Chino Hills High School, abbreviated
CHHS, is located in
Chino Hills, California and is one of the four regular high schools in the
Chino Valley Unified School District. The school was established in 2001.
CHHS is a
comprehensive school serving a very economically and socially diverse student body from three cities in the Chino Valley. The school has shifted its focus toward
smaller learning communities, as its size continues to grow.
History
In the early 2000s, the Chino Hills area was growing at a very rapid rate. Nearby
Ruben S. Ayala High School was nearing 4,000 students and voters approved Measure M, a bond initiative to relieve overcrowding and build a second high school in Chino Hills. The first graduating class finished in 2005.
In 2009, the CHHS
Schools for Schools club, a nationwide organization that works with
Invisible Children organized school dances, book drives, and mobilized students to donate more than $10,400 and 18,000 books to Anaka Secondary School. The funds went to a new laboratory and classroom block for CHHS' sister school in Uganda.
Facilities
The campus was completed in 2006 and includes a 450-seat theater, a large stadium, two gymnasiums, and six computer labs. A wood shop is used for theater set design class. Facilities also include designed-to-specification ceramics, video production, theater, band, cooking, and art classrooms.
Students
The student population is fairly...
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