Increase of selling of school shirts leads to increase in school spirit
By Jordyn Green, Assistant Online Editor-in-Chief
October 31, 2018
Since the beginning of the 2018-2019 school year, CHS SGA has sold four different tee shirts: the Blackout shirt, the annual Dawg Pound shirt, Powderpuff shirts and most recently, the Blue-out shirt. “The main reason [SGA is selling more shirts] is to unify Churchill as a community,” junior a...
School Spirit: Renewed for Another Season?
By Sara Heimlich, Features Editor
October 4, 2016
The 2016-17 school year: finally the year of renewed school spirit at CHS? In the first quarter of the first home football game, the student section was filled with painted faces and the crowd was spotted with blue and green. But by the fourth quarter, few students and parents lingered. “A good fo...
Admin censors design
By Sara Heimlich, Public Relations and Social Media
April 29, 2015
When the CHS freshman class exec board attempted to design class spirit-wear for Homecoming in October, a long process of multiple turn-downs from administration began and is still ongoing. What should have been a simple task was not. Several slogans were discussed including one that used the word...
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 comes to widespread school spirit. If someone were to walk into a CHS classroom and ask for a show ...
Let the coin wars begin
By Julia McDermott, Sports Editor
October 3, 2013
SGA officers walking around with big painted jugs asking for money can only mean one thing--the annual coin war has started at CHS. In an epic battle between the classes, each grade competes to raise the most money before the time runs out at the end of homecoming week. The class that wins the coin...
CHS school spirit reaches all-time low
May 13, 2011
Every year, CHS students are required to go to the fall pep rally. And every year, numerous students seem to be “missing “ from the event, and many of those who actually attend seem eager to leave early. Being in charge of school spirit can be quite a burden at CHS. At the end of this year, social...