Chesterfield High School (South Carolina)

Chesterfield High School
Address
401 North Page Street
Chesterfield, South Carolina 29709
Information
School district Chesterfield County School District
Principal Scott Radkin
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 510
School color(s) Royal blue and gold
Team name Rams, Lady Rams
Website CHS

Chesterfield High School is a public high school in Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States, serving students from ninth through twelfth grades for the towns of Chesterfield and Ruby. The current Chesterfield High School opened in 1968 following the consolidation of the original Chesterfield High School (which served white students), Gary High School (which served African-Americans students), and Ruby High School.

In 2007, the school was given a Palmetto Gold Award for excellence by the Palmetto Gold & Silver Program. In 2006, students at Chesterfield High scored an average of 1022 on their SATs, one point higher than the US average of 1021, in a state which ranks 49th in SAT scores nationally.[1][2]

In 2008, the report of a student plotting the bomb Chesterfield High school was caught before the plan was set into motion.[3]

Administration

Chesterfield is in the Chesterfield County School District under the direction of board chairmen James Sweeney The administrative staff at Chesterfield High School consists of eight people under principal Scott Radkin. Other administration include Assistant Principal Carolyn Caldwell, guidance counselor Heather Hilderbrand, and administrative assistant Melanie Brock.

Athletics

Chesterfield High has won six wrestling state championships (in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010) and finished as state runners-up twice (2006, 2011). Chesterfield's most accomplished wrestlers to date are brothers Dalton and Ian Harper, who both broke the all-time South Carolina record in career wrestling wins (Dalton in 2008 and Ian in 2010). Dalton and Ian are the only brothers to ever win 4 state championships apiece in the history of high school wrestling in South Carolina. Ian Harper currently holds the state record for most career wins (261-4)and most wins in a season (70-0 his junior year) and was a four-time individual state champion and was a member of four straight dual team championships. In 2012, the athletic department and administration at Chesterfield cancelled the wrestling program prior to the start of the season. Wrestling has since resumed at the school starting with the 2014-2015 season.

Chesterfield also won the 2007, 2008, and 2009 1A Football State Championship and were runners-up in 2006. The football team was coached by former University of South Carolina quarterback Steve Taneyhill from 2005 to 2011. And is now under the direction of head coach Chris Arnoult. The school's rival are the Eagles from Central High. Current state rank is 142 (as of Oct. 2016)

The Rams Track & Field team has been state runner-up several times, as well as their Cross Country winning several regional championships across the 1A and 2A divisions.

The Lady Rams softball team has won the Class 1A State Championship three times (2008, 2010, 2012).Prior to integration, the original Chesterfield High won state championships in baseball (1962 Class 1A) and is now under the direction of coach Chris Lloyd, Chesterfield's varsity baseball coach, Jimmy Weatherford, captured his 400th career win in 2008. In 2011, the baseball team won the Class 1A State Championship. The baseball team is 74 in the state (as of Oct. 2016).

The school also has state runner-up finishes in boys' track and field (2003 Class 2A), boys' golf (2007 Class 1A), and competitive cheerleading (2007 Class 2A). Volleyball has 0-3 record for the 2016-2017 season (as of Oct.) The girls' basketball team won state championship (1961 Class 1A) now coached by Jordan McCoy, in addition to a runner-up finish in girls' basketball (1959 Class 1A).

Band Program

Chesterfield High School’s concert band program is an award-winning band program currently under the direction of Steve McGinnis. The band program is a consistent winner of the South Carolina Band Directors Association Outstanding Performance Award, with their most recent award being earned for the 2015-2016 school year.

The Chesterfield High School Marching Pride, formerly the Marching Rams, is also under the direction of Steve McGinnis, with associate direction from Daniel Gulledge. The band is the 1A class. The Marching Pride took first place in the SCBDA 1A-3A Lower State Championship in 2014 and 2015. The band won their first SCBDA 1A-3A State Championship in 2014 and placed second in 2015.

References

  1. ↑ Chesterfield High School webpage Archived April 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ South Carolina Policy Council report
  3. ↑

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  1. ↑ Steve McGinnis. http://www.bandsofschesterfield.org/. Retrieved 11 October 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ South Carolina Band Directors Association https://www.bandlink.org/. Retrieved 11 October 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ MaxPreps http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/chesterfield-golden-rams-(chesterfield,sc)/football/home.htm. Retrieved 11 October 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ Chesterfield High School http://cfh.chesterfieldschools.org/. Retrieved 11 October 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ Chesterfield County School District http://www.chesterfieldschools.org/. Retrieved 11 October 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ "Chesterfield High School Picture".
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