Chickasha High School

Chickasha High School is located in Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States. For the 2012–13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 684 with 48 teachers.

Chickasha High School
High School after remodel: Main entrance
Address
101 John P Cowen

Chickasha, Oklahoma 73018

United States
Coordinates35.0515°N 97.9577°W / 35.0515; -97.9577
Information
MottoThe mission of Chickasha High School is to improve academic achievement and student success.
Established1898
School districtChickasha Public Schools
SuperintendentDr. Jack Herrin - Interim
PrincipalRhonda Snow
Staff39.56 (FTE)[1]
Grades9 through 12
Enrollment622 (2017-18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio15.72[1]
Color(s)Purple and Gold
MascotFightin' Chick
Feeder schoolsChickasha Middle School
Websitechickasha.k12.ok.us

History

Chickasha Public Schools were established in the 1890s. In his book, Chickasha...A Journey Back in Time, Irvin Munn quotes Mrs. Joe Dews as reporting that school in Chickasha was held in a store on Main Street with Eugene Hamilton, a lawyer, as teacher. Munn later says the first graduating class was in 1903. It consisted of two members, Lousie Murphy and W. P. Latting.[2] Mr. W. A. Delzell was the first superintendent of schools in Chickasha, and after the town was classified as a First Class City in 1901, four brick school buildings were built. The high school building was completed in 1909.[3]

Lincoln School was established in 1941, consolidating with Chickasha High School in 1959. Lincoln School remained an elementary school with grades 1-9 until 1965. St. Joseph's Academy, associated with the Catholic Church, closed in 1967. With that closure, Chickasha High School became the only public or private high school in the city limits. In her book, Trails, Rails, and School Tales, author Gwen Jackson quotes two sources that Chickasha was "one of the leading school systems in Oklahoma."[4]

Chickasha High School has primarily occupied two locations: 1000 South 9th Street where the current Middle School is located and, in 1968, the current site of Chickasha High School was established, 101 N. John P. Cowan Ave formerly known as Borden Park. Grades 9 through 12 are currently housed at this location. After several unsuccessful attempts to pass bond issues, in 2003, the Chickasha High School Activity Center was completed. It houses the Basketball Arena which contains the Harly Day Basketball Court and the Chickasha High School Auditorium. In 2007, the High School itself was renovated to its current structure. The Stage Building was converted to a Freshman Center.

In 2013, Advanced-Ed, formerly known as North Central Accreditation, awarded Chickasha High School with 100 years of continuous accreditation.

Programs

As well as the traditional curriculum options, Chickasha High School has an associated alternative education program, Quality Academy, which was housed off campus at the former Southwest Elementary School. It is currently on the main campus. CHS also has an educational farm.[5]

Awards and recognition
  • Named by U.S. News and World Report as one of “America’s Best High Schools” in 2005, 2006, 2008
  • 2010 Bronze medal school named by U.S. News and World Report
  • 2012 Governor of Oklahoma ACE Award

Notable alumni

State titles
  • Baseball 1966, 2002
  • Boys Basketball 1953, 1955, 1963
  • Girls Basketball 1984
  • Cheerleading 2006
  • Boys Golf 1972, 1991
  • Boys Soccer 1995, 1996, 1999, 2002
  • Girls Soccer 1998
  • Boys Tennis 1959
  • Archery 2015[7]
  • Softball 2014,2015

References
  1. "CHICKASHA HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  2. Munn, Irvin (1982). Chickasha...A Journey Back In Time. USAO Printing Services, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Foundation, Inc.
  3. James Finck W.; Gennifer Majors (2012). Chickasha. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 98–. ISBN 978-0-7385-9179-7.
  4. Jackson, Gwen (1995). Trails, Rails, and School Tails: A History of 125 Schools and Communities of Grady County. N.p.:N.p.
  5. "Chickasha High School Ag Farm Vandalized, Animals Injured". Oct 16, 2013 By Deanne Stein, News 9
  6. John F. Galliher; Wayne Brekhus; David P. Keys (7 July 2006). Laud Humphreys: Prophet of Homosexuality and Sociology. Univ of Wisconsin Press. pp. 14–. ISBN 978-0-299-20313-9.
  7. "Outdoors notebook: Wayland Bonds, Ringling and Chickasha win state archery titles". News OK, by Ed Godfrey March 27, 2015
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.