Events
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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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.
Trees in the yard
The Environmental Science class took advantage of the beautiful weather last week to work on identifying native trees in the CHS yard and sketch in their field journals.
Alumni at ZineFest
Our Zine Club traveled to Richmond for ZineFest 2023, and were joined by two Class of 2022 alumni members, Jay S and Charlie A.
Geometry Art
Artistry becomes a lot more difficult without the use of curves! Geometry students were asked to practice using points, lines, and angles to come up with original drawings.
Daisy Art Parade at the Harvest Festival
The Daisy Art Parade participated in the Fall Harvest festival at Morningside Urban Farm. The festival is meant to celebrate the end of the farm season and features activities to strengthen mental health and well-being.
Carvin Creek Critters
The Environmental Science class visited Carvin Creek to place experimental leaf pack bags in the stream. They will use the data from the collection to assess stream quality and learn about habitat characteristics for these captured little critters.
Art Rat Alebrije at City Hall
“It’s Here: The Arts, Entrepreneurship + Placemaking” is a collaboration between the Art in Roanoke (Roanoke Arts Commission), the Roanoke Cultural Endowment, and the City of Roanoke, Virginia – Government’s department of economic development. Forty artists were commissioned by the Roanoke Arts Commission to create their proposed portraits of community members who have made an […]
Mangos and Avocados in Spanish Class
In conjunction with “Bananas”, a book about the conflicts and environmental issues of Banana Plantations in Costa Rica in the 1970s and 1980s, Spanish III/IV students took some time to learn about mangos and aguacates. They are germinating and planting the seeds and will journal in Spanish about their progress and process.