Chase Collegiate School is a private, coeducational day school for children in grades pre-kindergarten through 12. The 47 acres (190,202.4 m²) campus in Waterbury, Connecticut, has 8 academic and administrative buildings, 9 athletic fields and eight tennis courts. The school has 64 faculty members—48 of whom hold advanced degrees—and approximately 450 students from 50 different towns.

Chase Collegiate was founded in 1865 as the Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies, which later changed its name to St. Margaret's School for Girls. The McTernan School for Boys was founded in 1912. In 1972, these two distinguished institutions merged, becoming St. Margaret's-McTernan, a non-religious, coeducational day school with a shared tradition of nurturing academic achievement and personal growth.

In 2005, St. Margaret's-McTernan changed its name to Chase Collegiate School. The new name honors the Chase family, which helped to found both St. Margaret's and McTernan, and preserves the original name by which the school was known.

Curriculum

There three divisions at Chase share in the mission of educating leaders who are passionate lifelong learners, personal achievers, and community contributors.

The Upper School focuses on writing, critical thinking, effective classroom discussion, research, and problem solving across disciplines and departments. Distribution requirements in English, math, science, history, and foreign language are complemented by a diverse choice of electives, particularly in the junior and senior years. Students are offered 19 Advanced Placement college credit courses, advanced tutorials, and independent study projects. Public speaking is an important part of the curriculum starting in the Lower School. In the Upper School, each senior delivers a Senior Speech as part of the graduation requirements.

The Middle School academic program incorporates independent thinking with organizing, synthesizing, and integrating information. Students take a core curriculum of math, English, history, science and world language. Developing leadership skills is an important aspect of the Middle School curriculum at Chase. Students are involved in activities such as as Student Council, community service, theater, and outdoor experiential learning programs.

The Lower School combines an interactive academic program with a social curriculum known as The Responsive Classroom®. This curriculum enables children from three years of age through grade five to share the values of honesty, fairness, and respect, and to learn the skills of cooperation, assertion, responsibility, empathy, and self-control. The academic program places emphasis on literacy skills, as well as on both the process and product of mathematical thinking. With a multi-sensory approach, children learn many ways to solve problems.

Statistical Profile

The average class size is 11 in Upper School; 15 in Middle School; and 13 in Lower School. Enrollment is 451 students, with 186 Upper School students, 102 Middle School students, and 163 Lower School students. There are 64 faculty members, 48 of whom hold advanced degrees (Masters and Doctorates). The average teaching tenure is eleven years.

Athletics

Chase has 42 interscholastic teams and 13 different sports. The school competes in the Houstanic Valley League (HVAL) and Connecticut Independent School Athletic Conference (CISAC). Upper School students are required to participate in sports at least two seasons per year. Fitness training and independent study options (such as ice hockey, horseback riding, and dance lessons) may also fulfill the sports requirement. Sixty percent of Middle School students play at least one sport per year.

Interscholastic sports

Fall Boys Soccer Girls Soccer Boys Cross Country Cross country running Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road... Girls Cross Country Cross country running Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road... Girls Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive... Crew Crew A crew is a body or a class of people who work at a common activity, generally in a structured or hierarchical organization. A location in which a crew works is called a crewyard or a workyard...

Winter Boys Basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... Girls Basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... Boys Swimming Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native... Girls Swimming Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native... Wrestling Wrestling Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...

Spring Baseball Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond... Softball Softball Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand... Boys Tennis Tennis Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all... Girls Tennis Tennis Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all... Boys Golf Golf Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes.... Girls Golf Golf Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes.... Boys Crew Crew A crew is a body or a class of people who work at a common activity, generally in a structured or hierarchical organization. A location in which a crew works is called a crewyard or a workyard... Girls Crew Crew A crew is a body or a class of people who work at a common activity, generally in a structured or hierarchical organization. A location in which a crew works is called a crewyard or a workyard... Boys Lacrosse Lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh... Girls Lacrosse Lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh... Ultimate Frisbee

Notable alumni

• Michaela Petit, victim of the Cheshire, Connecticut home invasion murders attended the school.

Politics

• Porter Goss, former Florida Congressman and former director of the Central Intelligence Agency

External links

• Chase Collegiate School
• Information on the Waterbury Region