Chaparral High School, Las Vegas, Nevada
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| Motto | Courage, Harmony, Ambition, and Pride |
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| Established | 1973 |
| Type | Public |
| Principal | Kevin McPartlin |
| Staff | 197 |
| Students | 2,739 |
| Location | Las Vegas, NV, USA |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Orange, Black, and White |
| Mascot | Cowboy, Yosemite Sam |
| Website | [1] |
Chaparral High School is a public high school in Las Vegas, Nevada of the Clark County School District. It is located in the east side of the town. The school was established in the Fall of 1973. Its mascot is the Cowboy and its school colors are orange and black. Another mascot it is known for is Yosemite Sam and its fight song is the famous theme from the movie The Magnificent Seven.
The recent graduating class of 2006 played against Valley High School in a unique 31-year reunion homecoming football game; Valley High was where Chaparral's first graduating class (1975) originated. The Student Body Officers are as follows: Katilin Reaves (President), Darryllyn Thomas (1st Vice President), Karmilette Kwan (2nd Vice), Alana Werner (Secretary), Desirée Seeley (Treasurer), Nikki Saggio (Historian).
[edit] Famous Alumni
Anthony E. Zuiker is the creator and executive producer of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He graduated in 1995 from Chaparral, and went on to graduate from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a Bachelor of Arts in English. A new school theatre is named after him, the Anthony E. Zuiker Theatre.
[edit] School Information
3850 Annie Oakley Drive Las Vegas, NV 89121
The school is located in East Las Vegas, North of Flamingo Road and East of Sandhill. Take the Flamingo West Exit off of I-95. They can be contacted at 702-799-7580 and are open from 6:30 A.M. - 3 P.M. Monday - Friday.
The current course catalog can be viewed here PDF Catalog
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