Lesser-known holidays overshadowed by AP Exams
By Caitlyn Jennings, Assistant Observations Editor
May 15, 2018
Filed under Features, Top Stories, Uncategorized
All year long, advanced placement (AP) teachers prepare CHS students for the AP exams that come around every May, and every May, students undergo the stress that comes with studying for these exams. There are numerous lesser-known events that occur during the month of May that are overshadowed by the...
Street art blends creativity and social commentary
By Sapna David, Assistant Arts Editor
May 15, 2018
Filed under Features, Top Stories
The streets of big cities, such as Washington D.C. or New York, often depict unique graffiti on the walls. Sometimes, it is just simple graffiti, like a random word, but other times it is truly a work of art. Graffiti art started on the streets of New York City in the late 1960s, originally in the...
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...
Fashionistas cash in with Instagram re-sell shops
By Laura Sneller, Arts Editor
May 10, 2018
Filed under CHS Community, Features, Top Stories
Usually, when students want to buy new clothes, they go to the Montgomery Mall or browse online stores. Recently, there’s been a rise in a more convenient way to shop: on Instagram. Instagram is a social media platform that can be used to post pictures with friends, showcase the latest Starbucks...
Prom: Then vs Now
By Jenna Greenzaid, Editor-in-Chief
May 10, 2018
Filed under CHS Community, Features, Top Stories
Almost every school dance starts the same way: making plans with a group for a limo and dinner, picking the perfect outfit and finding the right spot for pictures—nothing seems to deviate from the norm, or so we think. While it may not seem like it, the differences between prom today versus prom...
ASMR proves therapeutic to CHS students
By Bryan Fletcher and Fatima Yazdi, Production Manager and Features Editor
May 10, 2018
Filed under CHS Community, Features, Top Stories
Most people in our generation probably have that one friend who will not stop talking about how relaxing playing with slime is or their obsession with acting out role plays, but what exactly is all this newfound hype about? Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is the term used to describe the...
Students reveal what makes them love their favorite classes
By David Malament, Staff Writer
March 20, 2018
Filed under Features, Top Stories
Every student has their favorite subject and their favorite class. But does the teacher instructing the class play a key role in the matter? At CHS the majority of students take seven classes, meaning they likely have seven different teachers. Of those seven teachers each one is different:...
CHS students celebrate Black History Month in style
By Bryan Fletcher, Art Director
March 7, 2018
Filed under Features, Students, Top Stories
With the return of Black History Month this Feb., CHS students and staff have spent the past month commemorating the event through different activities, including the hanging of decorations across the school and the specific clothes that many are wearing. Each year, Feb. is celebrated as National Bl...
Students turn to medication for a quick and easy fix
By Jenna Greenzaid and Sophie Liss
March 7, 2018
Filed under CHS Community, Features, Top Stories
Trouble sleeping at home? Trouble focusing in class? It’s easy to defer to the use of prescribed medications to quell insomnia and increase concentration, but is that always the best way to solve the problem? All over the country, including at CHS, students take prescribed medications su...
HQ turns trivia success into cash prizes for CHS students
By Drew Ingall, Arts Editor
February 12, 2018
Filed under CHS Community, Features, Top Stories
Intelligence is no longer measured by your IQ test score; instead, it’s all about your HQ trivia score. HQ was created by the founders of the now defunct app Vine. The game, which consists of 12 multiple choice questions with each with ten seconds to answer, first hit the App store in Aug. 2017....
Ski off to three local winter wonderlands
By Ethan C. Miller, Staff Writer
February 12, 2018
Filed under CHS Community, Features
Winter is here, and unless you live in Westeros from “Game of Thrones,” you’re going to need something else to do in your free time other than fight White-Walkers. Whitetail Resort, Liberty Mountain Resort and Roundtop Mountain Resort fill that void by providing several activities includi...
Junior has cards up his sleeve with self-made company
By Becky Wolfson, Online Arts Editor
February 12, 2018
Filed under CHS Community, Features
Card tricks are a staple of a magician’s deck of performances. Many magicians are able to put on impressive performances due to their ability to use cardistry, the art of manipulating cards in a way that is both visually impressive and seemingly hard to replicate. For CHS junior Br...