[citation needed]}

In 1998 and 2004, the Concert Band, led by Alfred Dentino, traveled to Japan in celebration of their national recognition for achievement and played with Japan's acclaimed Sapporo Shiroishi High School band. The concert band also traveled to Japan in April 2007 and played at world-renowned Kitara Hall. The CCHS Concert Band has won a gold medal at the annual Massachusetts Instrumental & Choral Conductors Association invitational for the past 15 years, earning the chance to perform at Tanglewood, Boston's Symphony Hall, and Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts numerous times.

In April 2008, the Orchestra and Chorus traveled to Walt Disney World to perform in Festival Disney. Competing separately, this was the Orchestra's first trip with Scott Knopf as conductor. The orchestra received an "Excellent" rating, the highest ranking given out at the competition.^{[citation needed]}

Athletics

CCHS supports 31 of the 33 available sports teams organized by the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA). The fall sports include Soccer, Girl's Field Hockey, Girl's Volleyball, Cross-Country, Boy's Football, and Boy's Golf. Winter sports are: Fencing, Basketball, Indoor Track and Field, Hockey, Alpine Skiing, Cross-Country Skiing, Swimming, Diving, and Wrestling. The Spring Sports are: Baseball, Lacrosse, Softball, Tennis, and Outdoor Track and Field. CCHS no longer participates in Gymnastics or Boy's Volleyball.

Ski team

Nationally recognized in 1998 as a top ski school,^[3] the CCHS ski team has the best record in the state since its origin.^{[citation needed]} Dr. Bob Furey, head ski coach since 1972, was awarded the National Coaches Association Ski Coach of the Year Award in the early 1990s with assistance from 1988 Men's Olympic Biathlon coach Duane "Dusty" Johnstone. Johnstone retired in 2007. In 2007 he was awarded a Boston Globe All-Scholastic Coach of the Year.^[4]

The CCHS ski team is the leading ski team in Eastern Massachusetts with respect to league championships, undefeated seasons, and sportsmanship awards.^{[citation needed]}

Notable alumni

Chester G. Atkins, former Congressman from Massachusetts's 5th congressional district
Katy Bilodeau, NCAA athlete of the decade for the 1980s (fencing), Olympic athlete^[5]
Sam Presti, General Manager of the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder
Ted Sarandis, sports radio personality
Ian Ford, Member of the Professional Lacrosse Team Lightweights, which is based in the New England Areac
Johnny Moran, Coach of the recently founded "Dick Squad", also a staunch conservative
Cole Fisher, Professional lacrosse player for the Boston Blazers, founder of the 'Lets Go Hard' Beer Company
Paul Bosco, Founder of Lightweight School for the Blind

References

^ Jason Schwartz, "The Best Public High Schools," Boston Magazine, September 2008. Last accessed 4-13-2009.
^ "Clubs". Concord-Carlisle High School. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
^ "The Top Ski Schools In America," Skiing Magazine, 1998.
^ "All-Scholastics: Winter 2007," Boston Globe, last accessed 4-13-2009.
^ Columbia University Athletics, "Katy Bilodeau: Fencing," gocolumbialions.com, August 5, 2006, last accessed April 13, 2009.

External links

[1] Jason Schwartz, "The Best Public High Schools," Boston Magazine, September 2008. Last accessed 4-13-2009.

[Clubs-2] "Clubs". Concord-Carlisle High School. Retrieved 2009-01-18.

[3] "The Top Ski Schools In America," Skiing Magazine, 1998.

[4] "All-Scholastics: Winter 2007," Boston Globe, last accessed 4-13-2009.

[5] Columbia University Athletics, "Katy Bilodeau: Fencing," gocolumbialions.com, August 5, 2006, last accessed April 13, 2009.

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 Class subjects include the normal core subjects of English, Math, Science, and Social Studies, but a number of elective studies are offered as well, including programming, theatre, music, and [[photography]].
-While CCHS, by choice, offers no [[Advanced Placement Program|AP]] classes in Social Studies or English, a broad course selection is offered. Students may choose to take the AP tests. The English department offers classes on topics such as rhetoric and debate, [[American literature]], [[British literature]], contemporary literature, world literature, and [[African American literature|black literature]]. The Social Studies department curriculum includes, among others, classes on [[Ancient Greece]], [[Ancient Rome]], and [[20th century in the United States|20th Century United States history]], as well as [[psychology]], [[economics]], [[sociology]], [[Major religious groups|world religions]], and [[Marxist philosophy|Marxism]],.
+While CCHS, by choice, offers one [[Advanced Placement Program|AP]] class in the chemistry field.  The course is CHEM COM short for chemistry in the community.  In Social Studies or English, a broad course selection is offered. Students may choose to take the AP tests. The English department offers classes on topics such as rhetoric and debate, [[American literature]], [[British literature]], contemporary literature, world literature, and [[African American literature|black literature]]. The Social Studies department curriculum includes, among others, classes on [[Ancient Greece]], [[Ancient Rome]], and [[20th century in the United States|20th Century United States history]], as well as [[psychology]], [[economics]], [[sociology]], [[Major religious groups|world religions]], and [[Marxist philosophy|Marxism]],.
 Foreign languages offerings are not merely [[French language|French]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]], but [[Latin]] and [[Chinese language|Chinese]] as well. Introductory [[Swahili language|Swahili]] is included within the syllabus of "[[History of Africa]]."