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as well as one girls' state basketball championship. The girls' tennis team has won seventeen of the state championships in the past eighteen years, missing only the year '99-'00. Collegiate was moved to 4A after winning almost every athletic state championship in 2009, except boys' baseball and girls' basketball, which placed third. They moved back down to 3A ahead of the 2014–2015 season. Girls' Soccer was added to the athletic sports group in the 2013 season.
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Wichita Collegiate School's teams, the Spartans, have numerous state titles. These include four boys' state baseball championships, six boys' state basketball championships, three boys' state football championships, twelve boys' state golf championships and seventeen boys' state tennis championships;
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for Kansas Division C small schools over a period of many years, although the program is now discontinued. The Wichita Collegiate School average enrollment is 60 students per graduating class with an average class size of 20 students; 100% of WCS seniors are accepted to college. The mean
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In 2008, Wichita Collegiate was selected by the Malone Family Foundation to receive a $ 2 million endowment to help make the educational opportunities and experiences accessible to academically talented students entering grades 7-12 whose families demonstrate significant financial need.
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Wichita Collegiate School was originally conceived in the 1950s as an alternative to Wichita public education. Its name was originally Wichita Independent Day School. The founder and first chairman of Wichita Collegiate, Robert Love, claimed in his book,
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The faculty at Wichita Collegiate School have received many honors. Some recent examples include the selection by The College Board of Science Department Chair Janice Crowley as National AP Teacher of the Year in 2008, and
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recognizes Wichita Collegiate School courses as meeting its Qualified Admissions requirements. Wichita Collegiate School has regularly taken 1st, 2nd or 3rd place statewide in the
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Educator Pathfinder Award for leading her students in investigating a carcinogenic source of breast cancer in area fast food restaurants. Crowley also was named in
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Gautum Agarwal, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, "Lithium peroxide based electric propulsion system for an airplane for Mars exploration"
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Journal of Chemical Education "Classroom Research: GC Studies of Linoleic and Linolenic Fatty Acids Found in French Fries" J. Chem. Educ. 2002 79 824
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University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, "Inventory of the Robert Love Center for Independent Education Collection, 1968-1971"
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Duke University News "New Enrichment Programs Coming to Local Gifted Youth through Duke TIP, Wichita Collegiate Partnership"
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Sylvia Shugrue Award. Sinsel was one of only 20 teachers from throughout the United States to be selected by
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Private, college preparatory school in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States
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Kansas Association of Chemistry Teachers "2007 Winning HS Scholarship Essay"
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test score in 2014 was 1828 compared to a national average in 2013 of 1498.
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Science Blog "Wichita high school chemistry teacher wins regional award"
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Wichita Collegiate School chemistry teacher Janice Crowley received the
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Reader's Digest "America's 100 Best" 2005 "Best Chemistry Inspiration"
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Wichita Collegiate School is one of 82 schools that are members of the
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excerpted from Robert Love, pp. 7, 19, "How to Start Your Own school"
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NASA SELECTS TOP TEACHERS FOR NEW AIRSPACE SYSTEMS EDUCATION COHORT
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to be in the first class in the Airspace Systems Education Cohort.
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day school founded in 1963 currently enrolling 966 students from
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Wichita
Sedgwick County
Kansas
Coordinates
37°42′26″N 97°13′52″W / 37.707248°N 97.230978°W / 37.707248; -97.230978
College preparatory
CEEB code
12
Suburban
Royal Blue
Gold
www.wcsks.com
college preparatory
preschool
Wichita
Kansas
John Birch Society
Vietnam War
Independent Schools Association of the Southwest
Duke University
Kansas Board of Regents
Science Olympiad
SAT
Kansas State Board of Education
National Science Teachers Association
NASA
Milken Family Foundation
Reader's Digest
American Chemical Society

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