Events
Senior Retreat 2025
Our senior class participated in our annual how-to experience designed to help them with every aspect of the college application journey on the beautiful Hollins University campus. Over the course of two days they worked on writing their college essays, practiced interview skills, and participated in mock admissions panels.
Back to School Social
Our Back to School Night Social was a fun event! Students, faculty, and families came together to continue building our sense of community and helped everyone to feel more connected. The weather was perfect and the tamales and Blue Cow Ice Cream added a delicious touch to the evening. This year we also enjoyed vinyl […]
Orientation 2025
During the first two day of orientation, our new students immersed themselves in learning the ins and outs of our campus and the vibrant downtown area, as well as team building (think spaghetti tower buildings). For the third day of orientation, our returning students joined us to officially kick off the new academic year with […]
The Class of 2025 Graduation
Our Class of 2025 Graduation was held at the Fitzpatrick Hall at the Jefferson Center on Friday, May 30th. We enjoyed seeing everyone’s family and friends present, and would like to thank our student lauders, which included four graduated alumni students. Congratulations to our graduates! For additional photos from the day, please click here. For […]
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Bungie Experiments
The Statistics class used linear regression models to predict how many rubber bands they needed to use on Barbie’s bungee cord to allow for maximum fun without cracking her head open.
Game Night Fall 2025
Thanks to Tyler, we hosted a game night at school, and were thrilled to see some alums come and join in the fun.
Venezuelan Arepas
Mireidis taught the beginner Spanish language students how to make Venezuelan arepas, a flatbread family staple, made with corn flour, water, and salt. After cooking them in the pan, they finished them off in the oven. Finally, while crispy hot on the outside, they sliced, buttered, and stuffed the soft inside with reina pepiada and carne […]
Derek’s Math Post-Graduate Internship
As part of his “Math Pedagogy and Practice” post-graduate internship advised by Jess, Derek (’25) created and now leads the CHS Math/CS Club to serve as a basis for potentially offering Computer Science courses at CHS. To that end Derek is attempting a myriad of teaching tasks including developing lessons and assignments for Calculus 1, offering […]
Welcome, Adrian!
Adrian Spaulding is our long term substitute math teacher, teaching Algebra and Geometry courses this year. They graduated from Concord University with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a minor in Math, and will graduate with a Master of Engineering in Computer Science and Applications from Virginia Tech in May 2026. While in […]
Sarah Cohen (’07), Pulmonologist
We had the pleasure of catching up with Sarah Cohen (’07) who now lives in Columbus, Ohio. She is an adult & pediatric pulmonologist at Ohio State & Nationwide Children’s Hospitals. Sarah’s focus areas include pulmonary hypertension, interstitial & advanced lung disease in children, and transition from pediatric to adult care. She shares this personal […]
Live Model Drawing
Our Figure Drawing class has been hard at work. The unique problems of drawing people from life can help improve awareness of our own bodies, as well as apply in our work in other fields – medicine, sports, dance, comics and more.
Horchata Cupcakes
The Spanish Humanities Class baked horchata themed cupcakes reading their recipe in Spanish, and using metric units. Cupcakes, la receta paso a paso para que siempre queden perfectos! Ingredientes de los cupcakes Para los cupcakes: 200 g de azúcar blanco 95 g de aceite suave 3 huevos M 180 g de harina de trigo 1 […]
Math/CS Club
Our new Math/CS Club led by Derek (’25), gives students the opportunity to learn how computer programming can be one of the most versatile tools out there when it comes to problem solving. They plan to explore how our devices can be used to solve complex problems through the learning and practice of Python. They […]
Kenning Challenge
Congratulations to Derek on winning the Kenning Challenge! A kenning is an Old Norse figure of speech, a figuratively-phrased compound term that is used in place of a simple single word noun. He is now the proud owner of a plush Sleipnir – Odin’s eight-legged horse who is the son of Loki and the stallion […]
Revolution Me Festival in NYC
Jupiter and Ivor traveled to New York City for the Revolution Me Film Festival which took place in the Kumble Theatre at Long Island University in Brooklyn. They had the opportunity to network with American Film Institue (AFI) graduates and members of Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). Jupiter […]
“Grenadine & Other Poems” by Les Epstein
Les Epstein’s book “Grenadine & Other Poems” has been published by Alien Buddha Press. Hardly a Vampire snarl this colossal waft plows out the glass billboard, Americana Shakespeare bruised, leaving red shard saying ‘La,” Its ‘Co’ letters swept into The diner’s windowed corner. “Grenadine and Other Poems” arrives as both a reckoning and a renewal. […]