Events
Desmond Plays at The Vampire Ball
Our school rock band, Desmond, made their debut at the fall dance at the Fishburn Mansion and delighted everyone with their amazing performance.
Halloween 2022
Our Halloween celebration this year was a spooky party where students played various games, had their fortunes told, and raced each other to earn raffle tickets for their choice of prizes. At the end, they enjoyed a friendly game of volleyball. They also brought items to donate to Angels of Assisi.
Senior Retreat 2022
As our yearly tradition, our senior class participated in a two day how-to experience design to help them with every aspect of the college application journey. The retreat was once again at Hollins University. This opportunity provided a clear and dedicated time and space away from family, work, and the classroom, to tackle the college application process. […]
Lake Day Orientation 2022
This year we shook up orientation week a bit. After our final day of orientation events the CHS community enjoyed a very relaxing day at Loch Haven Lake. The weather was perfect and we had the place all to ourselves.
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Daphnia Magna biomonitoring
Daphnia magna is a small planktonic crustacean found in freshwater environments that is emerging as model for biomonitoring because its biological responses are very similar to those of humans. The Anatomy students introduced these water fleas to a variety of stimuli and monitored changes in their heart rates to see if they would respond in […]
Mario / Game Night 2023
Derek M once again organized a game night and for the second time Medhi E won the Wii Mario Cart tournament. Other board game and video game players also joined in the night’s fun.
Horseback Riding
Tiffany took the PE students to visit the Harmony Equestrian Center, LLC in Fincastle where they had the opportunity to take horse riding lessons.
Nerve Cells
To better understand how neurons send signals to other nerve cells, psychology students were each assigned specific cell roles and then they acted out various scenarios on stage as if they collectively were a giant firing neuron with the aid of beads, balls, and brooms.
Daisy Art Parade at Rhythm & Rhyme
Brian hosted a Daisy Art Parade information table at this free event by Roanoke Public Libraries at the Melrose Branch Library.
DAP at the Festival of the GREEN DEMON
Fête Le Démon Vert is a roaming, spooky and slightly absurd evening of dinner, drinking, dancing and a little bit of discotheque. It featured the terrifying visuals + installation by the notorious Daisy Art Parade.
Kickball
After a productive day of Community Service, students took advantage of the wonderful weather and enjoyed a kickball game at River’s Edge Park.
Greenway Cleanup
For our fall Community Service Day students and faculty took to cleaning up the Greenway! They rolled up their sleeves and picked up trash between the Vic Thomas and River’s Edge Parks to help make our Roanoke green space neater and nicer for the next person to enjoy. The group also had a chance for […]
Stream Quality
Environmental Science students identified and counted macroinvertebrate organisms gathered from Carvin Creek during their leaf pack study. They found lots of critters, including cranefly, stonefly, and dobsonfly larvae, as well as crawdads and clams and lots of snails! The students will use this data to assess stream quality and compare two different areas of the […]
Manipulation in Three Dimensions
The students in 3D Modeling and Sculpture learned about basic geometry creation and manipulation in 3D space. Using a 3D art program blender they each created a photo composition in 3D, including custom objects that they created themselves. Individual vertices are manually placed, and extrapolated into Three Dimensional forms. Students also learned about using virtual lights to give their […]
ZineFest 2023
Members of our Zine Club traveled to Richmond with Olchar to attend ZineFest, where our students could sell or trade the zines they’ve created here at school.