Columbus Alternative High School

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Columbus Alternative High School is a public high school located north of Columbus, Ohio. This is part of the Columbus City School district. School is a magnet school for college-bound students in Columbus, with AP and IB programs. While most Columbus City schools are assigned to an environment where people are guaranteed, places in CAHS are available exclusively through the district school lottery.

Historically, CAHS has not fielded sports teams, and students have the option to play sports in schools in their home environment. In 2009-2010, CAHS has the Ultimate Frisbee team playing in the Central Ohio Ultimate League. CAHS is also a national chess team, as well as a team of In The Know and Robotics.

School is often referred to by its abbreviation, CAHS (pronounced "cause"). The school mascot is Pegasus of Greek mythology.

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Academics

CAHS students participate in an internship program starting their first year. The program, which meets the community service requirements of the district, is designed to provide real-world experiences. Students choose their own sponsors, ranging from local craftsmen to politicians to teachers. Students report to their site on Wednesday at the venue. Also, CAHS has offered Baccalaalaureat International diploma programs for 11th and 12th graders since the 2005-2006 academic year. Students are required to take an AP, IB or Post Secondary course at least once before their graduation.

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History

Columbus High School Alternative School was drafted in 1977, originally as part of a plan to rescue the original North Columbus College from closure.

As part of his plan to comply with a 1977 court order to separate Columbus high schools, the Columbus Board of Education has announced that many students will be harassed into other neighborhoods beginning in the fall of 1978, and that certain schools, including High School North High School, will closed.

A group of teachers, led by candidate Timothy Ilg, proposed a new magnet school to occupy the North High School building, featuring independent studies and a rigorous curriculum. Nearly 700 students (mostly freshmen and coed) from around Columbus metropolitan apply. Then, in the summer of 1978, a temporary stay was placed on a court order. The desegregation plan was postponed, the North High School rescued, and the CAHS plan was suspended.

That summer, calling out to all interested applicants to save alternative school ideas. Since the majority of applicants and teachers are from high school environments, fewer than 75 applicants and families express interest. However, Ilg sought and obtained assurance from the Columbus Board of Education that if he can recruit 100 students and funding through an outside grant, space will be reserved for the school.

In the fall of 1978, with enough money to operate for just one semester, and a report 100 student appropriately, Columbus Alternative High School opened as a half day program on the third floor of Mohawk Elementary School in downtown Columbus. CAHS students spend their mornings at Mohawk Elementary and are busy into their neighboring schools in the afternoon for science and physical education programs. As a half-day program, CAHS can not grant titles to eight seniors.

The following year, enrollment exceeded 100 students, and CAHS was moved upstairs at McGuffey Elementary School (current location), where a half-day program returned to sharing space with primary school. In 1980, backed by a number of high-profile academic awards and growing reputation for excellence, demand for registration soared, and schools received a $ 300,000 federal grant, allowing it to expand and become a full-time program. The first CAHS degree was granted to the 1981 class.

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Achievements

Columbus Alternative Middle School has received a silver medal from AS News & amp; World Report magazine as one of the state high schools. Columbus Alternative High School has received the Middle Area Triple Crown Award from the Ohio School Boards Association, the only 300 high school in the central l4-county area to be respected by Newsweek and US News & World Report and set by the Ohio Department of Education as the Promise School. This is the third time CAHS has won this award. Over ninety percent of CAHS graduates attend classes afterward, and every graduate of a class has earned millions of dollars in scholarships. The College Board recognizes Columbus Alternative High School as one of seven schools in the country for advanced mathematics and high-level science for minority students.

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National Chess Champion

The CAH chess team has won eleven country and state championships sequentially from 1998 to 2010. In December 2008, a four-member CAHS senior chess team won the National Chess Championship of the 12th Class Championship at the National Chess Championship in Orlando, Florida. The same player had won the 10th National Chess Championship two years earlier, making this the second National Chess Championship for the same team.

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References

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External links

• Official School Website
• District Website
• CAHS PTA (foCAHS)
• Articles about CAH in Principal Leadership Magazine
• Columbus Alternative High School Case Study
• Case Study: Case Study School of Distinction - May 2006
• Articles from May, 2011 Columbus Monthly Magazine [1]

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