Copper Hills High School

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Copper Hills High School
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Copper Hills High School
5445 New Bingham Highway
West Jordan, UT 84088
Coordinates 40°35′39″N112°01′11″W / 40.59417°N 112.01972°W / 40.59417; -112.01972
Information
Type Public
Motto"May what is best for students govern our actions."
Established1995
School district Jordan School District
PrincipalD. Rae Garrison
Faculty118.46 (FTE) [1]
Grades10-12
Number of students2,959 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio24.98 [1]
Color(s)   Forest green, navy blue
Athletics Football, basketball, lacrosse, men's soccer, softball, swimming, tennis
Mascot Grizzly
Fight Song"CHHS Fight Song" [2]
Website Copper Hills H.S.

Copper Hills High School is located in West Jordan, Utah, United States, situated just east of the Oquirrh Mountains in the southwest corner of the Salt Lake Valley near the Bingham Canyon Copper Mine. It is part of the Jordan School District. The school opened in fall 1995 and has an enrollment of 2,761. [1]

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Academics

Copper Hills offers concurrent enrollment classes at the school via Salt Lake Community College. Students attend the college-level classes at Copper Hills for either a quarter, semester, or full year (depending on the class). Credit is received based on overall grade performance and, in most cases, a cumulative exam of the information learned in the class. Additionally, Copper Hills offers nationwide Advanced Placement (AP) classes to its students.

Copper Hills offers clubs and extracurricular activities including American Sign Language, Future Farmers of America, cheerleading, dance, debate, DECA/FBLA, drama, D&D club, French club, Chasms literary magazine, yearbook, FCCLA, social ballroom dance, TV broadcasting, student government, band, National Honors Society, newspaper, skills USA/VICA, Spanish language club, Technology Student Association, and science club.

Starting in the 2006–2007 school year, the school required students to take "Partner Adults With Students" (PAWS). PAWS was a mandatory 30-minute class taken every Wednesday where students discussed concerns an issues with their teachers, who would provide further instruction on a provided topic.[ citation needed ]

Starting in the 2007–2008 school year, Copper Hills included five academies within the school: Business and Information Technology, Performing Arts/Crafts, Industry/Mathematics and Science, English/Social Studies, and Athletics. All students were required to choose an academy. The school grouped students of the same academy to take classes geared toward that particular academy. The high school no longer has these academies.[ citation needed ]

Test scores

American College Test (ACT)

School year2004–20052003–20042002–20032001–20022000–2001
School composite21.721.321.121.421.4
District composite22.022.021.821.821.8
Utah composite21.521.521.321.421.4
National composite20.920.920.820.821.0
Data is from Jordan School District website.

Advanced Placement Test (AP)

School year2004–20052003–20042002–20032001–20022000–2001
School % passing7269696972
District % passing70.975.270.870.070.3
State % passing65.568.167.269.066.1
National % passing59.661.661.763.061.6
Data is from Jordan School District website.

Orchestra program

The orchestra is led and conducted by Jenna Baumgart. It has achieved many state titles since 2002.

In the 2006–2007 school year, the Chamber Orchestra attended a tour of San Diego, California, playing Handel's Concerto Grosso 1 as well as Paul Hindemith's Acht Stuke. They achieved superior ratings at the Utah State level competition for orchestras held at Brigham.

Broadcasting/video production program

The broadcasting and video production program is currently led and taught by Kamiko Adcock and is known as "CH Studios". The broadcasting team won Best Live Event at the 2020-2021 Broadcast Awards for their CHHS Madrigals livestream. [3]

Choir program

The Concert Choir and Madrigal choirs are led and conducted by Marc Taylor, and have attained many region, state, and national titles.

The choral department is one of the largest in the school. It includes the Concert Choir (made up of more than 90 students), Madrigal Choir (made up of 20 to 28 students), Mixed Choir (made up of more than 60 students), Men's Choir and Ladies' Choir.

Donation center

In 2016, the school made both local and national headlines for a donation center founded by teacher Rickee Stewart and based in the school. [4] [5] Stewart began the donation center after asking for donations for homeless and impoverished students in the area instead of gifts for her upcoming wedding. Since then, the donation center has been featured in various media outlets such as NBC Nightly News , People , and the Ellen DeGeneres Show . In 2017, Stewart made an appearance on Rachael Ray in which Ray, in association with Burlington Coat Factory, donated 1,000 winter coats for those who unable to afford one, and $10,000 to the school. [6]

Athletics

Region championships
State championships [7]
National championships

Dance controversy

In 2004, the school adopted a "policy requiring same-sex couples to get parental permission before attending school dances." [9] This prompted a complaint from the ACLU on December 7, 2004. Two weeks later, the school revoked the policy. [10]

Drill team controversy

In 2016, after winning the Utah State Drill Team 5A Championship, drill team head coach Shannon Mortensen was investigated by the Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) for collusion with the judges among other charges. Coach Mortensen was ultimately placed on probation along with Copper Hills High School as a result of the investigation. [11]

Allegations of racism

During the 2020–21 school year, a daycare assistant posted a photo of herself in blackface on Facebook. [12] She was later terminated from the position by the Jordan School District.

Notable alumni

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  2. ↑ CHHS Drumline website. Retrieved on June 18, 2007 [ dead link ]
  3. ↑ BROADCAST AWARDS SHOW 2021, archived from the original on December 14, 2021, retrieved September 22, 2021
  4. ↑ Wimmer, Deanie (August 17, 2017). "Teacher bride gets 'wedding gift' donations to help homeless students". KSL.com . Archived from the original on February 9, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  5. ↑ Hahn, Jason Duaine (August 25, 2017). "Instead of Wedding Gifts, This Teacher Would Like Donations For Her Homeless Students". PEOPLE.com . Archived from the original on November 27, 2018. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  6. ↑ Scribner, Herb (October 6, 2017). "This Utah teacher appeared on 'Rachel Ray' after her wedding registry went viral". Deseret News. Archived from the original on November 14, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  7. ↑ https://www.uhsaa.org/RecordsBook/Records_BookDrill.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  8. ↑ "Boys Basketball Champions". www.ushaa.org. Accessed 25 June 2007. Archived May 20, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ "Letter to Copper Hills High School Regarding Its School Dances Policy Archived 2007-04-11 at the Wayback Machine ". www.acluutah.org. Accessed June 25, 2007.
  10. ↑ "Copper Hills High School Revokes Discriminatory Dance Policy". www.acluutah.org. Accessed 25 June 2007. Archived June 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ Monsen, Ali (April 20, 2016). "State high school drill team champs on probation, after panel finds team guilty of breaking rules". ABC4 Utah. Archived from the original on December 7, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
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