English dept. leads teacher meditations
By Julia Lescht, Online Editor-in-Chief
December 17, 2018
Filed under Features, Online Exclusives, School, Teachers, Top Stories
English teachers Jeffrey Savett and Samantha McEvoy have began department-wide meditation meetings, where they lead English teachers in guided meditation. They meet in Savett’s classroom twice a week during the school day. The meetings began two weeks ago, and this is the first year either of the...
New year and new principal escalate spirit
By Julia Lescht and Jenna Greenzaid, Online Editor-in-Chief, Editor-in-Chief
December 12, 2018
Filed under Features
CHS students start each school year with the same jokes about their usual lack of school spirit. This year, however, the change in school spirit is no joke. Since the beginning of her term, Principal Brandice Heckert has made it a point to foster a welcoming, spirited and enthusiastic atmosphere....
All WCHS sports should have a junior varsity team
By Julia Lescht, Online Editor-in-Chief
November 21, 2018
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
This year, WCHS swim and dive coach Christopher Tappis decided to add a junior varsity (JV) swim team. Traditionally, swim and dive was one of WCHS’ few sports that did not have both varsity and JV teams. This change should encourage the rest of WCHS athletics to add a JV team if their sport does not...
NHS inducts new class of bright members
By Julia Lescht, Online Editor-in-Chief
October 23, 2018
Filed under News, Observations, Online Exclusives, School, Top Stories, Uncategorized
CHS National Honor Society (NHS) inducted the rest of its members for the 2018-2019 school year Thursday, Oct. 4. The ceremony took place in the CHS auditorium and was led by NHS sponsor and social studies teacher Jamie Frank and the NHS officers. While half the society was inducted last May, a new ...
CHS senior goes global with cultural immersion trip
By Julia Lescht, Online Editor-in-Chief
May 10, 2018
Filed under CHS Community, Features, Top Stories
Yeah, we all take at least two years of foreign language instruction within the walls of CHS, but how many people travel all the way to a foreign country to learn its language by living completely immersed in its society and culture? Senior Hana Mangat is participating in the National Security Language...
TBH, honesty apps are just asking for trouble
By Julia Lescht, Online Opinions Editor
January 10, 2018
Filed under Opinions, Top Stories
There’s a well known saying: If you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say anything at all. To accommodate the digital age, this should be changed to, “If you can’t say it to someone’s face, then don’t say it at all.” Anonymous sites and apps are dangerous for individuals...
Israeli-Palestinian conflict makes its way to college campuses
By Julia Lescht and Max Kandel
January 2, 2018
Filed under Local, National, News, Top Stories
Throughout the last few years the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement has become prevalent among U.S. college campuses as various Student Senate groups hold votes on whether to enact or promote BDS at their universities. Most of the time, these resolutions are non-binding, as in the college ...
CHS should not prioritize senior parking spots
By Julia Lescht, Online Opinions Editor
October 4, 2017
Filed under Online Exclusives, Opinions, Top Stories
Every teenager knows, or at least envies, that, victorious tangible symbol of entering adulthood—a driver’s license. Nothing seems better than to finally drive to and from school by your own will. However, for those juniors whose birthdays are early enough to get their licenses before the school...
Assembly warns seniors ‘Better to be Safe than Sorry’
By Jamie Lescht, Senior Writer
April 30, 2014
Filed under Features
With the notorious prom and beach week creeping up on students, CHS is working to raise drug and alcohol awareness through a new campaign that teaches seniors that it is “Better to be Safe than Sorry.” Local psychiatrist Susan Rich started The Better Safe Than Sorry (BSTS) campaign in order to...
The play’s the thing for elementary school students visiting CHS
By Jamie Lescht, Arts Editor
January 30, 2013
Filed under Observations, Online Exclusives
Students from Rock Creek Forest Elementary School and Crest Haven Elementary School came to CHS Jan. 30 to see CHS students perform Peggy and the Pint Size Pirates. According to drama teacher Lynda Scionti, the elementary school students were doing a unit on plays but did not have enough money to...
Imagine Dragons stumbles but shows promise
By Jamie Lescht, Arts Editor
November 7, 2012
The upcoming band Imagine Dragons released their debut album Night Visions Sept. 4, providing an alternative indie sound that contrasts with present mainstream music. The album starts with "Radioactive," a song with an interesting and unique sound. "Radioactive" begins with a chorus of guitars strumm...
Facing Phobias
By Jamie Lescht, Arts Editor
May 18, 2012
Filed under Features
Sophomore Jamie Bonan lives in constant fear of a simple object: a balloon. Instead of being able to turn her head away at the sight of this inflatable item, she begins to panic and loses her composure. This is no normal fear, it is known as a phobia. The term phobia is generally associated with words like claustrop...