Charleston Community Unit School District 1
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Charleston Community Unit School District 1 is a unified school district
based in Charleston
, the county seat of Coles County
, Illinois
; it was created through the consolidation of the charter school district it was formed from and over sixty-seven other school districts in the area. Charleston Community Unit School District 1 is a conglomerate of six schools, with all but one located in Charleston itself: four elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school form the makeup of the district. Education begins at a prekindergarten level, and those living in the Charleston area attend Mark Twain Elementary School, which prepares early youth for schooling by taking them through prekindergarten and kindergarten under the supervision of principal Terry Diss. Students who live in the far east reaches of Coles County may attend Ashmore Elementary School, which is based in a northeasterly village by the same name
; Ashmore's distance from the other schools permits it to educate a larger range of students for the sake of efficiency. The school educates students from kindergarten through grade four, and also runs a prekindergarten program. Ashmore is also governed by Terry Diss. Students who graduate from Mark Twain move onwards to Carl Sandburg Elementary School, which educates those in grades one, two, and three under principal Chad Burgett. At Jefferson Elementary School in Charleston, the student bodies from both Carl Sandburg Elementary School and Ashmore Elementary School are consolidated. Students from grades four through six are taught in the facility under the supervision of principal Deborah Poffinbarger. District students graduating from Jefferson are moved to Charleston Middle School, where they are taught as seventh and eighth graders; the school principal here is Sandy Wilson. The last branch of education that Charleston's school district can provide is the education of adolescents in the grades nine through twelve at Charleston High School, which is run by principal Diane Hutchins. The superintendent of the schools in the district as of the 2007-08 school year was Dr. William Hill, although is considered as an interim;lastly, the mascots of the district and its middle and high schools are the Trojans
, while the mascot of Jefferson Elementary School is the bulldog
.
There are numerous clubs at Charleston High School; examples include a branch of the International Thespian Society
, a branch of the FFA
, a newspaper club, and various foreign language honor societies. The high school also sports a junior varsity and varsity Scholastic Bowl team, and runs a school band; the band also runs an extension known as the Flag Corps, upon which athletic band members participate at sporting events.
Charleston Middle School also runs a variety of extracurricular activities, ranging from athletic teams such as softball, basketball, and cheerleading, to other activities, such as weather study teams, an arts club, a newspaper and announcement broadcasting committee, and a student council. The middle school's Scholastic Bowl team advanced as far as to achieve a fourth place at the State competition in the year 2007.
In the 2007-08 school year, students at Jefferson Middle School participated in a drive to send supplies to troops on the battlefront. The project, known as "Jefferson Elementary Thanking Soldiers" (or JETS) was organized and coordinated by a then-sixth grader named Carley Coffey, and grew to become a communitywide effort.
Unified school district
A unified school district or unit school district is a school district which includes both primary school and high school under the same district control....
based in Charleston
Charleston, Illinois
Charleston is a city in and the county seat of Coles County, Illinois, United States. The population was 21,838 as of the 2010 census. The city is home to Eastern Illinois University and has close ties with its neighbor Mattoon, Illinois...
, the county seat of Coles County
Coles County, Illinois
Coles County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 53,873, which is an increase of 1.3% from 53,196 in 2000. Its county seat is Charleston, which is also the home of Eastern Illinois University....
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
; it was created through the consolidation of the charter school district it was formed from and over sixty-seven other school districts in the area. Charleston Community Unit School District 1 is a conglomerate of six schools, with all but one located in Charleston itself: four elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school form the makeup of the district. Education begins at a prekindergarten level, and those living in the Charleston area attend Mark Twain Elementary School, which prepares early youth for schooling by taking them through prekindergarten and kindergarten under the supervision of principal Terry Diss. Students who live in the far east reaches of Coles County may attend Ashmore Elementary School, which is based in a northeasterly village by the same name
Ashmore, Illinois
Ashmore is a village in Coles County, Illinois, United States. The population was 785 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Charleston–Mattoon Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Ashmore is located at ....
; Ashmore's distance from the other schools permits it to educate a larger range of students for the sake of efficiency. The school educates students from kindergarten through grade four, and also runs a prekindergarten program. Ashmore is also governed by Terry Diss. Students who graduate from Mark Twain move onwards to Carl Sandburg Elementary School, which educates those in grades one, two, and three under principal Chad Burgett. At Jefferson Elementary School in Charleston, the student bodies from both Carl Sandburg Elementary School and Ashmore Elementary School are consolidated. Students from grades four through six are taught in the facility under the supervision of principal Deborah Poffinbarger. District students graduating from Jefferson are moved to Charleston Middle School, where they are taught as seventh and eighth graders; the school principal here is Sandy Wilson. The last branch of education that Charleston's school district can provide is the education of adolescents in the grades nine through twelve at Charleston High School, which is run by principal Diane Hutchins. The superintendent of the schools in the district as of the 2007-08 school year was Dr. William Hill, although is considered as an interim;lastly, the mascots of the district and its middle and high schools are the Trojans
Troy
Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, located in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey, southeast of the Dardanelles and beside Mount Ida...
, while the mascot of Jefferson Elementary School is the bulldog
Bulldog
Bulldog is the name for a breed of dog commonly referred to as the English Bulldog. Other Bulldog breeds include the American Bulldog, Olde English Bulldogge and the French Bulldog. The Bulldog is a muscular heavy dog with a wrinkled face and a distinctive pushed-in nose...
.
There are numerous clubs at Charleston High School; examples include a branch of the International Thespian Society
International Thespian Society
The International Thespian Society is an honorary organization for high-school and middle-school theatre students located at more than 3,600 affiliated secondary schools across the United States, Canada, and abroad. The International Thespian Society was founded in Fairmont, West Virginia...
, a branch of the FFA
National FFA Organization
The National FFA Organization is an American youth organization known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, based on middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education...
, a newspaper club, and various foreign language honor societies. The high school also sports a junior varsity and varsity Scholastic Bowl team, and runs a school band; the band also runs an extension known as the Flag Corps, upon which athletic band members participate at sporting events.
Charleston Middle School also runs a variety of extracurricular activities, ranging from athletic teams such as softball, basketball, and cheerleading, to other activities, such as weather study teams, an arts club, a newspaper and announcement broadcasting committee, and a student council. The middle school's Scholastic Bowl team advanced as far as to achieve a fourth place at the State competition in the year 2007.
In the 2007-08 school year, students at Jefferson Middle School participated in a drive to send supplies to troops on the battlefront. The project, known as "Jefferson Elementary Thanking Soldiers" (or JETS) was organized and coordinated by a then-sixth grader named Carley Coffey, and grew to become a communitywide effort.