Events
Senior Retreat 2021
Our senior class retreat this fall was at Hollins University. As always, it provided a clear and dedicated time and space away from family, work, and the classroom to tackle the college application process. This two day how-to experience helped the students with every aspect of the college application journey. It not only focused on the importance of writing […]
Fall College Trip 2021
Three faculty members and eleven seniors will be visiting six college campuses this week. This trip not only allows students the experience of exploring various campuses, but also helps builds confidence and knowledge concerning asking questions on future college visits. Our Class of 2022 was unable to take this trip in the spring of their […]
Fall Orientation 2021
It was an eventful first two days welcoming all of our new students to campus. We are very excited to start the new school year! Here are some photos from this year’s downtown orientation scavenger hunt.
News
Roller Coaster Mathematics
While the French students were visiting, the Algebra 2 and Calculus classes collaborated to build a roller coaster. They used butcher paper to measure the x and y axes. The whiteboard shows the piecewise function they wrote along with the graph approximating the form of the coaster.
Le Voyage dans la Lune
Students in Film History: Sci-Fi Cinema retold the story of Georges Méliès’ Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902) in the “cine-roman” style of Chris Marker’s short film La Jetée (1962).
Stella is Spending a Semester in Maine at Chewonki
Stella L took a break from the traditional classroom setting to experience a Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki! This hands-on, experiential learning environment included backcountry adventures, science field labs, and daily opportunities to learn about sustainable living. Here is a blog Stella wrote about her experience with An Ex-STREAM-ly Fun Field Lab: When I first […]
Experimenting with a Photo-Novel
Students in Film History: Sci-Fi Cinema experimented with different camera orientations in a B&W “photo-novel” inspired by Chris Marker’s short film La Jetée (1962).
Giulia Spends the Whole Year With Us
Giulia came to us from Ferentino, Italy as a one semester exchange student, but she ended up staying for the whole year! She was a very active participant in our community, playing in our band, Desmond, and performed in our two school plays for the year, “100 Dresses” and “Almost, Maine“.
Video Game Designing with Finn Tanguay (’17)
Finn Tanguay graduated from CHS in 2017, and immediately went into the independent Video Game Development industry. So far, Finn has released three games to acclaim and has an obsessive cult following! He’s back in the classroom but this time he’s assistant teaching the students in Bethany’s Video Game Design class. Outside of games, Finn […]
Primate Anatomy
As part of learning about primate anatomy in the Human Origins class, students attempted walking on their knuckles like gorillas, hanging from one arm like gibbons, walking on their palms like baboons, squatting like monkeys, and walking bipedally like chimps.
Spring 2023 Community Service Day
In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, CHS students participated in our second Community Service Day of the year. Stephanie Martin and Ryan Totaro organized a day devoted entirely to addressing the problem of homelessness and housing insecurity in America. Students volunteered for the Roanoke Rescue Mission and United Way of Roanoke Valley; read […]
Lilly Loves the Outdoors
Lilly visited CHS for about two weeks in January from The Bush School in Seattle, WA. She stayed with Paula’s family, and as an outdoor lover she wanted to explore what this side of the US had to offer. She enjoyed going out to the Natural Bridge, exploring caverns, hiking Mill Mountain, and visiting a […]
Poe Celebration Field Trip
Film students of the Horror & Comedy and Sci-Fi Cinema Film History classes travelled to Richmond for the Poe Museum’s Centennial Celebration. This field trip featured lectures and a panel discussion by writers R.L. Stine (Goosebumps) and Nnedi Okorafor (Who Fears Death, Black Panther). In addition to exploring Edgar Allan Poe’s legacy through contemporary fiction, […]
MathLibs
Bethany’s Calculus students challenged each other with “Math-Libs”. Students took turns choosing a classmate, math problem, and activity (like jumping, snapping, humming, etc). Then the chosen student had to complete the problem while doing the activity. Lifelines were allowed.