Events
Lycée Day Fall 2021
This Lycée Day students enjoyed classes from outside volunteers, parents, teachers, and each other. The topics spanned cooking, Model United Nations, physiology, game playing, ultimate frisbee, musicals, mythology, keyboards, Godzilla, and more!!! The entire CHS community also had the opportunity for a Q&A with representatives from the Roanoke Valley Rescue Mission to discuss issues concerning […]
Hollywood – Fall Dance 2021
The “Hollywood” Fall Dance was a huge success and even began with a beautiful sunset. After walking the red carpet, our Hollywood stars danced the night away. The “Cha Cha Slide” never looked so good! The dance committee did a wonderful job of planning and executing the evening. A wonderful time was had by all. […]
Halloween 2021
After an amazing week of school spirit fun with a new “dress code” each day, we finished it off by throwing a Halloween Party Bash! Students played games and raced each other to earn raffle tickets for their choice of prizes. They also brought items to donate to Angels of Assisi.
Spirit Week
Our students themed it up during Spirit Week with dress up days to include Decades Day, Pajama Day, Dress like a CHS teacher, Heroes and Villains Day, and finally Halloween Costumes day! We celebrated the end of Spirit Week with a Halloween bash out in the yard.
News
“Lorenzo by the Ghost Light” by Les Epstein
Les Epstein’s Lorenzo by the Ghost Light, published by Gnashing Teeth, is the follow-up to Sleep Cinematic: A Golem’s Quartet. His new book, “Teddy Orloff and the Three Onions,” is scheduled for a February 2024 release. The companion to the highly lauded Sleep Cinematic: A Golem’s Quartet, Lorenzo by the Ghost Light: A Spiel is a mock epic […]
Testing Wind Blade Shapes
The Roanoke Studies students tested different shapes for wind blades in an attempt to improve performance.
Fiction and Poetry Contest Winners!
Congratulations to two of our seniors for receiving honors from Roanoke College’s High School Fiction and Poetry Contest! Chloe A. has won Second Place for her story “A Poison Tree in Munich” and Oliver H. earned an honorable mention for his story “Scarecrow.” Look for Chloe’s story in an upcoming special issue of the Roanoke […]
Les Epstein in “Hope of Escape”
In “Hope of Escape,” Les Epstein plays the role of Lewis Tappen in this story about a mother and daughter who must plan their escape from enslavement after learning they are about to be sold and separated forever.
The Perfect Pizza
Rowan W worked on an independent study on pizza and the processes behind it. He grew different components in pizza from wheat to basil to garlic, and also researched the science behind pizza. He also studied the origins of the many different styles of pizza and tried them out. His experiments varied from pan to […]
Pi Day 2023
There were several Pi Day themed activities during our math classes. The calculus students took on the challenge of learning more about the wonderful number Pi. Focusing on its history, mathematical novelty, and fun facts about the number, they then each made presentations to inform other students and faculty of their findings. They also had […]
Saving the Yeast
How would you try to protect a strain of yeast that was particularly sensitive to UV light? Our Biology students designed their own experiments to compare methods. Is expired sunscreen okay? Would sunglasses work? How effective is UV blocking clothing? Would aloe vera provide the same protection as a sunscreen formula? Will spray sunscreen protect […]
Solar Panel Study
Students in the Roanoke Field Studies class visited Roanoke Catholic School to visit their solar panel arrays. After returning to school, they went up to the roof to see if the CHS roof would be suitable for solar panels.
Speed of Light
Physics students were treated to a sweet experiment. They carefully began to melt chocolate bars in microwaves to calculate the speed of light using the distance between the melted spots and the frequency of the microwave.
Harrison Museum Class Trip
For Spring Lycée Day, Stephanie, Ryan, and Warren organized a full-school trip to The Harrison Museum of African American Cultures, Inc. (HMAAC) in downtown Roanoke. The HMAAC is a cultural and educational institution committed to advocating, showcasing, preserving and celebrating the art and history of African Americans for Roanoke Valley citizens and visitors. Museum administrators […]
The Kuleshov Effect
Students in Film History: Sci-Fi Cinema replicated the Kuleshov Effect, an editing experiment developed by Soviet filmmaker Lev Kuleshov in the early 20th century. In the absence of an establishing shot, early film viewers assumed that two-shot sequences, in isolation, were linked in space, time, and motivation. This is the so-called Kuleshov Effect. Does Xan […]
Video Game Design History at the Roanoke STARCADE
Students taking the Video Game Design class took advantage of the Roanoke STARCADE to gain a hands on understanding of the history of video games, and get some inspiration to the video games we are making. Plus a little air hockey never hurt anyone either, right?