Scrabble Time!
The CHS faculty teamed up to help fundraise for a great cause at the Blue Ridge Literacy’s annual team-based Scrabble Tournament.
Social Justice / Awareness / Outreach
Panel on Homelessness
For part of our Lycée Day, the entire CHS community had a group Q&A session to discuss issues concerning the homeless population in our area. We’d like to extend a huge thank you to Malora Horne from Roanoke City Public Schools, Lee Cook from the Rescue Mission, and Matt Crookshanks from the Roanoke Homeless Assistance Team for providing us with this opportunity. Both their time and insight was much appreciated.
Stitching Club Works On Blankets to Donate
In Stitching Club, co-founders, Eliza G. and Yutika P. are teaching interested students how to crochet every week. Their semester long goal is to make blankets out of plastic yarn that the group will then donate. The club is also a space for other stitching forms and all are welcomed to join.
Fall 2021 Community Service Day with BillionGraves
BillionGraves is the world’s largest resource for searchable GPS cemetery data, and is growing bigger and better every day. For this community service project, our students contributed by taking headstone images from a local cemetery, and then transcribing the personal information found on the images. The GPS information collected helps others research expansive family histories from around the world without having to travel. The students also collected trash from around the cemetery, and set fallen stones upright.
Students Volunteer for the Henry Street Music Festival
Reuben M and Zoë L dedicated some of their time to help out at the Henry Street Music Festival this year. They assisted with setting up tables and instruments, checking in vendors, and lending a hand setting up booths.
The Henry Street Music Festival is a community event presenting an array of diverse entertainment, educational forums, and exposure to African-American heritage as expressed through the performing arts, crafts, cuisines, customs, and merchandise. Proceeds provide the primary resources to support the ongoing programs and operations of the Harrison Museum of African American Culture.
Jen’s Quarantine-Friendly Community Service Challenge
You don’t need any specialized background, training, or expertise to participate in Zooniverse projects. All you need is a willingness to study authentic objects of interest gathered by researchers, like images of faraway galaxies, historical records and diaries, or videos of animals in their natural habitats. By answering simple questions about them, you’ll help contribute to our understanding of our world, our history, our Universe, and more.
To participate, visit the Zooniverse website.
Harrison Museum Volunteers
Noor F., Daniel C., and Sarah L. worked on a Harrison Museum project which helped to preserve the perspectives of local African Americans on the history of the Roanoke area.
CHS Students Participate In the Roanoke Climate Strike
Many of our CHS students participated in this student-organized Climate Strike event held here in Roanoke. You can read more about it in this Roanoke Times article.
CHS Students Participate in the Superhero Kids Program
The Super Hero Kids program focuses on a therapeutic approach to help children who are survivors of domestic violence create lasting, meaningful relationships. CHS student volunteers led art-based activities with these students, and also helped with a number of other activities designed for the program.
Teachers From Pakistan visit CHS
Educators from across Pakistan are taking part in the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program at Virginia Tech. CHS faculty and students had the honor of hosting a group of visiting teachers this fall. For more information, check out this article from WDBJ7.
