Cosby High School is a

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, United States. Cosby opened in 2006 and is the newest of eleven high schools administered by Chesterfield County Public Schools. The school serves over 2,300 students.

History

Cosby High School was named for its proximity to Cosby Road. Once a major road through the county, it is now only about a mile long, running parallel to the more heavily trafficked Hull Street Road ( US 360). The road's namesake, Wilson Dance Cosby, was a local resident who worked thirty-five years as a county

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driver. The school includes a health sciences center. In 2015, Cosby was named a National Blue Ribbon School.

Athletics

Cosby High School is a member of group AAA in the

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. They are a part of the AAA Central Region and AAA Dominion District. In 2012, 2018, & 2019, they won the Wells Fargo Cup, which honors the VHSL high school with the most prominent athletic department on the state level.

Performing arts

The CHS Titan Marching Band has been named a Commonwealth of Virginia Honor Band in the past and is a 13 time consecutive holder of this title. The school also has two competitive

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, the mixed-gender "Spotlight" and the all-female "Rhapsody".

Notable people

;Alumni * Jake Lowery (2008), baseball player * Terry Williams (2010), Canadian football player * Luis Rendon (2012), soccer player *

Troy Caupain Troy Wendel Caupain Jr. (born November 29, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for SIG Strasbourg of the French LNB Pro A. He played college basketball for Cincinnati. High school career Caupain attended Cosby High School and st ...

(2013), basketball player ;Faculty *

Bryan Still Bryan Andrei Still (born June 3, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He was the MVP of the 1995 Sugar Bowl. College career Still played college football for t ...

, football player

References

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