Chariho is a regional
school district
A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public Primary school, primary or Secondary school, secondary schools or both in various countries. It is not to be confused with an attendance zone, which is within a school dis ...
located in southern Rhode Island shared by three adjacent towns;
Charlestown,
Richmond
Richmond most often refers to:
* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, California, a city in the United States
* Richmond, London, a town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town ...
, and
Hopkinton. The name Chariho is a
portmanteau
In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau—is a word formed by combining the meanings, and parts of the sounds, of two or more words together. derived by taking the first two letters from each town name and combining them together.
The district operates four elementary schools, two of which are located in
Hopkinton, in the villages of
Ashaway and
Hope Valley, one in
Charlestown, and one in
Richmond
Richmond most often refers to:
* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, California, a city in the United States
* Richmond, London, a town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town ...
. The Chariho campus located in the
Richmond
Richmond most often refers to:
* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, California, a city in the United States
* Richmond, London, a town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town ...
village of
Wood River Junction
Wood River Junction is a small village in the town of Richmond, Rhode Island, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. It is home to the Chariho school district's main campus and is otherwise largely turf farms, which were potato farm ...
houses the Middle and High Schools, as well as the Chariho Career And Technical Center.
Chariho Regional Junior-Senior High School (its full name) opened in the fall of 1960; prior to that year, students attended schools in nearby South Kingstown or Westerly. The first class to attend the school for all six grades was the class of 1966. That same year, Chariho won the Rhode Island Interscholastic League statewide baseball championship.
Enrollment of the High School is around 1200 students including 430 in the Career and Technical school (). Students from surrounding districts can attend the Chariho Career And Technical Center.
The Chariho Act is the legislation governing the regional school district. Each town contributes taxes proportionally based on student enrollment.
The name Chariho is also often used to describe the region including its three towns, as a number of local organizations and businesses have used the name.
External links
*
Chariho Act
School districts in Rhode Island
School districts established in 1958
1958 establishments in Rhode Island
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