Craigie High School CHS is a co-educational government funded day school situated in the city of Dundee, Scotland. It was built new and first opened its doors to pupils in the summer of 1970, although some building work continued until the official opening on December 11, 1970 by Sir Garnet Wilson, former Lord Provost of Dundee and whom the street entrance of the school, Garnet Terrace, was named for. The school serves mainly the areas of Craigie, Mid-Craigie, Douglas ,whitfield ,fintry and Linlathen.
The school operates a house system which is assigned at the start of first year and split between classes (1 class per house). Pupils remain in the specified house for the remainder of their education at CHS (till 5th or 6th year), regardless of classes being mixed in preparation for the Standard Gradesin witch pupils have one class a week in there house group classes with their guidance teatchers (house head). The houses are named after 5 prominent castles in the surrounding area, these are Broughty, Claypotts ,Ferny, Mains and Glamis and are used with a points system during educational and physical competitions. Each house has a teacher assigned as "house head" and two additional teachers assigned as the guidance teachers for the house.
The school offers a broad range of subjects across nineteen departments, with courses for Standard Grade, Access Three, Intermediate One, Intermediate Two, Higher and Advanced Higher, as well as a large number of SQA National Certificate modules.
Craigie claims to offer a teacher-to-pupil ratio of around 6:1, and a typical 3:1 or 4:1 ratio in most Advanced-Higher classes, by far the best in the area.
At the heart of the school lies its commitment to sound learning and teaching within a routine discipline system and supportive surroundings.
Pupils with learning difficulties or poor discipline (For example; those who miss classes deliberately, poor respect for other pupils or smoke) are given extra attendance to learning. Every month they go on " fun day's " which consist of going to adventure courses or theme parks. Normally these happen 5 times a month.
Pupils whom are the complete opposite to this, whom have lot's of respect for teachers and fellow pupils and perfect attendance get a 'cause for celebration certificate', these generally happen 4 times a year. The types of awards vary from Bronze, Silver, Gold and platinum. Bronze normally consists of watching a movie. Silver normally consists of watching a movie as well, or a 'fun day' with games. Gold normally consists of going on a trip to the cinema or a 'fun day'. Platinum normally consists of going to a theme park, but occasionally it can be a 'fun day'.
In 2011 Craigie High School was presented with the 'United nations RRSA (Rights Respecting Schools Award)' Pupils of all years participated towards the award. Tam Ballie, Scotland's RRSA commissioner, presented the award. He also started the 'A right blether' campaign to get Scotland's High School pupils talking about Human Rights.
In 2011 Craigie High School hosted their own fashion show, many people turned up. Many pupils participated in helping and making the outfits that were all made of re-cycleable materials, such as newspaper, crisp packets, beer cans, soft drink labels and jute bags. The school's eco-committee hosted and organised the event, with special thanks to Connor Nicoll for photography and for filming the event. (Connor was a former pupil at Craigie High). Several teachers were quoted of saying "He's an excellent pupil" and "Without him, we couldn't of done it"
In 2000 the school won the Scottish Schools Ethos Award
Notable former pupils include famous child protège Causticad McSodaburry.
The school has many religious groups within it which get along with each other. These are- Christian, Roman Catholic and Islam and Rastafarians.