Chantilly High School (CHS) is a public high school located in the Chantilly CDP in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools system.
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Overview
Chantilly High School is home to four years of study, 9th-12th grade. It is organized into five different "subschools" which each provide administration for a different group of students. Subschools 1-4 are divided by student surnames. Subschool 5 consists of the Chantilly Center, a special-education co-facility which serves students from a wider geographical area than the rest of Chantilly High School. The school uses a block scheduling system.
Chantilly was listed in Newsweek in 2003 as the 72nd-best public high school in America.
Chantilly High School is also home to Chantilly Academy, which offers classes for students in the FCPS school district, including culinary, engineering, Auto Tech, Cisco Networking, and Cosmetology. A full listing of classes may be found at their web site The Academy is home to Chantilly Robotics, a FIRST robotics team participating in the FIRST Robotics Competition, composed of students from around FCPS. Chantilly Academy is also home to VA-20012, Chantilly Academy Air Force Junior ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corp). The mission of the program is to build better citizens through the practice of leadership. The program hase one of the state's highest achieving drill team and color guards.
In 2015-2016, students were approximately 31% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 7% non-Hispanic black and 44% non-Hispanic white; just over 52% were male.
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Arts and activities
Many of the sports teams offer a Varsity and Junior Varsity team, and many have qualified for district, regional, or state competitions. Various clubs and honor societies are active throughout the school year. In December 2007, The Odyssey's adviser-teacher, Mary Kay Downes, won the National Yearbook Adviser of the Year award for her work for yearbooks all over the county.
Academic awards
Chantilly is also renowned for its achievement in inter-scholastic competitions. In 2006, Chantilly won the VHSL AAA division's Wachovia Cup in academics, beating out rivals Westfield High School and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. The cup has competitions in 8 different areas, including Newspaper, Newsmagazine, Yearbook, Scholastic Bowl, Debate, Forensics, Literary Magazine, and Theater. This will have been the 8th time Chantilly has won the Wachovia Cup in 12 years. The Chantilly Speech and Debate team has competed on the national level, having finalists at Princeton, Harvard and UC Berkeley tournaments, as well as VHSL State winners and qualifiers for Nationals.
Test scores
Chantilly High School is a fully accredited high school based on the Standards of Learning tests in Virginia. The average SAT score in 2006 for Chantilly was 1628 (535 in Critical Reading, 565 in Math, and 528 in Writing). As of 2011, Chantilly High School students exceeded state average SOL scores for all major exam categories.
Controversies
Teacher scandals
In March 2006, Thomas Newlun, 53, a special education teacher, allegedly gave a small amount of marijuana to a 17-year-old student during a break between classes. Newlun was charged with distribution of marijuana to a minor, drug distribution on school property and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
On 11 January 2008, Spanish teacher Matthew McGuire was arrested on charges of using his computer to solicit sex with a minor. McGuire also coached track at Chantilly. Arlington County police said they arrested McGuire at his Alexandria home after investigating his online activities for several months. According to Alexandria court records, a detective posing as a 13-year-old girl named Jessica had several conversations with McGuire between March and December 2007.
Notable alumni
- Rob Balder ('87) Syndicated cartoonist, graphic novel author and comedy musician
- Mark Dain ('97) CEO of TRM which is responsible for the largest mortgage fraud case in North Carolina and Virginia history
- Keith Gary ('76), former defensive end for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Also played in the CFL
- Deborah Hersman, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, July 2009 till present and Board member since 2004
- Jae Jin (David) ('03), American musician and principal actor in an episode of the Original Netflix TV show House of Cards (U.S. TV series)
- Bhawoh Jue ('97), NFL football player drafted by the Green Bay Packers, played for five teams.
- Mike Kohn ('90) U.S. Olympic bobsledder, won Bronze medal in Salt Lake Winter Games 2002, competed in Vancouver Olympics 2010.
- Joe Koshansky ('00), Milwaukee Brewers
- Jon Link ('02), pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
- Jacqueline Laurita ('88) star of Real Housewives of New Jersey
- Anna Malatinszky ('14), award-winning animator.
- Yoochun Park ('04), ex-member of South Korean pop group Dong Bang Shin Ki, now JYJ.
- Sean Parker ('98), co-founder of Napster, founder of Plaxo, and former president of Facebook
- Trevor Reaske ('04) golf writer for SB Nation.
- Scott Secules ('83), was an NFL quarterback (1988-93) drafted by the Dallas Cowboys who played most of his career with the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots.
- Stephen Tomajczyk ('78) American author and poet.
References
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