More than 500 CHS students participated in the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) tests this month.
According to a February 2015 MCPS letter, PARCC provides a better...
This year, the National Honor Society (NHS) is bringing the suicide prevention program “Sources of Strength” to CHS in order to bring awareness to recognizing suicidal signs in students.
Every year,...
By Isabel Dibble, Online Observations Editor
• March 23, 2015
CHS staff received access cards that will allow them to use card scanners outside the school to enter the building during certain hours.
CHS will now be locking doors during the school day, with the...
Ever since Joshua Starr announced his resignation as MCPS superintendent Feb. 3, the Montgomery County Board of Education (BOE) has been working hard to find his successor.
Although Starr’s resignation...
Due to budget cuts, MCPS schools will face staff reductions and class size increases next school year.
The Montgomery County Board of Education, employee associations, the Montgomery County Council...
Give an Hour, a nonprofit organization that helps provide veterans and their families with volunteer mental health professionals, launched their Campaign to Change Direction at the Newseum March 5 to help...
By Fiona Asbury, Opinions Editor
• February 25, 2015
As evidenced by the various posters hanging around the school, on Feb. 23 CHS began offering indoor roller skating for students during lunch in the back gym, complete with provided skates.
“This is...
Marijuana, cocaine and Adderall. While these are some of the most prevalent drugs in the area today, one tends to go unnoticed: heroin.
In the past years, use of this narcotic has dramatically increased...
The first step towards replacing Edline in MCPS has begun with the implementation of Google Classroom, a brand new interface that is already taking root in CHS classrooms.
The idea to include Google...
Story updated February 27, 2015
After months of class discussions, homework, quizzes and tests, CHS students spent the beginning of the new year studying and preparing for first semester exams. Not...
Forget about that long and tedious process of registering for classes, where students have to search the course bulletin to find a four-numbered code for each class, write it on the registration card and...
After weeks of speculation following Starr’s possible contract renewal as superintendent for the next four years, he announced his resignation Feb. 3.
“It has been an honor to serve as the superintendent...
