Chapman Intermediate School
Chapman Intermediate School is one of the 9 middle schools in Cherokee County. The school is located in Woodstock, Georgia. They currently educate grades 5-6. Its mascot is a cyclone. It opened in 2000 with approximately 1150 fifth and sixth grade students and a total staff of almost 100. Chapman has AbOUT 12 communitys. Each community has about 6 teams and 3 to 4 teachers in their grade. In the future, Chapman may become a 9th grade school due to a change of schools at E.T. Booth.
Administration
- '''Dr. Pam Colvin, Principal
- Mr. Daniel Fuller, Assistant Principal
- Dr. Dianne Steinbeck, Assistant Principal
Clubs and Activities
Beta Club
Student Council
Chorus
Science Olympiad Team
Academic Bowl
Drama
Spelling/Geography Bee
Science/Social Studies Fair
Art Club
Photo Club
Fish Club
Running Club
Band
History
Until 1935, there was a small school located across from Bascomb Church on what is now Bascomb-Carmel Road. It consisted of grades one through seven. For the first few years of his teaching career, Mr. Clarence Chapman was the principal as well as one of the teachers. In 1935, Bascomb School was consolidated with another elementary school and later torn down. South Cherokee County remained a rural area into the mid sixties. Highway 92 was paved in 1962. Until that time it had been an all-weather graveled road and was known as the Old Alabama Road. By 1966, Oak Grove School still had only one teacher per grade from fourth grade up through eighth grade. The total enrollment was 350 students. Woodstock School had an enrollment of around 600 students.
Around this time, south Cherokee County began growing by Leaps and Bounds. People began moving to the area and driving to work in Atlanta. Woodstock Elementary and Oak Grove Elementary were both too small for the incoming students. Rooms and buildings were added only to be outgrown before they were completed. A new school was the only answer. The property of The Chapman Family was purchased for the new school. Construction was begun in 1971 and completed in February 1974. During the months from August, 1973, until February, 1974, the Chapman faculty and students were split and located at Woodstock and Oak Grove.
The school opened with grades one through eight. The first principal was Mr. Young Smith. During the 1970s and 1980s, the area continued to grow and E.T. Booth Middle School was built and opened nearby. The seventh and eighth grade students from Chapman and other south Cherokee elementary schools were transferred to the new middle school.
A large two-story classroom building was added to the Chapman campus in 1990 to accommodate the ever-increasing enrollment.
During the 1998-1999 school year, once again some decisions were needed to make arrangements for the growing schools in the area. With parent and school personnel input, the decision was made to create a school for fifth and sixth grade students and to house this "new" school at the Chapman campus. Preparations were made to transition these students from Bascomb ES, Boston ES and Oak Grove ES.
In August 2000, Chapman Intermediate School opened with approximately 1150 fifth and sixth grade students and a total staff of almost 100.
Around Early 2010, It was said that Chapman may become a 9th grade school due to changes at E.T Booth (Moving the school farther back for a bigger parking lot)and Etowah (To many students in Etowah). Also It was said that after you graduate 8th grade at E.T. Booth, you would move back to Chapman for 9th grade.