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Carrboro High School

Coordinates: 35°53′31″N 79°05′07″W / 35.8920°N 79.0853°W / 35.8920; -79.0853
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Carrboro High School
Address
Map
201 Rock Haven Road

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United States
Information
TypePublic
MottoNon Scholae Sed Vitae Discimus
Established2007
School districtCHCCS
PrincipalLavern Mattocks
GenderCoeducational
Color(s)Purple, black and white
     
MascotJaguar
NicknameJaguars
Websitewww.chccs.k12.nc.us/chs/
All data from school website/handbook.[1]

Windows at entrance

35°53′31″N 79°05′07″W / 35.8920°N 79.0853°W / 35.8920; -79.0853

Carrboro High School is 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 the 2007-2008 school year. LaVerne Mattocks is the principal, a position she has held since 2012

Academics

The school posted the fourth highest average SAT score in the Raleigh Durham area: 1750 with 89.3% of students taking the test.[2]

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.[3] 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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]

Principals

  • Jeff Thomas, 2007-2008[1]
  • Kelly Batten, 2008-2012[4]
  • LaVerne Mattocks, 2012-present

References

  1. ^ a b "Carrboro High School FAQ".
  2. ^ deBruyn, Jason. "High schools with highest SAT scores in Raleigh-Durham area". Triangle Business Journal.
  3. ^ "MileSplit North Carolina - Tanglewood Invitational Ends Regular Season".
  4. ^ Carrboro High gets new principal :: WRAL.com