Extracurricular Activities
Chaparral High School offers over thirty activity organizations, the majority of which are open to all interested students. Service organizations include Link Crew, a mentor program for incoming freshman; Interact; National Honor Society; Peer Counseling; and Student Government. Competitive activities which allow students to earn a varsity letter include Speech and Debate, DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, Marching Band, Drama Choir, Orchestra and Journalism.
Chaparral also has several club sports which have earned state recognition such as Boys' and Girls' Rugby, Ice Hockey, Inline Hockey and Boys' Volleyball.
Chaparral Activities have earned numerous state and national recognition and awards. Chaparral’s activities have also traveled nationally and internationally. The CHS band and orchestra have traveled to Ireland and the select choir has traveled to Germany and China. The Chaparral marching band has a strong history in competition under the direction of Steve Hinman. The band has appeared in the Hollywood Christmas Parade. At the time the band was under the direction of Orlando Otis
The school has hosted an annual jazz festival, the Chaparral High School High Plains Jazz Festival, since 1996.
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