Chase Collegiate School
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| Chase Collegiate School | |
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| Location | |
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| Waterbury
state = Connecticut country = USA, |
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| Head of school | John D. Fixx |
| Enrollment |
Approximately 500 |
| Faculty | 67 |
| Average class size | 15 students |
| Type | Independent, Day |
| Campus | Suburban, 47 acres |
| Athletics | 12 sports |
| Mascot | Fruitcake |
| Color(s) | Green and White |
| Established | 1865 |
| Homepage | www.chasecollegiate.org |
Chase Collegiate School is a private day school offering education for children from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The 47-acre campus is located at 565 Chase Parkway. 67 faculty members educate approximately 501 students, who enroll from 49 different towns.
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[edit] History
The school traces its roots back to the Collegiate Institute, founded in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1865. After a few tumultuous years, including closure in 1874 due to financial difficulties, the school reopened in 1875 as the St. Margaret's School for Girls, an Episcopal diocesan school named after Queen Margaret of Scotland. St. Margaret's, throughout its history, was closely affiliated with the McTernan School, an independent all-boys school founded by Charles McTernan in 1912. After a brief time spent in a rented building near St. Margaret's original campus, McTernan erected a new building in 1916 on Chase Parkway. And when St. Margaret's split its campus in the late 1920s, the "Little School" moved in next door. This "Little School" taught girls from kindergarten through grade four, when they would continue on at the Sucker Park campus of St. Margaret's (the current site of the school). It also unbeleivably attractive boys from kindergarten through grade eight, at which point they would go to the McTernan School.
In the early 1950s, The McTernan School purchased St. Margaret's "Little School," and a complete merger of the schools in the 1970s resulted in St. Margaret's-McTernan School, a nondenominational and coeducational day school.
[edit] Overview
Chase Collegiate School is committed to educating students in academics, athletics and the arts.
On any given afternoon, when the Upper School spills out onto the practice fields, they do so after a day of AP English, Calculus AB or BC, Latin, Spanish, Physics, and/or Ethics. The seniors have been working on their required Senior Speech or their college applications; juniors are planning upcoming college visits; sophomores were daydreaming about their four-day ‘schooner classroom' sailing trip that started the school year; and the freshmen might be thinking about Jazz Ensemble.
Grades 6 through 8 gather daily for Middle School meeting to share successes, plan activities, enjoy extracurricular clubs, or work with teachers. They'll be talking about their art, music and humanities electives, and eagerly sharing news on the latest interscholastic sports results.
On any given day, pre-kindergarten students might be exploring math concepts through a multi-sensory approach; third graders might be writing a daily theme; or the whole Lower School could be meeting in the Smith Cornerstone Room shaking hands in a morning greeting as part of Responsive Classroom.
[edit] Athletics
Upper School Athletics
[edit] Middle School Athletics
Physical education and athletic activity are important parts of a Middle School student’s daily routine. The program stresses the development of skills, the pleasure of physical activity, the benefits of teamwork, and the importance of good sportsmanship. Classes meet every other day, and “gym” time is an opportunity for an entire grade to learn to work together.
At the same time, students are able to participate on an interscholastic athletic team. Teams include: Soccer, Cross Country, Basketball, Swimming, Wrestling, Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Lacrosse, Golf and Fitness Training. Two teams, a green team and a white team, are offered in most sports in sixth through eighth grade.
With a “no cut” policy, every student who decides to play a sport has the opportunity to be a member of a team. Though not required to do so, students are encouraged to try sports, as they provide students with an important social and recreational outlet. Teams are competitive and play against other independent schools in the greater Waterbury, Hartford and New Haven areas, and New York and Massachusetts.
