Class of 2015 Graduation Speaker Announced
By Ana Faguy, Senior Writer
April 30, 2015
The CHS Class of 2015 has officially announced their graduation speaker. It will be actress Kelen Coleman. Coleman, a CHS alumna, has starred on many different productions, including the HBO drama The Newsroom and as a guest star on NBC’s The Office. She also currently stars on the CBS drama ...
‘Most attractive’ is least attractive superlative
By Ana Faguy, Senior Writer
April 29, 2015
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 of these events is the senior banquet, consisting of dinner, pictures, friends and the ever-popular...
CHS students react to upcoming presidential election
By Ana Faguy and Gil Jacobson
March 24, 2015
This past fall, voters headed to the polls to cast their ballot in the 2014 midterms, but as the doors closed on the election, another opens: the fast approaching 2016 presidential election. The political sphere has been buzzing with excitement since contenders started to make their names known as...
Excuses, excuses: exam exemptions
By Ana Faguy and Isabel Dibble
February 24, 2015
Story updated February 27, 2015 After months of class discussions, homework, quizzes and tests, CHS students spent the beginning of the new year studying and preparing for first semester exams. Not all students, however, ended up taking exams due to exemptions. Exam exemptions allow students who have...
Seniors raise spirit at sporting events
By Ana Faguy, News Editor
December 23, 2014
The senior class gathered in the CHS gym Dec. 22 to watch and support the girls and boys basketball games as a way to boost school spirit and support the Bulldogs. Since the beginning of the year, the SGA has been trying to raise school spirit after a reported decline throughout the school. Through...
MCPS freezes budget to save funds for next year
By Ana Faguy and Sammi Silber
December 19, 2014
MCPS announced Nov. 24 a temporary budget freeze that will affect staffing and purchasing in schools throughout the county. According to a Nov. 24 memo, MCPS announced that a budget freeze would become effective Dec. 1 in order to save money for the upcoming school year and to prevent a funding gap...
Newsweek ranks CHS #24
By Ana Faguy, News Editor
September 23, 2014
Earlier this month Newsweek released its list of top 500 American high schools, with CHS taking the 24th spot. Poolsville, Wootton, Walter Johnson, Walt Whitman and Bethesda-Chevy Chase also made the list. Newsweek ranked the schools by which schools “do the best job of preparing students for coll...
Teachers say goodbye to CHS after years of teaching
By Gil Jacobson, Ana Faguy, and Julia Heimlich
May 30, 2014
Gayle Jones After 35 years at CHS, spanish teacher Gayle Jones will retire at the end of June. CHS hired Jones for her first teaching job in February 1979 after another employee was transferred. “Spanish isn’t the only thing I’ve taught,” Jones said. “I was a double major in college...
One year later, CHS still remembers
By Ana Faguy, News Editor
May 30, 2014
One year ago, then CHS sophomore Evan Rosenstock took his own life, leaving his family, friends and the community with broken hearts and unanswered questions. As the anniversary passes, the community remembers Evan for the happiness and joy he brought to all of us. As a member of the varsity basketball...
Seniors enjoy annual banquet
By Ana Faguy, News Editor
May 2, 2014
CHS seniors gathered at the Marriott Bethesda North Hotel and Conference Center for the annual Senior Banquet May 1. The event included a meal, an awards ceremony and a slideshow. Through the organization of the Class of 2014 Executive Board and their advisor Shelly Perrett, the seniors enjoyed a...
Students face realities of student loan debt
By Ana Faguy, News Editor
April 11, 2014
As the college admissions process comes to a close, CHS seniors have begun to finalize their college plans. Now more than ever, students are forced to look at all angles of the college experience, especially cost. With student loan interest rates increasing and the economy remaining stagnant, students...
March Madness storms through CHS hallways
By Ana Faguy and Michael Fox
March 24, 2014
The madness has begun. Yet again, it is time for all college basketball fans to come together and make their ever-so-famous brackets. People will begin to hustle together and decide the future of the NCAA basketball tournament. Every year, people all across the country commence in celebration of the ...