Chaparral High School

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Chaparral High School is a public high school in Clark County School District located in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is located in the east side of the valley. The school was established in the fall of 1973. Its mascot is Kevin the Cowboy and its school colors are orange, black, and white. The school fight song is the theme from the classic western The Magnificent Seven composed by Elmer Bernstein.Chaparral's mission statement is "Creatively meeting the challenges of a changing world through Courage Harmony Ambition Pride"Extracurricular activitiesChaparral High School is home to a variety of clubs and organizations, including Choir, Band, Orchestra, Dance, Cheer leading, Theatre and also includes a Navy JROTC unit.NJROTCThe NJROTC program also has one of the best color guards in CCSD, and their RTO performers are always competitive. The Armed and Unarmed Drill Teams are rebuilding, with many first year cadets on the teams. Next year is very promising with most of both teams returning. The marksmanship team has had great success over the past eight years, making steady progress to becoming one of the top teams in Area 13. They captured the 2013-2014 CCSD Air Rifle Championship. The cadets earned the Unit Achievement Award for the 2013/2014 school year.AthleticsChaparral's athletics program is known as the Cowboys and competes in the Sunset 1A Region. The Cowboys have a prominent rivalry with Eldorado in football, which began in 1973. Chaparral won the 2008 game, defeating Eldorado 17 to 14. The Cowboys hold a substantial lead in the series 28-14. Chaparral has won 10 of the last 17 meetings; although there was a record four-game losing streak in the early-2000s. In the fall of 2012 Chaparral football team took back the Cleat in a 52-14 victory. Also in the fall of 2013 Chaparral kept the cleat only to lose it to Eldo in 2014.