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Chaffey: Back to the Past!

by Adelita Romero and Yolanda Macias, Staff Writers Do you ever wonder about all the secrets and legends this mysterious school has? Well we are here to let you in on some of the history that makes up Chaffey High.

The 20 acres that serve as a home to Chaffey used to be a college, known as the Chaffey College of Agriculture. On October 15, 1885, the college first opened, and later reopened in 1901 as Ontario High School. That's right! We were the first Ontario High. The name was changed ten years later to Chaffey High School, in honor of the Chaffey brothers, who first purchased the land and founded the school.

The two men known as the Chaffey brothers were George and William B. Chaffey. They came from Ontario, Canada; their goal was to develop a community that would attract people to its beauty.

The community was named "Ontario Colony Lands," now simply known as Ontario. The first graduating class of Chaffey High School walked in June, 1912. So far, 86 classes have graduated from Chaffey High. We wish "tiger luck" to the 87th graduating class of Chaffey High-the final class of the century, the class of '99.

George Chaffey Tune in next issue for more secrets on the amazing Chaffey High! George Chaffey, aged about thirty-five. The Chaffey Brothers W.B. Chaffey, from a photograph taken in 1886.
 
 

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