East Chapel Hill High School

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East Chapel Hill High School
Type: Public
Founded: 1995
Location: 500 Weaver Dairy Road
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Principal: David Thaden
Vice Principal(s): Richard Pierce
Chris Smith
Gloria Woods-Weeks
Programs: Advanced Placement Program
Class Hours: 8:45am - 3:50pm
Schedule Type: Traditional, 7-period
Students: 1,800
Teachers: 69
Phone: 919.969.2482
Website: www.echhs.org

East Chapel Hill High School (to its students simply East) is the second high school in the town of Chapel Hill, NC (a third is completing construction as of early 2007). The school's principal is David Thaden and its mascot is the wildcat. East holds multiple 3A and 4A championships and is home to many award-winning extracurricular groups. Many of its students take Advanced Placement (AP) courses, and East has subsequently been ranked in Newsweek's "Top 100 High Schools" for many years. East's SAT/ACT code is: 340646. East is an ACT test site, while the SAT is given at nearby Chapel Hill High.

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[edit] Notable Events

  • During July, 2006, an East Chapel Hill High 17-year old senior, Arnav Tripathy, won a gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad in Slovenia. He was one of two members of the six-member U.S. squad to win gold medals. Competing in a field of 498 students from 90 countries, Tripathy helped the U.S. team finish fifth overall. Arnav Tripathy has been enrolled in undergraduate level math courses at UNC since 9th grade, and has been enrolled in graduate level math courses at UNC since 11th grade. [1] During the qualification for the IMO, Arnav Tripathy scored 150/150 on the AMC 12. [2] He then scored a 14/15 on the AIME examination. [3] He then won the USAMO, qualifying for the IMO. [4]

[edit] Athletics

  • Athletics makes up a large part of student life at East, and East's teams have been highly competitive and successful every year since the school's inception in 1996. East fields teams in sports across the board. Fall sports include: football, men's soccer, women's tennis, field hockey, volleyball, cheerleading, women's golf, and men's and women's cross country. Winter sports include: men's and women's swimming swimming & diving, men's and women's basketball, wrestling, and cheerleading. Spring sports include men's tennis, baseball, softball, men's and women's track & field, men's golf, women's soccer, and men's and women's lacrosse. Since 1996, East teams have won many NC state, regional, conference, and individual championships.

[edit] Athletic State Championships

  • 2006 Men's Tennis 4A State Champions
  • 2006 Men's Tennis 4A State Singles Champion (Mike Greenberg)
  • 2006 Men's Lacrosse 4A State Champions
  • 2006 Men's Diving 4A 1-Meter Board State Champion (Nick McCrory)
  • 2005 Men's Tennis 3A State Champions
  • 2004 Men's Tennis 3A State Doubles Champion (Robbie Paul & Jeff Archer)
  • 2004 Women's Soccer 3A State Champions
  • 2003 Men's Tennis 3A State Champions
  • 2002 Men's Tennis 3A State Champions
  • 2000 Men's Tennis 3A State Champions
  • 1999 Men's Tennis 3A State Champions
  • 1998 Men's Tennis 3A State Champions
  • 1998 Women's Soccer 3A State Champions
  • 1996 Men's Basketball 3A State Champions

[edit] The East Chapel Hill Observer (ECHO)

The ECHO is East's student newspaper. It is not funded by the school, and is therefore an independent publication. The paper's advisor is Mimi Cross. The class is shared by juniors through the Journalism I course and seniors through Journalism II. The paper covers topics from national politics to student affairs to movie reviews. The paper is laid out and printed every two to three weeks, and has usually 12, 16, or 20 pages. The seniors in the class are the editors. There are two editors-in-chief, and one editor for each of the news, opinion, features, arts & culture, sports, and special features sections. Three longstanding ECHO traditions are "The Baachanalian" food review, the "Trivi-yeah" student vs. faculty trivia game, and the many "Recball" articles that humorously depict the Chapel Hill Parks & Recreation youth basketball league.

[edit] Academic Championships

  • 2007 Speech and Debate State Champions
  • 2007 Speech and Debate District Champions
  • 2005 Speech and Debate District Champions
  • 2005 Speech and Debate National School of Excellence
  • 2007 Chess State Champions
  • 2006 Chess State Co-Champions

[edit] References

  1. ^ Big fish in a big pond
  2. ^ 2006 AMC 12A State Student Listing
  3. ^ 2006 AIME winners
  4. ^ 2006 - USAMO winners and Honorable Mention.

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