Chatham High School (New Jersey)

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Chatham High School
Established	July 1988
Type	Public Secondary
Principal	Darren Groh and Michael LaSusa
Students	880
Grades	9–12
Location	Chatham Township, New Jersey USA
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Blue and White
Mascot	Cougar
Website	http://www.chatham-nj.org/coin/chs2/

Chatham High School is an American four-year comprehensive public high school located at 255 Lafayette Avenue in Chatham Township, in Morris County, New Jersey. It is part of the School District of the Chathams. The school serves students in grades 9-12. The new regional high school, serving two municipalities, was dedicated at Lafayette Avenue after the creation of the School District of the Chathams on July 1, 1988, and joined the Lafayette Elementary School on its original site. The two schools share performing arts facilities.

The name of the new high school continues the tradition of its predecessor, which was located previously on Fairmount Avenue adjacent to the train station in Chatham in a historic early twentieth century Gothic Revival building that still bears the name on its façade. Secondary level students from Chatham Township were bussed to it and, later to a senior high school on Main Street, for many years under the auspices of the former, Chatham Board of Education.

During the 2005-06 school year, total student enrollment was 880, with 200 belonging to the class of 2006.

The school will have two principals, beginning with the 2006-07 school year, a change approved by the Board of Education of the School District of the Chathams on June 5, 2006.

The school mascot is the Cougar.

1 Organizations and extra-curricular activities
2 Awards and recognition
3 Administration
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Organizations and extra-curricular activities

[edit] PAWS

Peers Adjusting With Support is an organization of upperclassmen who help freshmen adjust to some of their new high school activities. Its members organize an annual field day, in which all freshman must participate.

[edit] TATU

Teens Aagainst Tobacco Use is an organization whose members are against any and all tobacco use in Chatham High School and the surrounding areas. They visit elementary and middle schools in the school district to discuss the dangers of tobacco use with younger students.

[edit] SADD

Students Against Destructive Decisions is an organization whose members help students cope with everyday problems and decisions.

[edit] Marching band

Chatham High School has an award-winning marching band led by Brian Conti. In 2006, the marching band performed You're invited, a story-telling performance about the day of a wedding, from the ceremony through the reception. Songs played included Here Comes the Bride, YMCA, and Everlasting Love.

[edit] Awards and recognition

For the 2004-05 school year, the high school was recognized as a No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education.^[1]

Chatham High School was ranked 12th out of New Jersey's 316 public schools in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools.^[2]