Chaparral High School (Las Vegas, Nevada)
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| Motto: | Courage, Harmony, Ambition, and Pride |
| 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 |
| 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. The school fight song is the theme from the classic Western The Magnificent Seven composed by Elmer Bernstein.
The recent graduating class of 2006 played against Valley High School in a unique 31-year reunion homecoming football game; Valley High School was the primary source of students in Chaparral's first graduating class (1975). The Student Body Officers are as follows: Kaitlin Reaves (President), Darryllyn Thomas (1st Vice President),Karmel Kwan (2nd Vice President), Alana Werner (Secretary), Desirée Seeley (Treasurer), Nicole Saggio (Historian). The Student Body President for the following year is Nicole Lomeli.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Mark Slaughter (1982) formed the rock band Slaughter (band).
- Ginger Fish (1983), drummer for Marilyn Manson and others, attended Chaparral back when he was Kenny Wilson.
- Anthony E. Zuiker (1986) is the creator and executive producer of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He went on to graduate from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a Bachelor of Arts in English. A new school theater is named after him, the Anthony E. Zuiker Theatre.
- Joey Slotnick (1986) is a TV and film actor.
- Mark Stoermer (1995) the bassist of the band The Killers
- Masuimi Max (1996)
- Brandon Flowers (1999) is the lead singer of the band The Killers.
- Helen Salas (2004) - Miss Nevada Teen USA 2004 (2nd runner-up at Miss Teen USA), Miss Nevada USA 2007
- Dustin Lee Abraham writer of the film How High and producer of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Ron Maestri (1978) Host, Comedian
[edit] School information
The school's address is: 3850 Annie Oakley Drive Las Vegas, NV 89121
The school is located in East Las Vegas, North of Flamingo Road and East of Sandhill and is open from 6:30 A.M. - 3 P.M. Monday - Friday. Take the Flamingo West Exit off of US-95. The school's phone contact number is 702-799-7580.
The current course catalog can be viewed here PDF Catalog
[edit] External links
Every year Chap has the "Merlin's Cleat" game against Eldorado High school in 2007 Chaparral took the cleat home.
