Events
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.
CHS Performance Band Plays at Floyd Fest
It was a happy return to Floyd Fest this year! Our band played their hearts out, and it was a stellar performance.
News
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.
Spooky Photographs
Students in the Film Production: Horror & Comedy class experimented with on-screen space, off-screen space, and the rule of thirds to spook spectators in these photographs.
Les Epstein in “Bike Cops”
Les Epstein stared as the “Unkempt Man” in the short film, “Bike Cops,” which premiered at the Texas Short Film Festival in San Antonio in January 2023. It has subsequently been shown by the Transparent Film Festival (NYC) on their website.
Léa at CHS
Léa, our French exchange student from Bichancourt, France, spent a full school year taking classes at CHS and enjoyed her time here in the US.
Avery M Wins Banner Design
To celebrate our school community and create a sense of belonging, we held a school banner contest for the 2022-23 school year. Students were asked to submit banner artwork to represent our community values. Students and faculty then voted on which design they felt represented us and captured how unique, diverse, and vibrant we are. […]
Jenga Math
Jess’s Algebra students mixed it up in class using a Jenga set. Each block has an equation on the visible long side and the answer on the hidden side. You have to solve the equation before you pull the block, and if you get it wrong you’ll have to go again.
Calculus Assistants
CHS alumni Jacob M (’22) and Archer B (’22) came by to help with the Calculus classes. Jacob has declared himself a Math major after completing his first semester in college. Archer currently attends the University of Virginia.
Alastair Storm (’22) Returns to the CHS Stage
Alum Alastair Storm (’22) was a last minute guest performer for an ill actor in the Fall 2022 Theater Production performance of “100 Dresses“. Alastair recently worked as a dresser for the “Play that Goes Wrong” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at the University of Mary Washington and was happy to be able to help […]