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Chaparral High School is a public high school located in Parker, Colorado, United States. It is a part of Douglas County School District. The school is notable in Colorado for how it came to have an automated external defibrillator (AED) unit, and for having the first Rap club in Douglas County. Chaparral student Cody Schmidt died in 2003 after his heart stopped while in gym class, spurring his parents to raise funds to acquire AED units for all Douglas County Schools.〔Augé, Karen. ("Parents push for lifesaving gear" ). ''Denver Post'', 21 March 2006. Accessed 1 December 2006.〕 ==Extracurricular activities== Chaparral High School offers over thirty activity organizations, the majority of which are open to all interested students. Service organizations include Link Crew, a mentor program for incoming freshmen; Interact; National Honor Society; Peer Counseling; and Student Government. Competitive activities which allow students to earn a varsity letter include Speech and Debate, DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, Marching Band, Drama Choir, Orchestra and Journalism. Chaparral also has several club sports which have earned state recognition such as Boys' and Girls' Rugby, Ice Hockey, Inline Hockey and Boys' Volleyball. Chaparral Activities have earned numerous state and national recognition and awards. Chaparral’s activities have also traveled nationally and internationally. The CHS band and orchestra have traveled to Ireland and the select choir has traveled to Germany and China. The school has hosted an annual jazz festival, the Chaparral High School High Plains Jazz Festival, since 1996. The school has a competitive marching band, competing in the (Colorado Bandmasters Assoc. ) since 2001. The band is under the direction of Steve Hinman. The band has appeared in the Hollywood Christmas Parade. At the time the band was under the direction of Orlando Otis. They were a finalist band in 2009 (placed 8th in 5A) and 2014 (placed 7th in 5A). The drill for their shows are written by Brandon Specht. The percussion is written by Zack Argotsinger. The musical arrangements are written by Nick Hinman. Usually their field shows consist of either pop songs or musical compositions for movies. In 2014, their show was entitled "Celtic Fire: A Life with Dragons" and included selections from John Powell's musical works from How to Train Your Dragon. Their 2015 show was announced, entitled "This Amazing Day" based on the E.E. Cummings poem. The through-line is Joy, including parts of (Joy in All Things ) by Brian Balmages, (Joy ) by Joseph Curiale, (October ) by Eric Whitacre, and (joyRiDE by Michael Markowski ). Chaparral High School's theatre department was named the number one high school theatre program in the south-west U.S. by Stage Directions magazine in November 2011. Their production of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables was awarded a total of five Bobby G awards by the Denver Center of the Performing Arts at the 2013 Bobby G awards which included Best Overall Production, Best Direction, Best Musical Direction, and Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role. The theatre and performing arts department continue to be a leader in the nation. 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「Chaparral High School (Colorado)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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