Crescent Heights High School (Medicine Hat)
Sports and extracurricular programs
CHHS offers extracurricular programs and sports activities for students to participate in including:
Athletics
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Cross country running
- Football
- Volleyball
- Rugby
- Track and Field
- Ringette Academy
- Table Tennis
Extracurriculars
- Anime
- Jr and Sr Council
- Chess
- Religion Based Groups
- Robotics Club
- Grad Choir
- Jazz Band
- Myplace activities for grade sevens and eights
- E-Sports Club
Fine Arts
CHHS is also known for its remarkable arts programs that include the drama, band, and visual art programs.
Theatre Arts
CHHS Drama, under the direction of Jennifer Davies, has mainly made renditions of plays and musicals. Their plays are often known for their live musicians in the pit orchestra. Many CHHS graduates of the Drama program have gone on to pursue the Fine Arts professionally.
CHHS Drama has presented many Broadway featured shows including: "Happy Days: The Musical," "Addams Family," "All Shook Up," "The Lion King Jr.," "Bonnie & Clyde," "Young Frankenstein," "Newsies," and "Bullets Over Broadway." In January 2020 they presented the musical "We Will Rock You."
Senior Band
The CHHS Senior Band, directed by Curtis Perrin, has toured around the world and is best known for success at the Harrogate International Music Festival. They have been requested as repeat performers at St. James Church, Birstwith, UK for the past 6 years. Many graduates of the Band program have gone on to pursue music professionally, achieving outstanding success.
Notable alumni
- Terri Clark - Country music star
- Gordie Johnson - Musician, current frontman of Grady, former frontman of Big Sugar
- Aaron Crawford - CFL Football Player
- Mark Sakamoto - Writer
- Connor McGough - CFL Football Player
References
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