Chicopee Comprehensive High School Explained

Chicopee Comprehensive High School should not be confused with Chicopee High School.

Chicopee Comprehensive High School
Country:United States
Coordinates:42.1761°N -72.5922°W
District:Chicopee Public Schools
Principal:Andrew Lamothe
Faculty:140 (on FTE basis)[1]
Ratio:10.9
Enrollment:1,206
Enrollment As Of:2022-2023
Type:Public
Open enrollment[2]
Mascot:Colt
Rival:Chicopee High School
Nickname:Chicopee Comp
Colors:Blue and Gold

Chicopee Comprehensive High School (CCHS) is a public high school educating children in grades 9 to 12, which is located in Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States. Its official school colors are blue and gold. The school's mascot is the "colt".

Sports

In December 2 of 2006, CCHS football team won the Div.2A Super Bowl title. In the Spring of 2009, the CCHS outdoor Track and Field team took third place at the Western Massachusetts level, and sent 5 athletes to the All-State competition.In 2010 Chicopee Comp's Boys volleyball team won the state championship.

Baseball coach Dan Dulchinos retired at the end of the 2012 season after a tenure of 50 years; he began when CCHS opened in 1962. His teams had over 600 wins, including four Western Massachusetts Championships.[3] He is an inaugural member of the Western Massachusetts Baseball Hall of Fame.[4]

Notable alumni

Notes and References

  1. "Chicopee Comprehensive HS". National Center for Education Statistics. "Students: 1,321 (2005–2006)"
  2. Web site: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. https://web.archive.org/web/20150412115653/http://www.doe.mass.edu/finance/schoolchoice/choice-status.pdf. dead. 2015-04-12. www.doe.mass.edu.
  3. Web site: Dan Dulchinos, legendary Chicopee Comp baseball coach, winds down 50-year run. May 17, 2012. masslive.
  4. Web site: Western Mass. Baseball Hall of Famer Dan Dulchinos was a winner, but also a teacher. January 23, 2014. masslive.
  5. Web site: Hugo Awards by Year. July 19, 2007.
  6. "Chicopee man takes home bronze in rock, paper, scissors competition", The Republican (August 25, 2008).