Chantilly High School
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Chantilly High School is a high school located in the Chantilly CDP
in unincorporated
Fairfax County
, Virginia
, United States. It is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools
system.
system.
Chantilly was listed in Newsweek
in 2003 as the 72nd best public high school in America. Chantilly has a high percentage of students enrolled in advanced placement (AP) and honors classes. Chantilly is also a member of the largest public school bus system in the nation, recently overcoming New York City and Los Angeles, with currently over 45+ buses servicing the school daily.
Chantilly High School is also home to Chantilly Academy. Chantilly Academy offers classes for students in the FCPS
school district, including culinary, engineering
, Auto Tech, Cisco Networking, and Cosmetology
. A full listing of classes may be found at their web site. The Academy is home to Chantilly Robotics, a FIRST robotics team participating in the FIRST Robotics Competition
, composed of students from around FCPS. Chantilly Academy is also home to VA-20012, Chantilly Academy Air Force Junior ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corp). The mission of the program is to build better citizens through the practice of leadership. The program is also proud to have one of the states highest achieving Drill Team and Color Guards.
(similar to the modular additions currently being constructed at other FCPS schools), and the school was built in only three months. Parts of the school were brought to the site on flatbed trucks and placed together with several cranes. As such, many of the rooms fell into disrepair because they were designed to be temporary, and so Chantilly received a renovation in the early 1990s.
Initially, Chantilly High school opened in 1973 with students ranging from grades 7 through 10, with four sub schools (Red, Blue, Orange and Yellow), each having color coordinated lockers. The first graduating class was the class of 1976. Grades 7 and 8 were included in Chantilly High's initial student population due to overcrowding in the intermediate schools. Grades 7 and 8 were moved out when the new intermediate school was built.
The original school colors, as determined by a group of students selected to represent the incoming classes, were orange, white and brown, with the athletic teams named the Chantilly Crusaders. These colors and team name were rejected by the student body and prior to the opening day of the new school, a special vote was held to change the colors and team name. Out of the three options provided by the Fairfax County School Board the purple and white Chantilly Chargers were selected by the student body.
The string orchestra has won and placed highly in competitions among some of the top high school orchestras of North America. Each March the school hosts the Chantilly Invitational Jazz Festival which showcases middle and high school bands from across the region as well as distinguished guest performers. Chantilly Jazz won the Down Beat
Magazine award for Best High School Jazz Band for 1985 that included groups from across the entire United States. Chantilly Jazz placed 2nd in the Down Beat
Magazine competition in 1986.
The Chantilly High School Fine Arts department has received many awards over the years. The CHS Mighty Marching Chargers have received many awards, including Grand Champion at the Virginia Showcase of Bands and Grand Champion between 2003 and 2006 at the JMU
Parade of Champions. The Mighty Marching Chargers were undefeated in the state of Virginia from 2000–2005. Chantilly's indoor drumline has won eleven Atlantic Indoor Association championships (1997, 1999, 2001 – 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011). The indoor drumline has also won five Winter Guard International
regionals (Nashville 2003 and Richmond 2011 in PSA class; Coatesville 2006, Richmond 2007, and Dayton 2008 in PSO), and is the current WGI Percussion Scholastic A class world champion. Chantilly is also noted for having an excellent choral music program, including the award winning Touch of Class, run by Glenn Cockrell. With seven choirs the Chantilly Choral program features both award winning show choirs and concert ensembles. In 2006, the show choir won 2nd place at a national show choir
competition in San Antonio, TX. Also, Touch of Class and Jazz Band join together every Memorial Day weekend for their hit show "Jazz and Pizazz". The school also has Light Touch and Magic Touch Choirs, the beginning and middle level show choirs. These choirs are run by Mrs. Pramstaller, a former Broadway performer. As an alumnae, she was in Touch of Class under the direction of Mr. Cockrell. Touch of Class was featured on Fox News after the Glee TV show premiere on September 9, 2009. In November, 2010 the Touch of Class Show Choir was named America's Favorite Show Choir In a National Contest hosted by Parade Magazine.
division's Wachovia Cup in academics, beating out rivals Westfield High School
and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
. The cup has competitions in 8 different areas, including Newspaper
, Newsmagazine
, Yearbook
, Scholastic Bowl, Debate
, Forensics, Literary Magazine
, and Theater. This will have been the 8th time Chantilly has won the Wachovia Cup in 12 years. The Chantilly Speech and Debate team has competed on the national level, having finalists at Princeton, Harvard and UC Berkeley tournaments, as well as VHSL State winners and qualifiers for Nationals.
The varsity golf team has been successful. Great players including Ji Soo Park, Victor Monte, and Jack Dargle played on the 2009 fall varsity golf team. Jack Dargle, along with some other great young players, are poised capture the 2010 state championship title. They were Concorde District Champions in 2005, 2006 and 2007, Northern Region Champions in 2005 and 2007, and finished 4th, 6th and 2nd in the state tournament in 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively.
Recently, the Chantilly HS football team won the VHSL Division 6 AAA Northern Region
Finals against rival Westfield High School
only two years after having a winless regular season. The Chargers fell short of the championship with a 42–20 loss to Osbourn High School
. Chantilly was also the 1996 VHSL AAA State Football Champions led by future NFL player, Bhawoh Jue
.
In 2006 the theater department took second place in the One-Act play Regionals, winning a number of first and second place awards in the VHSL competition, including best duo, monologue, and readers theater. In 2007, the theater sports team won first place. Over the years, the department has won Cappies for Best actor/actress, best set, best lighting, and best cameo actor/actress. They have been the only National Capital Area high school to have been nominated for Costumes for a play and have had numerous student critics been published in The Washington Post
over the years. In 2007, Chantilly was nominated for 12 Cappies awards, including featured actress, featured actor, critics team, graduating critic, costumes, hair and makeup, and more. They went on to win Comic Actor in a play, Best Set and Best Play for The Man Who Came to Dinner
. In 2011, the department took first place in the VHSL State One-Act Play competition for the second time in school history.
In 2007, Chantilly won the Varsity Cheerleading Concord District Championship, the Northern Region Championship, and the AAA Virginia State Championship. Chantilly currently holds the highest score ever received in the State Championship, with a 281.
In 2008, Chantilly won the Varsity Boy's Lacrosse Concord District Championship, the Northern Region Championship, and the AAA Virginia State Championship.
In 2009, Chantilly Varsity Girls Soccer won the Concord District Championship, the Northern Region Championship, and the AAA Virginia State Championship.
The Girls Varsity Lacrosse Team won the AAA Virginia State Championship and the Boys Varsity Lacrosse Team were AAA Virginia State Finalists.
In 2011, Chantilly's One Act Play "AP Theatre," written and directed by Ed Monk, won the AAA Virginia State Championship with a perfect score.
In 2011, Chantilly's Indoor Drumline won the world championship in WGI's
PSA group.
tests in Virginia. The average SAT
score in 2006 for Chantilly was 1628 (535 in Critical Reading, 565 in Math, and 528 in Writing).
Won District, Regional, and State Championship in softball in 1990 and 1991.
In 2003, AP English teacher Richard Tucker allegedly asked students to repeat profanity during a reading of Catcher in the Rye. One student, working for a conservative think tank, wrote an article online about the matter that gained national attention. Local news outlets covered the story extensively.
On January 11, 2008, Spanish teacher Matthew McGuire was arrested on charges of using his computer to solicit sex with a minor. McGuire also coached track at Chantilly. Arlington County police said they arrested McGuire on Wednesday at his Alexandria home after investigating his online activities for several months. According to Alexandria court records, a detective posing as a 13-year-old girl named Jessica had several conversations with McGuire between March and December 2007.
Chantilly, Virginia
Chantilly is an unincorporated community located in western Fairfax County and southeastern Loudoun County of Northern Virginia. Recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census designated place , the community population was 23,039 as of the 2010 census -- down from 41,041 in 2000, due to the...
in unincorporated
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
Fairfax County
Fairfax County, Virginia
Fairfax County is a county in Virginia, in the United States. Per the 2010 Census, the population of the county is 1,081,726, making it the most populous jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia, with 13.5% of Virginia's population...
, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, United States. It is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools
Fairfax County Public Schools
The Fairfax County Public Schools system is a branch of the Fairfax County government which administers public schools in Fairfax County and the City of Fairfax...
system.
Overview
Chantilly High School is home to four years of study, 9th–12th grade. It is organized into five different "subschools" which each provide administration for a different group of students. Subschools 1–4 are divided by student surnames. Subschool 5 consists of the Chantilly Center, a special-education co-facility which serves students from a wider geographical area than the rest of Chantilly High School. The school uses a block schedulingBlock scheduling
Block scheduling is a type of academic scheduling in which each student has fewer classes per day but each class is scheduled for a longer period of time . A student might be taking 7 different classes, but only 4 per day, and the specific daily classes would rotate through a changing daily cycle...
system.
Chantilly was listed in Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
in 2003 as the 72nd best public high school in America. Chantilly has a high percentage of students enrolled in advanced placement (AP) and honors classes. Chantilly is also a member of the largest public school bus system in the nation, recently overcoming New York City and Los Angeles, with currently over 45+ buses servicing the school daily.
Chantilly High School is also home to Chantilly Academy. Chantilly Academy offers classes for students in the FCPS
FCPS
FCPS may refer to:*Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, faculty of political and social sciences at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México , Mexico...
school district, including culinary, engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
, Auto Tech, Cisco Networking, and Cosmetology
Cosmetology
Cosmetology is the study and application of beauty treatment. Branches of specialty including hairstyling, skin care, cosmetics, manicures/pedicures, and electrology....
. A full listing of classes may be found at their web site. The Academy is home to Chantilly Robotics, a FIRST robotics team participating in the FIRST Robotics Competition
FIRST Robotics Competition
The FIRST Robotics Competition is an international high school robotics competition organized by FIRST. Each year, teams of high school students compete to build robots weighing up to , not including battery and bumpers, that can complete a task, which changes every year...
, composed of students from around FCPS. Chantilly Academy is also home to VA-20012, Chantilly Academy Air Force Junior ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corp). The mission of the program is to build better citizens through the practice of leadership. The program is also proud to have one of the states highest achieving Drill Team and Color Guards.
History
Chantilly High School was built in 1973 as part of the "Superschool" or "open classroom/no wall high school" idea. It was also built as a temporary school, made to last for only five years or so. As such, it was built with modulesModular home
Modular buildings and modular homes are sectional prefabricated buildings or houses that consist of multiple modules or sections which are built in a remote facility and then delivered to their intended site of use...
(similar to the modular additions currently being constructed at other FCPS schools), and the school was built in only three months. Parts of the school were brought to the site on flatbed trucks and placed together with several cranes. As such, many of the rooms fell into disrepair because they were designed to be temporary, and so Chantilly received a renovation in the early 1990s.
Initially, Chantilly High school opened in 1973 with students ranging from grades 7 through 10, with four sub schools (Red, Blue, Orange and Yellow), each having color coordinated lockers. The first graduating class was the class of 1976. Grades 7 and 8 were included in Chantilly High's initial student population due to overcrowding in the intermediate schools. Grades 7 and 8 were moved out when the new intermediate school was built.
The original school colors, as determined by a group of students selected to represent the incoming classes, were orange, white and brown, with the athletic teams named the Chantilly Crusaders. These colors and team name were rejected by the student body and prior to the opening day of the new school, a special vote was held to change the colors and team name. Out of the three options provided by the Fairfax County School Board the purple and white Chantilly Chargers were selected by the student body.
Demographics
As of the 2008–09 school year the school's demographic breakdown is:- 80% White
- 20% Asian/Pacific Islander
- 0.1% African-American
- 15% Hispanic
- 1% Other
Arts & activities
Many of the sports teams have qualified for district, regional, and/or state competitions. Various clubs and honor societies are active throughout the school year. In December 2007, The Odysseys adviser/teacher, Mary Kay Downes, won the National Yearbook Adviser of the Year award for her work for yearbooks all over the county.The string orchestra has won and placed highly in competitions among some of the top high school orchestras of North America. Each March the school hosts the Chantilly Invitational Jazz Festival which showcases middle and high school bands from across the region as well as distinguished guest performers. Chantilly Jazz won the Down Beat
Down Beat
Down Beat is an American magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond" to indicate its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois...
Magazine award for Best High School Jazz Band for 1985 that included groups from across the entire United States. Chantilly Jazz placed 2nd in the Down Beat
Down Beat
Down Beat is an American magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond" to indicate its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois...
Magazine competition in 1986.
The Chantilly High School Fine Arts department has received many awards over the years. The CHS Mighty Marching Chargers have received many awards, including Grand Champion at the Virginia Showcase of Bands and Grand Champion between 2003 and 2006 at the JMU
James Madison University
James Madison University is a public coeducational research university located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, U.S. Founded in 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, the university has undergone four name changes before settling with James Madison University...
Parade of Champions. The Mighty Marching Chargers were undefeated in the state of Virginia from 2000–2005. Chantilly's indoor drumline has won eleven Atlantic Indoor Association championships (1997, 1999, 2001 – 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011). The indoor drumline has also won five Winter Guard International
Winter Guard International
Spawning from the organization Drum Corps International , Winter Guard International was founded in 1977. WGI is a visual performing arts organization that hosts regional and national competitions for color guard and indoor percussion ensembles. Contests are held in the U.S...
regionals (Nashville 2003 and Richmond 2011 in PSA class; Coatesville 2006, Richmond 2007, and Dayton 2008 in PSO), and is the current WGI Percussion Scholastic A class world champion. Chantilly is also noted for having an excellent choral music program, including the award winning Touch of Class, run by Glenn Cockrell. With seven choirs the Chantilly Choral program features both award winning show choirs and concert ensembles. In 2006, the show choir won 2nd place at a national show choir
Show choir
A show choir is a group of people who combine choral singing with dance movements, sometimes within the context of a specific idea or story.-History:...
competition in San Antonio, TX. Also, Touch of Class and Jazz Band join together every Memorial Day weekend for their hit show "Jazz and Pizazz". The school also has Light Touch and Magic Touch Choirs, the beginning and middle level show choirs. These choirs are run by Mrs. Pramstaller, a former Broadway performer. As an alumnae, she was in Touch of Class under the direction of Mr. Cockrell. Touch of Class was featured on Fox News after the Glee TV show premiere on September 9, 2009. In November, 2010 the Touch of Class Show Choir was named America's Favorite Show Choir In a National Contest hosted by Parade Magazine.
Awards
Chantilly is also renowned for its achievement in inter-scholastic competitions. In 2006, Chantilly won the VHSL AAAAAA Concorde District
The AAA Concorde District is a high school conference in the state of Virginia that includes public schools exclusively from Fairfax County. AAA is the largest enrollment class and also typically the most competitive level in Virginia high school sports....
division's Wachovia Cup in academics, beating out rivals Westfield High School
Westfield High School
There are several schools named Westfield High School* Westfield High School * Westfield High School * Casey-Westfield High School * Westfield High School...
and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is a Virginia state-chartered magnet school located within Fairfax County, Virginia, United States...
. The cup has competitions in 8 different areas, including Newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
, Newsmagazine
Newsmagazine
A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published piece of paper, magazine or a radio or television program, usually weekly, featuring articles or segments on current events...
, Yearbook
Yearbook
A yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually. Virtually all American, Australian and Canadian high schools, most colleges and many elementary and middle schools publish yearbooks...
, Scholastic Bowl, Debate
Debate
Debate or debating is a method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion...
, Forensics, Literary Magazine
Literary magazine
A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...
, and Theater. This will have been the 8th time Chantilly has won the Wachovia Cup in 12 years. The Chantilly Speech and Debate team has competed on the national level, having finalists at Princeton, Harvard and UC Berkeley tournaments, as well as VHSL State winners and qualifiers for Nationals.
The varsity golf team has been successful. Great players including Ji Soo Park, Victor Monte, and Jack Dargle played on the 2009 fall varsity golf team. Jack Dargle, along with some other great young players, are poised capture the 2010 state championship title. They were Concorde District Champions in 2005, 2006 and 2007, Northern Region Champions in 2005 and 2007, and finished 4th, 6th and 2nd in the state tournament in 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively.
Recently, the Chantilly HS football team won the VHSL Division 6 AAA Northern Region
AAA Northern Region
The AAA Northern Region is one of the four AAA regions in the Virginia High School League. It is made up of four districts: the AAA Concorde District, the AAA Liberty District, the AAA National District, and the AAA Patriot District...
Finals against rival Westfield High School
Westfield High School
There are several schools named Westfield High School* Westfield High School * Westfield High School * Casey-Westfield High School * Westfield High School...
only two years after having a winless regular season. The Chargers fell short of the championship with a 42–20 loss to Osbourn High School
Osbourn High School
Osbourn High School is a secondary school for grades 9–12 located in Manassas, Virginia, United States and the sole high school of the Manassas City Public Schools system.-History:...
. Chantilly was also the 1996 VHSL AAA State Football Champions led by future NFL player, Bhawoh Jue
Bhawoh Jue
Bhawoh Papi Jue is an American football safety who is currently a free agent. He was originally drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the third round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Penn State....
.
In 2006 the theater department took second place in the One-Act play Regionals, winning a number of first and second place awards in the VHSL competition, including best duo, monologue, and readers theater. In 2007, the theater sports team won first place. Over the years, the department has won Cappies for Best actor/actress, best set, best lighting, and best cameo actor/actress. They have been the only National Capital Area high school to have been nominated for Costumes for a play and have had numerous student critics been published in The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
over the years. In 2007, Chantilly was nominated for 12 Cappies awards, including featured actress, featured actor, critics team, graduating critic, costumes, hair and makeup, and more. They went on to win Comic Actor in a play, Best Set and Best Play for The Man Who Came to Dinner
The Man Who Came to Dinner
The Man Who Came to Dinner is a comedy in three acts by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. It debuted on October 16, 1939 at the Music Box Theatre in New York City. It then enjoyed a number of New York and London revivals. The first London production was staged at The Savoy Theatre starring Robert...
. In 2011, the department took first place in the VHSL State One-Act Play competition for the second time in school history.
In 2007, Chantilly won the Varsity Cheerleading Concord District Championship, the Northern Region Championship, and the AAA Virginia State Championship. Chantilly currently holds the highest score ever received in the State Championship, with a 281.
In 2008, Chantilly won the Varsity Boy's Lacrosse Concord District Championship, the Northern Region Championship, and the AAA Virginia State Championship.
In 2009, Chantilly Varsity Girls Soccer won the Concord District Championship, the Northern Region Championship, and the AAA Virginia State Championship.
The Girls Varsity Lacrosse Team won the AAA Virginia State Championship and the Boys Varsity Lacrosse Team were AAA Virginia State Finalists.
In 2011, Chantilly's One Act Play "AP Theatre," written and directed by Ed Monk, won the AAA Virginia State Championship with a perfect score.
In 2011, Chantilly's Indoor Drumline won the world championship in WGI's
Winter Guard International
Spawning from the organization Drum Corps International , Winter Guard International was founded in 1977. WGI is a visual performing arts organization that hosts regional and national competitions for color guard and indoor percussion ensembles. Contests are held in the U.S...
PSA group.
Test scores
Chantilly High School is a fully accredited high school based on the Standards of LearningStandards of Learning
Standards of Learning ' is a public school standardized testing program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It sets forth learning and achievement expectations for core subjects for grades K-12 in Virginia's Public Schools...
tests in Virginia. The average SAT
SAT
The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a nonprofit organization in the United States. It was formerly developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service which still...
score in 2006 for Chantilly was 1628 (535 in Critical Reading, 565 in Math, and 528 in Writing).
Won District, Regional, and State Championship in softball in 1990 and 1991.
Learning Seminar
Prior to the 2006–2007 school year, Chantilly High School implemented what is now known as "Learning Seminar" (LS). According to Principal James Kacur its primary purpose is to provide extra time for remediation and enrichment of students. The outlined plan established 2 rotating periods on "A" days that would be used for teachers to allow students to make up work, do activities that normally wouldn't fit in class time, and allow students to go to other classes in case they needed extra remediation. It has also been used to fit in assemblies and pep rallies that would normally take time out of the normal day. The plan, however, has been criticized by students and faculty alike for its vagueness, most notably what teachers can and can not do during "LS". As of the 2008–2009 school year, Principal James Kacur has identified the problems with LS and is looking to resolve them with a new system for the 2009–2010 school year.Teacher scandals
Thomas Newlun, 53, a special education teacher allegedly gave a small amount of marijuana to a 17-year-old student about during a break between classes. Newlun was charged with distribution of marijuana to a minor, drug distribution on school property and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.In 2003, AP English teacher Richard Tucker allegedly asked students to repeat profanity during a reading of Catcher in the Rye. One student, working for a conservative think tank, wrote an article online about the matter that gained national attention. Local news outlets covered the story extensively.
On January 11, 2008, Spanish teacher Matthew McGuire was arrested on charges of using his computer to solicit sex with a minor. McGuire also coached track at Chantilly. Arlington County police said they arrested McGuire on Wednesday at his Alexandria home after investigating his online activities for several months. According to Alexandria court records, a detective posing as a 13-year-old girl named Jessica had several conversations with McGuire between March and December 2007.
Notable alumni
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('87) Syndicated cartoonist, graphic novel author and comedy musician - Bhawoh JueBhawoh JueBhawoh Papi Jue is an American football safety who is currently a free agent. He was originally drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the third round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Penn State....
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- Mark Dain ('97) CEO of TRM which is responsible for the largest Mortgage Fraud case in North Carolina and Virginia history
- Sean ParkerSean ParkerSean Parker is an American technology businessman and entrepreneur. He co-founded Napster, Plaxo, Causes, and Airtime, and was Facebook's founding president. His net worth is estimated at $2.1 billion.-Early life:...
('98), co-founder of NapsterNapsterNapster is an online music store and a Best Buy company. It was originally founded as a pioneering peer-to-peer file sharing Internet service that emphasized sharing audio files that were typically digitally encoded music as MP3 format files...
, founder of PlaxoPlaxoPlaxo is an online address book and social networking service originally founded by Sean Parker, Minh Nguyen and two Stanford engineering students, Todd Masonis and Cameron Ring...
, and former president of FacebookFacebookFacebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...