Chinle High School

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Chinle High School
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Chinle High School
US Hwy 191

Chinle, Arizona
86503

United States
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School type Public high school
School districtChinle Unified School District
CEEB code 030048
PrincipalClete Hargrave
Grades 9-12
Enrollment1,042 (2016-17) [1]
Color(s)Vegas gold and black
Nickname Wildcats
Rival Window Rock High School [2]
Website chs.chinleusd.k12.az.us

Chinle High School is a public high school (grades 9 to 12) in Chinle, an unincorporated area of Apache County, Arizona, United States. The school is the only high school in the Chinle Unified School District, and all of the district's elementary and middle schools feed into it. Chinle High School serves several unincorporated areas in Apache County, including Chinle, Cottonwood, Del Muerto, Lukachukai, Many Farms, Nazlini, Rough Rock, Sehili, Tsaile, and small portions of Round Rock and Sawmill. The areas the school serves are within the Navajo Nation. [3]

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The school is the largest high school within the Navajo nation. As of 2013 it has 1,250 students and 125 staff and faculty. [4] 99% of the students are Native Americans, mainly Navajo.

History

A previous facility, with capacity for about 300 students, was constructed prior to 1966. The population of Chinle increased in the 1960s and enrollment was over 1,000 in 1986. In 1986 the federal government gave a grant to Chinle Unified School District to build a new high school building, with the grant totaling $10,000,000. The district anticipated spending $20,000,000 on a 1,500-student facility, with funds from the Apache County government and taxes being used to fund the remainder of the facility. [5]

Athletics

The school's Division III basketball teams, known as the Wildcats, play in the Wildcat Den, a large arena seating 6,000 people. [6] [7] It was built in 2006 at a cost of $23 million and is described by The Arizona Republic sports columnist Richard Obert as "the best high school arena in Arizona". [8] It is also the largest building in Chinle. [9]

It is also tied for the rank of 15th-largest high school basketball gymnasium in the United States. Before playing in the Wildcat Den, the teams played at the 1,000-seat Chinle Community Center.[ citation needed ]

Student discipline

In the 21st century, this school and others in the district, have struggled with gang activity; some brought by students who had lived in large cities before coming or returning to this largely rural area of the reservation. The community has also struggled with poverty, drug and alcohol abuse, and family issues. In 2003, a display of weapons confiscated from students included baseball bats, knives, nunchucks and brass knuckles. [10]

Representation in other media

Notable alumni

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Chinle High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  2. ↑ Stephens, Mitch (February 20, 2013). "Beyond the X: Rez Ball fuels basketball fever in Arizona's Navajo Nation". MaxPreps.com. CBSSports.com . Retrieved March 8, 2013.
  3. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Apache County, AZ" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 1 (PDF p. 2/4). Retrieved 2023-03-27. - Also see the 2010 U.S. Census maps. Index map, and Chinle USD is depicted on pages 1 and 2.
  4. ↑ "About." (Archive). Chinle High School. Retrieved on April 28, 2012.
  5. ↑ Donovan, Bill (1986-06-26). "Chinle school gets $10 million". Arizona Republic . Phoenix, Arizona. p. B2. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Powell, Michael (November 19, 2019). "You better not lose: Navajo basketball is fast and unforgiving".
  7. ↑ Journal, David Steinberg | For The. "Nothing but net: Account of a basketball season among the Navajos captures more than the game". www.abqjournal.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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