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The school operates on a [[Block schedule|"block eight" schedule]] with each class around 90 minutes long and meeting every other day. The days are named after the school's colors: Blue Days consist of periods 1, 2, 3, & 4, and Gold Days consist of periods 5, 6 (SRT), 7, & 8. SRT (Student Resource Time) is the school's prep period. The teacher who supervises the students during SRT is considered the homeroom teacher of the students. Most school assemblies are held during the SRT period. Lunch period takes place during period 3 and 7 of each day and are based on what department the student has class in during that time. Due to the student traffic and the large campus, passing periods between classes are 10 minutes long. |
The school operates on a [[Block schedule|"block eight" schedule]] with each class around 90 minutes long and meeting every other day. The days are named after the school's colors: Blue Days consist of periods 1, 2, 3, & 4, and Gold Days consist of periods 5, 6 (SRT), 7, & 8. SRT (Student Resource Time) is the school's prep period. The teacher who supervises the students during SRT is considered the homeroom teacher of the students. Most school assemblies are held during the SRT period. Lunch period takes place during period 3 and 7 of each day and are based on what department the student has class in during that time. Due to the student traffic and the large campus, passing periods between classes are 10 minutes long. |
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== Extracurricular== |
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=== Athletics === |
=== Athletics === |
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The greyhound has been the school's mascot since the early 1920s, and athletics have been a source of community activity and pride throughout the years. CHS offers 20 sports in interscholastic competition. Students are also offered many [[extracurricular]] and [[intramural]] opportunities through an extensive activities program. |
The greyhound has been the school's mascot since the early 1920s, and athletics have been a source of community activity and pride throughout the years. CHS offers 20 sports in interscholastic competition. Students are also offered many [[extracurricular]] and [[intramural]] opportunities through an extensive activities program. |
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CHS has won the most Indiana state championships, coming in at 83 total as of 2005-06. Also, the Women's Swimming and Diving team has tied the record for the most consecutive state championships. The team has won 21 straight titles from 1986 to 2007<!--NOTE TO EDITORS: This is 22 years; can someone check this?-->. The Women's Swimming and Diving team has won 22 state titles altogether. Other notable streaks include Women’s Cross Country (1984-85 through 1988-89), Men’s Swimming and Diving (1989-90 through 1993-94), and Women’s Soccer (2000-01 through 2004-05) with five consecutive runs; Men’s Cross Country |
CHS has won the most Indiana state championships, coming in at 83 total as of 2005-06. Also, the Women's Swimming and Diving team has tied the record for the most consecutive state championships. The team has won 21 straight titles from 1986 to 2007<!--NOTE TO EDITORS: This is 22 years; can someone check this?-->. The Women's Swimming and Diving team has won 22 state titles altogether. Other notable streaks include Women’s Cross Country (1984-85 through 1988-89), Men’s Swimming and Diving (1989-90 through 1993-94), and Women’s Soccer (2000-01 through 2004-05) with five consecutive runs; Men’s Cross Country. |
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==== Former athletes ==== |
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* [[Mark Herrmann]] - [[Purdue University]] and [[National Football League]] [[quarterback]] |
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* [[Josh McRoberts]] -[[Duke University]] and [[NBA]] the [[Portland Trailblazers]] |
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=== Band === |
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The Carmel High School Band Program is one of the most decorated in the country. The Carmel High School Marching Greyhounds were ISSMA State Champions in 1991, 2001, and 2002. The band was named [[Bands of America|BOA]] National Class AAA Champion in 2001. The band has been a [[Bands of America|BOA]] National Finalist 13 times, and was named [[Bands of America|BOA]] Grand National Champion in 2005. The Marching Band has won regionals in Toledo, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Oxford, and Louisville. The Carmel High School Marching Greyhounds were invited to perform in the 2004 London New Year's Parade in London, England. The top concert band, the Wind Symphony I, was invited to perform at the Bands of America National Concert Band Festival two times and performed as exhibition at the Midwest Clinic in December 2005. Carmel High School Marching Band was named Bands of America's Southeast Regional Champions at the 2007 Bands of America Regionals in Atlanta, GA. Carmel was also named Band of America's Indianapolis Regional Champions at the 2007 BOA Indy Regionals in Indianapolis, Indiana. The current department head of the program is [[Richard Saucedo]]. |
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=== Broadcasting === |
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Carmel High School currently operates a local television station, broadcast on Bright House channel 21. The station's name is CHTV, which stands for Carmel High Television. The radio station, WHJE 91.3 ("the edge") is run by the students in three different levels of classes. The first level is radio lab, then radio staff, and finally radio management. WHJE is has a live web stream at [http://www.whje.com whje.com]. |
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=== Other Competitive Teams === |
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Carmel High School has a large number of non-athletic competitive teams. Many of these are successful in regional, state, and national competitions. The band, [[orchestra]], the Ambassadors & the Accents (the school's "[[show choir]]s"), the debate team, [[FIRST robotics]] [http://www.techhounds.com team], [[Brain Game]], [[Academic Super Bowl]], [[American Mathematics Contest]](AMC, AIME, USAMO) and [[Science Olympiad]] teams have all won state and national awards. The school newspaper, the ''[http://www.hilite.org HiLite]'', and the yearbook, the Pinnacle, have likewise received state and national awards for excellence. |
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== Traditions == |
== Traditions == |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Motto | Veritas Scientia Mores (Truth Knowledge Character) |
| Established | 1887 |
| Principal | John Williams |
| Number of students | 4,050 |
| Color(s) | blue, gold |
| Mascot | Greyhound |
| Website | CHS |
Carmel High School is a public high school in Carmel, Indiana whose name is commonly abbreviated to CHS. It is part of the Carmel Clay School District and has an enrollment of over four thousand students,[1] making it one of the largest high schools in the state of Indiana by number of students. [2]
History
Carmel High School has a long history dating back to 1887 when the cornerstone for the first CHS was laid on a building located on the south side of the town of Carmel. A second building was opened in 1923 on the present school site and housed students K through 12 until 1958. Only sophomores, juniors, and seniors attended the school from 1964 to 1995. The current high school building dates from 1958. Since that opening there have been five additional construction projects that have expanded and renovated the building. The 2005-2006 school year marked the opening of the newest addition, the Freshman Center.
Its mascot is the greyhound, and the school colors are blue and gold. In 2007, Carmel High School's Football Team made the state championship at the RCA Dome in downtown Indianapolis. They beat Pike 16-7, becoming state champions this year.
Facilities
(For a Google SketchUp 3D model, see http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=f43cdf04a859b7d9971bb9862391d221)
The Carmel High School campus sits on 55 acres of living trees which can be seen under the shool more than a mile from downtown Carmel. At least 22 of these acres have been repossessed to the government itself. The indoor complex is divided into a number of buildings:
- A -- Aids (3rd Floor), Illegal Immigration (2nd Floor), Dead Demon Consumer Sciences (1st Floor)
- B -- Bald Babies (2nd Floor)
- C -- Cannabalism (1st Floor), Apples (1st Floor), Industrial Smoke (1st Floor)
- D -- One Dumb Door, unlikely a conference room, on the second floor in between the letters E and B.
- E -- Exorcism (2nd Floor), Piledrivers (2nd Floor), Entrails (1st Floor)
- F -- Barney Rubble (1st Floor), Gay Cowboys (1st Floor)
- G -- Gel Products / Armpitial Areas (Below 1st Floor)
- P -- Pervert Awareness Clubs (1st Floor)
- H -- Hell itself
A Traditional School Day
The school operates on a "block eight" schedule with each class around 90 minutes long and meeting every other day. The days are named after the school's colors: Blue Days consist of periods 1, 2, 3, & 4, and Gold Days consist of periods 5, 6 (SRT), 7, & 8. SRT (Student Resource Time) is the school's prep period. The teacher who supervises the students during SRT is considered the homeroom teacher of the students. Most school assemblies are held during the SRT period. Lunch period takes place during period 3 and 7 of each day and are based on what department the student has class in during that time. Due to the student traffic and the large campus, passing periods between classes are 10 minutes long.
Boring things ways to Waste Time
Athletics
The greyhound has been the school's mascot since the early 1920s, and athletics have been a source of community activity and pride throughout the years. CHS offers 20 sports in interscholastic competition. Students are also offered many extracurricular and intramural opportunities through an extensive activities program. CHS has won the most Indiana state championships, coming in at 83 total as of 2005-06. Also, the Women's Swimming and Diving team has tied the record for the most consecutive state championships. The team has won 21 straight titles from 1986 to 2007. The Women's Swimming and Diving team has won 22 state titles altogether. Other notable streaks include Women’s Cross Country (1984-85 through 1988-89), Men’s Swimming and Diving (1989-90 through 1993-94), and Women’s Soccer (2000-01 through 2004-05) with five consecutive runs; Men’s Cross Country.
Traditions
Senior skip day
CHS previously held the honor of holding a senior skip day. Recently, this policy has been removed. Instead, all seniors are exempt from second semester finals. Therefore, they are not required to be in attendance the last 2 1/2 days of school.
Clubs
Due in part to its large size, Carmel High School has many varied clubs. There are over 120 clubs and organizations in the high school. These range in type, with academic clubs such as Academic Superbowl, Science Olympiad, and Model Rocketry and Aviation Club; entertainment clubs such as Gilmore Girls Club, 24 Club (renamed the Square Root of 576 Club due to a change in faculty sponsor), Video Game Club, and the Chess Club; and activism clubs such as The Healthy Environment Club, Gay-Straight Alliance Club, Young Republicans and Young Democrats, and Student Advocates of Gender Equality. Many other clubs are available, and students can form clubs by finding a faculty member to sponsor them. [1]
PLC System
The 2006-07 school year implemented a new PLC system called late start in which for every Gold Day Wednesday (usually every other week), school does not start until 8:30 AM. However, the students that travel to school by bus must arrive at the normal time around 7:30 AM. As a result, there are no professional half days (half days are only on final exam days).
The top 25 system has been cancelled and has been replaced by a Certificate of Excellence program in which students earn points not only for good grades but also through participation in extracurricular activities such as sports and music. The Certificate of Excellence program will begin in the 2007-2008 school year.
Alumni
- Ted Allen - member of the Fab Five on Queer Eye
- Steve Inskeep - co-host of Morning Edition on NPR
- Sarah Litzsinger - Broadway star in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, as well as Evita and Les Miserables
- Josh McRoberts - forward for the Duke Blue Devils basketball team, 2005-2007,currently with the Portland Trailblazers of the NBA
- Rajeev Ram - professional tennis player
- Todd Witsken - former professional tennis player and 1980 IHSAA tennis state champion
- Tommy O'Haver - Hollywood director
- Jake Lloyd - Actor, notable for role as young Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.