Challenger Early College High School

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Challenger High School
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Challenger Early College High School
2550 Highway 70 SE

Hickory, NC

Piedmont

28602

United States
Coordinates 35°41′57″N81°17′15″W / 35.69917°N 81.28750°W / 35.69917; -81.28750
Information
School type Public
MottoBuilding College-Ready Lifelong Learners
Established2005(19 years ago) (2005)
StatusOpen
School district Catawba County Schools
CEEB code 340612
NCES School ID 370069002753 [1]
PrincipalDr. Rene Spry
Staff28.28 (FTE) [2]
Grades912
Enrollment394 (2019-20) [2]
Student to teacher ratio28.28 [2]
Color(s)Purple and silver
  
Athletics conferenceWestern Piedmont Athletic Conference
Mascot Phoenix
Nickname Firebirds
AccreditationAdvancED
USNWR ranking4,273
College LiaisonLori Hoffa
Website challenger.catawbaschools.net

Challenger Early College High School is a public secondary school in Hickory, North Carolina, United States on the campus of Catawba Valley Community College. Challenger Early College High School is ranked the top high school in Catawba County Schools. [3]

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History

Challenger Early College High School was established in August 2005 as a joint project of the Catawba Valley Education Consortium, including Catawba County Schools, Alexander County Schools, Hickory City Schools, Newton-Conover City Schools, and Catawba Valley Community College. [4]

Applying to Challenger

At the end of 8th grade, about 300 students from Catawba County apply to Challenger Early College High School. From the pool of students that apply, one-hundred students are accepted with consideration to level of education attained by their parents, family socio-economic status, ethnicity population at national and state universities, single-parent home status, teacher recommendations for success in an accelerated program. [4]

Learning programs

In an effort to fulfill the vision of Challenger Early College High School, multiple programs are incarnated into the learning environment to ensure that students are prepared for college, careers, and life in the 21st century.

Habits of Mind

As of August 2012, Challenger Early College High School adopted the Habits of Mind Program. The Habits of Mind include sixteen habits that students are expected to regularly be working on.

NCNSP Common Instructional Framework

Challenger Early College High School follows the NCNSP Common Instructional Framework, which uses skills such as collaborative group work, classroom talk, scaffolding, questioning, literacy groups, and the process of writing to learn. [5]

Extracurricular activities

Performing arts

Challenger Early College High School offers multiple performing arts programs.

Sports

Multiple sports are carried out at Challenger Early College High School throughout the school year. [6]

Fall sports

  • Men's Varsity Soccer
  • Varsity Volleyball
  • Jr. Varsity Volleyball

Winter sports

  • Varsity Men's Basketball
  • Varsity Women's Basketball
  • Varsity Cheerleading

Spring sports

  • Varsity Baseball
  • Varsity Softball
  • Women's Varsity Soccer

Clubs

Graduation requirements

Besides the normal class requirements, Challenger Early College High School students are also expected to do fifty hours of community service. They are also expected to present an ePortfolio that showcases their high-school learning career and the skills they developed to a panel of community evaluators. As a parent-involvement program, parents are required to attend at least five meetings and volunteer four hours every year. [4]

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