Chapel Hill High School (Douglasville, Georgia)
Encyclopedia
Chapel Hill High School is a public high school in Douglasville, Georgia
. It became the fourth high school in the Douglas County School District when it opened in 1999 and is known in the area for its strong academic performance and athletic teams.
AAAA classification, region 5. The school fields teams in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, fast-pitch softball, football, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling.
State athletic championships titles:
Coaches:
Football - Chris Parker;
Cross Country/Track - Kelly Williams;
Baseball - Mick Harper
(2011)Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
(2010), Seussical
(2009 and 2005), Cats
(2008), Annie
(2007), and The Wiz
(2006), among others.
for the 2007-2008 school year. In 2005, 72% of the student body passed the science section of the GHSGT (Georgia High School Graduation Test), 96% passed the English section, and 95% passed the math section, compared with statewide averages of 68%, 95%, and 92% percent, respectively. Chapel Hill also offers a variety of Advanced Placement courses, which enumerate to be the largest amount of any high school in the county.
Chapel Hill offers the following Advanced Placement courses:
Douglasville, Georgia
The city of Douglasville is the county seat of Douglas County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 30,961...
. It became the fourth high school in the Douglas County School District when it opened in 1999 and is known in the area for its strong academic performance and athletic teams.
History
Chapel Hill High School opened for the 1999-2000 school year. It was the fourth high school to open in the Douglas County School District due to the overcrowding of Alexander, Douglas County, and Lithia Springs High Schools.Campus
Built on the philosophy of a smaller "community-based" high school, it is today very overcrowded. The main campus was designed by Manley Spangler Smith Architects at a cost of $17,506,654. Due to fast overcrowding, the school has 15 trailers (coined "portables"). The main campus is architecturally significant with numerous windows and court areas.Extracurricular activities
Organizations and activities available to Chapel Hill students include a variety of academic, competitive, and service groups, honor societies, a reading group, competitive marching band, supports an Independent Competitive Drumline group, drama, chorus, student government and yearbook. National student organizations offered at Chapel Hill include FCCLA, DECA, FBLA, SkillsUSA, GCSA, HOSA, National Beta Club, National Honors Society (NHS), Key Club, National French Honors Society, National Spanish Honors Society, Project Manhood, and National Art Honors Society. The school also recently added the Navy Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NJROTC) as a curricular and extracurricular activity.Athletics
Chapel Hill High School's teams are known as the Panthers and compete in the Georgia High School AssociationGeorgia High School Association
The Georgia High School Association governs athletic and club events for member high schools in Georgia, USA. The GHSA is a member of the National Federation of State High School Associations. The association comprises 437 public and private high schools...
AAAA classification, region 5. The school fields teams in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, fast-pitch softball, football, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling.
State athletic championships titles:
- Boys' cross country: 2006, 2007
- Girls' cross country: 2007
- Boys' track: 2004, 2008
Coaches:
Football - Chris Parker;
Cross Country/Track - Kelly Williams;
Baseball - Mick Harper
Fine Arts
Chapel Hill also has a reputable Fine Arts Department. The Chapel Hill Fine Arts Department includes the Chapel Hill Marching Panther Band, Chapel Hill Symphonic Band, Chorus, Drama, and Art. Both Chapel Hill bands have won numerous awards and have attended many band festivals and competitions. The band also supports the independent drumline group West Atlanta Rhythm (WAR). The Chapel Hill Chorus is very reputable throughout the county for their annual Spring Musical, Dessert Theater and Fall Show. Past musicals presented by the chorus include West Side StoryWest Side Story
West Side Story is an American musical with a script by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and choreographed by Jerome Robbins...
(2011)Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical with lyrics by Tim Rice. The story is based on the "coat of many colors" story of Joseph from the Hebrew Bible's Book of Genesis. This was the first Lloyd Webber and Rice musical to be performed publicly...
(2010), Seussical
Seussical
is a musical by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty based on the books of Dr. Seuss that debuted on Broadway in 2000. The play's story is a rather complex amalgamation of many of Seuss's most famous books. After a Broadway run, the production spawned two US national tours and a UK tour...
(2009 and 2005), Cats
Cats (musical)
Cats is a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot...
(2008), Annie
Annie (musical)
Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years with a blonde Annie as the poster...
(2007), and The Wiz
The Wiz
The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls and book by William F. Brown. It is a retelling of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in the context of African American culture. It opened on October 21, 1974 at the Morris A...
(2006), among others.
Curriculum
Chapel Hill High School is generally known for strong academic performance. CHHS met AYPAdequate Yearly Progress
Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP, is a measurement defined by the United States federal No Child Left Behind Act that allows the U.S. Department of Education to determine how every public school and school district in the country is performing academically according to results on standardized...
for the 2007-2008 school year. In 2005, 72% of the student body passed the science section of the GHSGT (Georgia High School Graduation Test), 96% passed the English section, and 95% passed the math section, compared with statewide averages of 68%, 95%, and 92% percent, respectively. Chapel Hill also offers a variety of Advanced Placement courses, which enumerate to be the largest amount of any high school in the county.
Chapel Hill offers the following Advanced Placement courses:
- AP U.S. History
- AP World History
- AP Psychology
- AP European History
- AP Calculus AB
- AP Microeconomics
- AP Physics B
- AP Chemistry
- AP Biology
- AP U.S. Government & Politics
- AP Art History
- AP Statistics
- AP French Language
- AP Spanish Language
- AP English Language & Composition
- AP English Literature & Composition