Caldera High School (CHS) is a public high school located in

Bend, Oregon Bend is a city in and the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. It is the principal city of the Bend Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bend is Central Oregon's largest city, with a population of 99,178 at the time of the 2020 U.S ...

. Caldera is the newest school opened in the

Bend-La Pine School District Bend-La Pine Schools is a school district in the U.S. state of Oregon that serves the cities of Bend and La Pine in Central Oregon and the surrounding area, including Sunriver. The district has an enrollment of more than 18,000 students, and is ...

History

In November 2017, a $268.3 million bond was passed to relieve overcrowding and improve Bend-La Pine high schools. Construction started in mid-2019 and finished in 2021. The school opened only to freshmen and sophomores for the 2021–2022 school year.

Naming of the high school

Bend-La Pine advisory committee proposed the high school be named " Robert D. Maxwell High School." Maxwell was a former teacher and the nation's oldest living Medal of Honor recipient, who died in 2019. However, it was decided that the school be named "Caldera High School" in reference to the

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and the geologic past and present of

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Athletics

Caldera High School competes in the

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5A-4 Intermountain Conference. Caldera High School athletic teams have yet to win a state championship. However the Boys Varsity football team made the OSAA playoffs in the 2023-24 season“https://Osaa.Org/Activities/Fbl/Brackets?Div=5.” OSAA.Org. Accessed 6 Apr. 2024.

References

{{reflist Education in Bend, Oregon High schools in Deschutes County, Oregon Public high schools in Oregon