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CHS, it’s time to show your spirit

CHS, it’s time to show your spirit

October 30, 2013

CHS was yet again ranked the number one high school in Maryland based off reading and math scores, college readiness, and student-to-teacher ratio. Yet, despite our high standings, we rank low when it...

 Sitting or Standing, students deserve respect

Sitting or Standing, students deserve respect

By Greer Smith, Opinions Editor September 24, 2013

The Pledge of Allegiance was originally written Sept. 8, 1892 with several additions made over the years. The version used today, with the words "under God" and the act of standing in salute to the flag...

Cartoon by Greer Smith

Students should pay attention to the arts

By Greer Smith, Opinions Editor May 30, 2013

Because of the departure of notable teachers in the arts department, rumors are swirling about the future of CHS performing arts. Students are worried that the programs may change for the worse, but instead...

Reaction to cheating only rewards dishonesty

Reaction to cheating only rewards dishonesty

By Greer Smith, Opinions Editor April 30, 2013

During the 2013 AP Language semester exam, numerous students found a copy of the exam online prior to taking it and, upon discovering it was the exact exam they would be taking, they distributed and used...

Brickyard shows worst of political system

April 5, 2013

After nearly two years of legal battles, sloganeering and dramatization, county officials have scrapped plans to convert Nick Maravell’s beloved farm off Brickyard Road in Potomac into a kids’ soccer...

Education reform needed to compete

By Joe Nolan, Opinions Editor February 28, 2013

In the midst of the Space Race of the 1950s, the US was startled to find itself playing catch-up with the USSR for the title of world’s greatest superpower. When the Soviets launched Sputnik into space,...

Test schedule only leads to more stress

By Joe Nolan, Opinions Editor December 20, 2012

CHS has now studied and tested for three months under the new school policy that dictates the days each department can test. With ample time to see how it works, it is clear that the well-intentioned administrative...

Star Wars goes to the dark side

By Lara Fu, News Editor November 29, 2012

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… Disney bought Lucasfilm and ruined the Star Wars  franchise forever. According to an Oct. 30 Associated Press article, Disney will buy Lucasfilm and the...

New hall pass policy restricts students

New hall pass policy restricts students

By Brett Sachs and Jane Zankman, Chief Production Manager and Production Editor November 7, 2012

"Who are you? Where are you coming from? Do you have permission to be here?" These questions might sound like they were taken straight out of a CIA interrogation room, but CHS students experience such...

Scoreboard funds better spent elsewhere

By Brittany Goodman, Features Editor September 25, 2012

How likely is it that a CHS student-athlete will go pro? Let’s just say most students should not depend on it as a career choice.  Professional sports today are so competitive that it is extremely unlikely...

Flipped classes would increase achievement

Flipped classes would increase achievement

By Joe Nolan, Opinions Editor May 25, 2012

At the height of the Information Age, we have at our fingertips what is perhaps humanity’s greatest invention: the Internet. This technology reduces all kinds of human feats, from the rapid spread of...

‘Hunger Games’ not unlike college process

‘Hunger Games’ not unlike college process

By Joe Nolan, Opinions Editor May 2, 2012

  As parents and teachers sat down at movie theaters to see what all the fuss was about, they were nothing short of appalled at the scenes forced into their heads by the film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’...

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