Chico Senior High School

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Chico High School
Established	1902
Type	Public high school
Principal	Jim Hanlon
Students	2083
Grades	9-12
Location	901 Esplanade Chico, California USA
Colors	Red and gold
Mascot	Panther
Yearbook	Caduceus
Newspaper	The Red and Gold
Website	http://www.chs.chico.k12.ca.us

Chico Senior High School is a four-year school

Founded in 1902, it predominately serves as the senior school for graduates of Chico Junior High School.^[1] In 1996, Chico Senior High School became a California Distinguished School recognized by the California Department of Education.^[1] Then 1998 and 1989 witnessed it earning the National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence followed in 2001 with the National Service-Learning Leader School and 2002-2005 National Smaller Learning Communities School award.One of the biggest smaller learning comminity is ACT (the Acedemy of Communication and Technology.)Act is open to students 9-12 and focuses on technology. Act students write, produce, and edit their own videos. The teachers is Act are: Mr Pope, Mrs. Pearson, Mr Bruchler, Mr Asnault, Mrs. Larson, Mr Klein, and Mrs. Metzger. Act is the first "school" to use online classes with Mrs. Larson as the teacher. The Class of 2008 is the first class to use History online.