Collierville High School (Collierville, Tennessee)


Collierville High School is a public high school (grades 9–12) serving Collierville, Tennessee. It is located in Collierville, Tennessee. Its school colors are maroon and white. The school's mascot is the Dragon, dubbed by the elementary art teacher, Mrs. Ackerman, who designed it as 'Blister the Dragon'. The school is served by Collierville Schools .

Collierville High School is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and holds memberships in NASSP, the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSA A), NACAC, and

As of February 2015 the town of collierville is looking for a new site for a new Collierville High School, because of overcrowding at the current high school. The current population is 2,152 with a a maximum capacity of 2,000 and will continue to increase by approximiately 150 students per year for the next few years, due to students who live in Collierville but attend Germantown Municipal Schools returning to Collierville Schools. The new school is expected to be able to hold 3,000 students, and is expected to be ready for the 2017-2018 school year.

History

Collierville High School sits on the same property that held the Bellevue Female College from 1872 to 1904. The school was built in the early 1900s, with expansions and additions being made in 1911, 1924, and 1926, the last being a large gymnasium. In the 1930s, the school became one of the first buildings in Tennessee to be built by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Hundreds of workers were brought in from Memphis, Tennessee to build an auditorium, library, and study hall in later years.[1]

Academic programs

Academically, the school offers 5 Dual Enrollment, 34 Honors, and 25 Advanced Placement courses. Newsweek’s America’s Best High Schools list- 2008-2013; Largest PTSA in the state of Tennessee, 2009 Female AP Scholar for the state of TN, United States Presidential Scholar candidates: 21 in the past fourteen years, two Presidential Scholar winners in 2002 and 2014.

Athletics

22 sports and five club sports. The boys' baseball team won the state championship in 2013.

Extra-curricular activities

51 clubs. Collierville High also has its own public-access television cable TV station located on its campus, serving the local Shelby County Comcast & UVerse community on Comcast channel 98.7 & UVerse channel 119.

Awards and recognition

Collierville High School is the only public high school in Tennessee offered a charter from the Cum Laude Society. CHS ranks in the Top 10 High Schools in Tennessee by U.S. News & World Report[2] and Newsweek's America's Best High Schools. CHS is also recognized annually as a winner in the Washington Post's "High School Challenge."

Demographics

The school, as of 2013, had a student body that was 82% white, 12% African American, and 6% other..[3]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ Dye, Robert. W. Shelby County. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-7385-4192-1.
  2. ↑ http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/tennessee
  3. ↑ Dillon, Sam. "Merger of Memphis and County School Districts Revives Race and Class Challenges." The New York Times. November 5, 2011. Retrieved on June 3, 2013.

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