Web:

Feb 2012

Riveting Performances at the Blake Shelton Concent Proves to be a Great Time

Going to a concert always proves to be a good time, but three concerts in one made the experience even better.That is what the Blake Shelton concert felt like. With Dia Frampton, Justin Moore, and Blake Shelton, the live music could not have been better and more lively. Fans were out of their seats the [...]

Continue Reading
Feb 2012

Junior Class Trivia Night Resulted in Success

On Jan. 26 the Junior Class Trivia night was held to raise money for prom, which the junior class officers planned.  The event is one for both parents and students at CHS. “The event worked out really well and will help us with funding for prom in the spring,” Vice President Meredith Joseph said. The [...]

Continue Reading
Feb 2012

CHS GIRLS’ SWIM TEAM

Fresh off a stunning first place performance at the tri-meet against Affton and Kennedy, the CHS girls’ swimming team is building momentum as districts inch nearer and nearer. The swim team is making tremendous strides from last year when CHS had just one swimmer make it to state with then-freshman Danielle Sikora. They have already [...]

Continue Reading
Feb 2012

MLK Day

“Even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: – ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that [...]

Continue Reading
Feb 2012

What the Beep?

The Pacer. It’s a simple word that, for most, brings back a flood of undesirable memories from middle school and elementary school. As of this year, however, the Pacer is no longer a thing of the past. The Pacer was used as part of the independent study fitness curriculum for the first time this year. [...]

Continue Reading
Feb 2012

Mr. Blackmore Retiring

On Dec. 9, Band Director Charles Blackmore stepped on the podium and announced to the CHS Symphonic Band that he was a graduating member of the class of 2012. “I was absolutely shocked when Mr. Blackmore said he would be retiring,” flutist Taylor Kloha said. “I have to confess, I actually started tearing up. It [...]

Continue Reading
Feb 2012

Linsanity: Jeremy Lin has Taken the NBA by Storm

‘Linsanity’; one week ago, this nickname would be incomprehensible to even the most passionate basketball fan. Now, basketball fans and sports fans in general are fixated with it, a fusion between insanity and the name Lin. Jeremy Lin, to be specific. ‘Linsanity’ has become a hero in New York, whose team had been struggling as of [...]

Continue Reading
Feb 2012

2012: A Reason to Hope

Ah, yes, 2012 is finally here – a new year, a chance to renew and improve ourselves. Wait— 2012 is here! Clearly, now is the time to panic. According to the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, the now-famous Mayan calendar, the world is scheduled to end on Dec. 21, 2012. Many people have become proponents of [...]

Continue Reading
Feb 2012

Project 365

While many people use Facebook as a way to communicate with others, some people are beginning to use the social network as a way to document their daily lives. Throughout 2011, senior Sara Garfinkel participated in a Facebook challenge called “Project 365,” during which she accepted the difficult task of posting a status summarizing her [...]

Continue Reading