TASSEL TIME
Tassel Time assists students, as well as parents, with information and websites on scholarships, colleges, financial aid, ACT and SAT, careers, military, athlete recruitment, writing essays and grants. There are grade specific tutorials at the bottom of the Scholarship page. These tutorials will help you navigate through the site while understanding the career/college planning process for your grade level.
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Announcements:
*No School April 4 - Professional Development
Dear Parent:
The state "testing season" is upon us and we are preparing for student success on thest exams. Chaffin Jr. High has a tradition of having high performing students and it is important this tradtion continues.
We are in the process of developing incentives to help motivate and reward your child for being proficient or advanced on these exams. We will also remind students they are required to take remediation classes if they don't reach proficient/advanced levels, which in some cases will prevent them from taking electives they are interested in.
We believe students score higher and are more successful when testing in a regualr environment. You can help us in this area by ensuring that your child is at school, on time, and in class for the duration of the testing sessions. Please note the dates of the exams on the school calendar link in the event you need to schedule appointments for your student. Again, ensuring that your child does not have to test in a make-up setting will help them be successful.
Administrator
Todd Marshell
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Chaffin Junior High School is one of 4 junior highs in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Our colors are hunter green and vegas gold and the Cougars are our mascot.
As of September 25, 2007, we have a total enrollment of 750 students with 254 students in the 7th Grade, 249 students in the 8th grade, and 247 students enrolled in the 9th grade.
History
Chaffin was Chaffin was named in honor of Lewis Adria Chaffin who taught in the Massard-Barling area for 49 years. He began his teaching career in 1906 at a school near Fort Chaffee called Pleasant Grove. By 1929, L.A. Chaffin was teaching all eight grades in a one room, frame school near Massard Road.
After finally getting a larger school and another teacher, L.A. Chaffin's next concern was the transferring of the students to Fort Smith High School (now Northside High School) so that they could finish their secondary education.
Chaffin was funded from a millage in 1967. When the taxes generated enough money, Darby Jr. High was rebuilt and Chaffin Jr. High was formed. Chaffin began with 452 students.
Mission
Our vision for Chaffin Jr. High School is to create an environment of mutual respect, discipline, and responsibility, in the pursuit of preparing all students to be productive, compassionate citizens of the twenty-first century.
Recognizing that the students is our central focus, and knowing that all students can learn and achieve, the mission of Chaffin Jr. high School is to develop and enhance the abilities of every student. We will create an environment of high expectations to advance the total school community, and we will develop a school climate in which both students and teachers feel ownership and pride. Our approach will be innovative, relative, and challenging in order to educate the whole child. Fulfilling this mission will assure our students a promising transition into the twenty-first century.
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