Sports and Extracurricular Activities
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The school has recently struck a deal with Chester City FC to use the schools grounds as a training ground for the current first team and youth team squads.
The school 6th form football team came runners up in the Chester and District Schoolboy Cup, but the girl's Under 16 team won the equivalent trophy in 2008.
CHS is also home to the 'City Jazz Orchestra', a jazz ensemble of approximately 45 players from all years. The band, under the direction of musical director Kevin Tout, have performed on 13 European tours as well as featuring at the Cork International Jazz Festival fivetimes. In 2008, they performed at the Wigan Christmas Lights switch on. They recently celebrated their twentieth anniversary.
The school's Drama Department and City Jazz Orchestra collaborated on 'Fame' and 'Starmaker' from the musical 'Fame' in October 2008 for their annual Open Evening.
The school has recently been fund-raising for the 'East Appeal'. As the school is partially church funded, the school must raise 10% of its budget. The building work is due to be completed in Autumn 2008 and comprises a new building accommodating the Sixth Form and the Performing Arts, along with two new Science laboratories and new office and staffrooms.
The school now has a new Emmaus Building which was built especially for our sixth form is also used for whole school music and drama. it is solar power electricity generated, the water comes from rain water and the drama rooms have underfloor heating. it cost over £1 million, but was worth it, as it is eco friendly. the students are sill fundraising to pay off the Emmaus building, but it is nearly all paid off. It was officially opened on 12 February 2008 by Fr Russell Cooke, Dean of Chester, standing in for the Bishop of Shrewsbury, Bishop Brian Noble.
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