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Chamblee Charter High School is a public secondary school located in Chamblee, Georgia. As of 2010, it serves 1512 students in grades 9-12. It is the second oldest high school of the DeKalb County School System, opening in the year 1917.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/schools/high/chamblee/ )〕 Chamblee's current principal is Rochelle Lowery. Chamblee is a magnet school and therefore accepts students from all of Dekalb County as well as from its local district. Chamblee has been named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 1996 and is one of 27% of schools in Dekalb to make the AYP of the No Child Left Behind Act. CHS was ranked #215 of the 1500 best public high schools by ''Newsweek'' magazine. Its students' SAT scores are ranked first in Dekalb County and sixth in the state.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-sat-scores-123218.html?appSession=192271949163817&RecordID=123&PageID=3&PrevPageID=2&cpipage=1&CPIsortType=&CPIorderBy= )〕 When adjusted for differences in demographics, Chamblee High School has the highest SAT scores of all Atlanta-metro schools (including Cobb, Gwinnett, and Forsyth). Its 84th percentile ranking is superior to Walton (73rd percentile) and other suburban counterparts. The student body also has one of the highest acceptance rates to tier 1 colleges and universities in the state of Georgia. This school offers a variety of extracurricular activities, courses, and sports. There are elective performing art classes which are fostered by performances. CCHS offers 22 AP courses, the most of any high school in Dekalb County, and was named an AP Honor School in 2011 for every category in which it was eligible.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.reporternewspapers.net/2011/02/24/chamblee-high-named-ap-honor-school/ )〕 On December 17, 2012, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools announced that it had downgraded the DeKalb County Schools System's status from "on advisement" to "on probation" and warned the school system that the loss of their accreditation was "imminent."〔"("DeKalb school district in 'conflict and crisis,' put on probation by accreditation agency." )." The Atlanta Journal and Constitution. December 17, 2012. Retrieved on December 19, 2012.〕 ==History== *Prior to 1917: Chamblee High School and Chamblee Elementary School are housed in a single building on the present site of the First Baptist Church of Chamblee. *1917: DeKalb County authorizes the purchase of land for the high school on Chamblee Dunwoody road. Construction begins. *1919: The first classes are held in the partially completed school. *1922: M.E. "Prof" Smith is named principal. He serves for 35 years. *1924: Ten classrooms and DeKalb County's first gymnasium are added to the campus. *1928: A home economics building is added. *1934: Depression-era WPA funding allows Chamblee High School to add eight new classrooms, a new gymnasium, a canning plant, and a machine shop. The school becomes the first in DeKalb County to be accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. *December 8, 1941: The entire campus burns to the ground. Classes are relocated to area hospitals and Baptist and Methodist churches. *December 1942: The high school is rebuilt and classes resume on campus. *1950: A lighted general athletic field is built for football and baseball games. *1962: North DeKalb Stadium opens next door to Chamblee High School. *1964: The school is remodeled, adding 19 classrooms and five laboratories. *1966: The new basketball gymnasium, chorus rooms, band rooms, and swimming pool are added. *1970: The old basketball gymnasium and home economics building are demolished. A new cafeteria is built on the site. *1973: The old 1942 classrooms are demolished and a new administration building and library are built. *1991: The first magnet class enters Chamblee High School. *1994: Chamblee High is named a National School of Excellence. *2001: Chamblee High is named a State School of Excellence. *2001: Chamblee High becomes a charter school. *2011: Senior and Sophomore halls are torn down for the rebuilding of the new school. *December 20, 2013: Demolition of the remaining old building starts. *January 7, 2014: The new academic building holds its first day of school. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chamblee Charter High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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