By Balbina Yang, Features Editor
• September 29, 2015
CHS may be 24th in the nation for college readiness, but its confusing and intensive process of approving excused absences makes for a less successful learning environment, as it discourages additional...
Every day in Newspaper, Yearbook and Literary Magazine, students use their creativity to produce forms of art--writing, photography and design. However, they aren’t rewarded with an arts credit.
By...
Eight a.m.—AP Exam. 12 p.m.—the exam lets out. After that—a relaxing trip to the mall.
Any student who wishes can carry out this plan.
According to the CHS website, “students who are taking...
“These days, the House Republicans actually give John Boehner a harder time than they give me, which means orange really is the new black.”
This was a quote by President Obama at the 2014 White...
In response to Sara Heimlich’s April article that discussed the recent censoring of “angry bulldogs” on a class t-shirt, The Observer noticed many “angry bulldogs” around the school.
Many...
Roll a six and land on free parking no more—parking at CHS for students involved in athletics, SGA, newspaper, yearbook and other school-related extracurriculars just got a little harder.
A new policy...
When I was in middle school, I used to cut myself. One day, one of my teachers made a joke about cutting. I sat there and watched my whole class laugh at an issue I was struggling with. It took me over...
While the American tax code has always had loopholes, political and financial analysts across the country have found what seems to be a gaping crater in tax regulation: college endowments.
It may come...
We are all aware of our favorite and least favorite teachers. Some will cheer you on and never give up on you. Others will kill you with their negativity and attitude, which can in the end psychologically...
By Sara Heimlich, Public Relations and Social Media
• April 29, 2015
When the CHS freshman class exec board attempted to design class spirit-wear for Homecoming in October, a long process of multiple turn-downs from administration began and is still ongoing.
What should...
Second semester senior year is filled with fun events centered around class bonding and bringing the students together for a final hurrah before they graduate and move onto the next stage of life. One...
Disclaimer: This article in no way endorses marijuana or encourages students to use it. It merely argues that current attitudes toward marijuana use only worsen the issue.
Marijuana is a fairly common...
