Events
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.
The Class of 2021 Graduation
This year graduation was held outside at the Salem Memorial Ballpark. The Graduation ceremony was full of home runs! You can find additional photos from our 2021 graduation by clicking here.
Cap Decorating 2021
The seniors do not decorate their own caps, their peers do. This group enjoyed continuing the CHS tradition of creating the specially decorated caps catered to each graduate.
News
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 […]
Heely’s 2023 College Reps
Heely’s Worldwide asked the instagram group managed by four CHS alumni (@heelyscollegereps) to apply for the Heely’s College Rep program. Heely’s chooses 30 students from around the world to represent their brand. Congratulations to Jacob M (’22), Archer B (’22), Ella B (’21), and Grayson H (’21) for each being selected as 2023 representatives.
RBT Stage Managing
Les Epstein has been the stage manager for the Roanoke Ballet Theater for about a dozen of productions including The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, Dracula and Giselle. He has served for some of these ballets more than once.
Mario Cart!
After the last fall semester exam was taken, Derek M and Rowan W hosted a Wii Mario Cart tournament. Mehdi E won the title in the end, but everyone had a great time playing and watching it all unfold.
Natural History of Candy
The students studying Human Origins were tasked with writing an evolutionary history of the kingdom Mellitus. Using what they’ve learned, each constructed a phylogenetic tree showing the speciation of candy over time. Their classifications could be based on morphology, embryonic development, DNA/carbohydrate sequencing, or any other basis, as long as it was justified scientifically. They […]
Henry Stevens (’22) Shines the Light
Alum Henry Stevens (’22) was so happy to be back at CHS helping the Theater Department with lighting for their production of “100 Dresses.” Henry is currently attending VCU in Richmond, where he is studying Theatrical Lighting Design.