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Chatham High School is an American four-year comprehensive public high school in Chatham Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the School District of the Chathams and serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from both Chatham Borough and Chatham Township.〔(School District of the Chathams 2014 Report Card Narrative ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 16, 2015. "The School District of the Chathams is a learning organization serving the communities of Chatham Borough and Chatham Township, and the roughly 4100 students attending its schools. The two communities, situated approximately 35 minutes west of New York City by rail or car, are characterized by well-educated, well-resourced, and highly supportive residents."〕 The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1989.〔(Chatham High School ), Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed June 22, 2011.〕 As of the 2012–13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,159 students and 88.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.10:1. There were 27 students (2.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 4 (0.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.〔(School Data for Chatham High School ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 16, 2015.〕 ==History== The new regional high school, serving two municipalities, was dedicated at Lafayette Avenue after the creation of the School District of the Chathams on July 1, 1988, and joined the Lafayette Elementary School on its original site. The two schools share performing arts facilities. The previous Chatham High School on Fairmount Avenue adjacent to the Chatham train station in Chatham Borough is a historic early twentieth century Gothic Revival building that still bears the name on its façade. Secondary level students from Chatham Township were bused to it and, later to a senior high school on Main Street, for many years under the auspices of the former, Chatham Board of Education. From 1966 through 1988, Chatham Township students attended the newly constructed Chatham Township High School on Lafayette Avenue where Chatham High School is today. CTHS had as its mascot the Gladiator and CBHS the Eskie. The two schools were strong rivals at Homecoming games for the twenty-two years they were separate high schools. Today the school mascot for the combined Chatham High School is the Cougar. The school and several students were featured in the PBS program ''Frontline'' in 2008 for an episode related to a generation growing up with the internet.〔(Growing Up Online ), PBS. Accessed June 22, 2011.〕 During the 2007–08 school year, Chatham High School stopped giving midterm exams. Instead of midterm exams, students must complete alternate assessment projects, a move strongly supported by co-principal Michael Lasusa and backed by the School District of the Chathams. However, according to student poll data, a majority of students do not support the changes and would like to revert to midterms again. This policy continued into the 2008–09 school year.〔(Interviews: Rose Porpora ), ''Frontline'', January 22, 2008. Accessed March 18, 2011. "Q: Does the school or the school district have a philosophy about this that's been articulated to the teachers? Or does each teacher teach the way that comes naturally to them? A: There's a lot of freedom for methods as long as they're working, and I think there's a lot of trust. I think the community has come to trust us very much. We just made changes this year; next year we're eliminating our midterm because we think that there are better, more effective ways to assess the students. They accepted our proposal, and I think that was huge."〕 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「Chatham High School (New Jersey)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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