A student comes into school on a Saturday for Homecoming preparations and brings in a Swiss-Army knife on his keychain with his keys. Another student, completely unbeknownst to the knife owner, starts...
By Greer Smith, Opinions Editor
• November 26, 2013
It is a glorious time to be a student at CHS. The constricting bonds regarding electronic use during school hours have been loosened.
According to the CHS website, a new policy allows students to use...
Last week, while attending an event at CHS, I witnessed an upsetting public display of homophobia. This display took the form of a plethora of what I thought were offensive and insensitive jokes about...
By Fiona Asbury, Advertising Manager
• October 30, 2013
The Board of Education (BOE) ended the period of public comment on the proposed changes to Policy JEE, Student Transfers on Sept. 30. The proposals include making middle school students reapply for a Change...
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...
My morning routine can be narrowed down to a few daily constants: eggs and toast for breakfast, hitting every possible red light on Falls Road and waiting over 15 minutes each day simply to get in the...
By Greer Smith, Opinions Editor
• October 30, 2013
In school there are certain phrases students hear a lot: stay in school, do your homework, stop bullying. One of the most stressed of these commandments is "say no to drugs."
For the most part, drugs...
Everyone at CHS is talking about Miley. Students are blowing up their social media sites about her new suggestive look, risqué "Wrecking Ball" music video, raunchy VMA performance and magazine cover,...
By Greer Smith, Opinions Editor
• October 29, 2013
There is no denying that CHS has a talented choral department with gifted singers and dancers. They put on great musicals, BLAST, and perform at school events like pep rallies. The singing voices range...
By Dana Harris, Online Features Editor
• October 1, 2013
Within the past few years, reports of school shootings have flooded the national media. Too many innocent lives have been cut short by ill individuals. These incidents may have turned out very differently...
Where there are guns, violence often follows. Do not bring that potential violence into our school by putting a gun here. CHS was recently issued an armed police officer. It should not have happened.
Guns...
By Fiona Asbury, Advertising Manager
• September 25, 2013
Dress codes are meant to ensure that clothing does not create a distracting or uncomfortable learning environment for students. However, at CHS, the dress code is starting to add unnecessary stress and...
