Police presence aims to prevent illegal drop offs

Spenser Easterbrook, Opinions Editor
November 21, 2011

  CHS began receiving assistance this year from the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) to help control morning traffic outside the school. CHS is the only high school in the Rockville police district to receive support from the police for traffic-related problems.   MCPD began morning... Read more »

County lacks standards for Edline updating

Spenser Easterbrook, Advertising Manager
March 21, 2011

Students agree: the creation of Edline is a great advance in modern education. Edline provides students with one convenient place to check their grades, their homework and their lessons from class. But there’s a catch. In practice, Edline isn’t being used for all of these purposes at CHS. MCPS has... Read more »

FDA’s new dietary guidelines focus on portion size

By Spenser Easterbrook, Advertising Manager
March 1, 2011

With so many different choices of what to eat and how to eat it, it is often difficult for people to make the right decisions when trying to balance their diets. However, Americans now have a new place to turn when looking for nutritional advice. The Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services... Read more »

FDA reccomends HPV vaccine for young males

By Spenser Easterbrook, Advertising Manager
December 22, 2010

Recently, the FDA recommended that the vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV), traditionally administered to girls, should also be given to males ages 9 through 26. The vaccine, manufactured by Merck Pharmaceuticals, is marketed under the name Gardasil and is given as three injections over a six-month... Read more »

SGA offers students ways to get involved

By Emma Crutchfield, Staff Writer and Spenser Easterbrook, Advertising Manager
August 31, 2010

Freshmen have a lot on their mind at the beginning of the school year: finding their lockers, classes and trying to meet new people. But there’s another thing they might be considering in the first few days at CHS: should I run for class officer? Homecoming this year is Oct. 9. Since SGA officers lead... Read more »

Seven Locks ES to begin renovations

By Spenser Easterbrook, Advertising Manager
May 28, 2010

Seven Locks Elementary School, built in 1964, will be torn down at the end of this school year and a new, significantly larger school will be built in its place. An event at the 46-year-old school was held May 27 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. for alumni, parents and those in the community to commemorate... Read more »

Prometheans add to excessive screen time

Spencer Easterbrook Staff Writer
March 22, 2010

Blackboards are so Twentieth Century. It seems like MCPS has replaced nearly every overhead projector with a bright and shiny Promethean board. They’re innovative, fairly easy to use and best of all, they have touch screens! But when does futuristic technology reach its limits? Don’t we get enough... Read more »