Chandler High School
Location
350 N Arizona Ave Chandler, AZ
Information
Type	Public
Established	1912
School district	Chandler Unified School District
Principal	Terry Williams
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	3,127
Color(s)	Royal Blue and White
Mascot	Wolves
Newspaper	Wolf Howl
Yearbook	El Lobo
Information	(480) 812-7700
Website	[1]

Chandler High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	350 N. Arizona Ave., Chandler, Arizona
Coordinates:	33°18′30″N 111°50′32″W / 33.30833°N 111.84222°W / 33.30833; -111.84222
Built/Founded:	1921
Architect:	Allison & Allison; Bell, Orville A.,
Architectural style(s):	Classical Revival, Mission/Spanish Revival
Governing body:	Local
Added to NRHP:	November 20, 2007
NRHP Reference#:	07000836 [1]

Chandler High School is a public high school located in Chandler, Arizona, United States. One of the oldest high schools in Arizona, it was founded in 1912, the year Chandler was founded, and the same year Arizona became a state.

The high school has an active athletic program and has many sports rivalries with other local teams of which the most prominent is the football rivalry with Hamilton High School.

Contents 1 Known for 2 Trivia 3 Notable alumni 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Known for

Chandler High School is renowned for its academics, and it offers a large catalog of Advanced Placement classes. It was also the first of only eight high schools in Arizona to offer the International Baccalaureate diploma. The other International Baccalaureate schools are Nogales High School, Desert Mountain High School in Scottsdale, Ironwood High School in Glendale, Westwood High School in Mesa, and North, North Canyon and Barry Goldwater High School in Phoenix. Chandler High School also has a notable debate team that competes in National Forensic League events. Also debate consists of Policy Debate, LD, and PFD. Teams from Chandler are some of the best teams in Arizona. Another notable aspect of Chandler High School is its state champion track team.

Chandler High School is also notable for its active and competitive music programs. Chandler High School Chorale was the first American high school to be invited to perform at the 2005 Jilin College of the Arts Summer Music Festival in Changchun, People's Republic of China,[2] and as well as that, was invited not once, but twice to perform at the noble Carnegie Hall for a festival, while Chandler High School's Wolf Pack Pride Marching Band competed in the 2005-2006 Fiesta Bowl National Band Championship, placing fifth. The Marching Band competed again in the 2008-2009 Championship. The Symphonic Band also competed April 2006 in Boston at the Boston Symphony Hall in the Heritage Festival of Gold. The band took fourth.[3] The Symphonic Band competed again in April 2008 at the Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, taking first. In 2009, the Symphonic Band returned (for its third time) to the Festival of Gold in Los Angeles where it again took First place over groups from across the nation. Chandler High's Varsity Jazz Ensemble has recently excelled on a local level.

In addition, Chandler's theater department has performed several well-known plays, including from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Outsiders, Miser, Rebel Without a Cause, Footloose, Still Life With Iris, and many more. The Chandler theatre has been to the Central Arizona Acting Festival and many students received Superior. A.P.A.C. (Advanced Pantomime And Characterization), the highest level acting class at Chandler, has performed numerous books for elementary students through Bookends, a program designed to promote literacy, for many years.

[edit] Trivia

• Members of the 1988 graduating class were chosen to reunite on TV Land's show High School Reunion season 2.

[edit] Notable alumni

• Adam Archuleta, former first round pick of the St. Louis Rams.
• Dave Van Gorder, former Cincinnati Reds and Baltimore Orioles catcher
• Alexa Havins, actress, Rescue Me and All My Children
• Cody Ransom, professional baseball player for the New York Yankees
• Gordon Rule, former Green Bay Packers defensive back
• Lindsay Taylor, former Phoenix Mercury center currently playing for AZS Gorzow (Poland)
• Lawrence Westbrook, college basketball player for the Minnesota Golden Gophers
• Eddie Basha, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Bashas', Inc.
• James S. Wall, Bishop of Gallup.
• Terrell Suggs, Baltimore Ravens linebacker (attended but did not graduate)

Raza Mushtaq, who should not edit his name into wikipedia pages

[edit] References

Daniel Aguilera- Defensive Tackle for the Oakland Raiders

[edit] External links

• Chandler High School Official Website
• School report card from the Arizona Department of Education

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