Events
2025 Fall Dance – “Vegas”
Our dance committee put together an amazing night for everyone. There was dancing, singing, and Vegas-style “gambling”. Everyone was also treated to a set by our own CHS Performance Band. They’d like to thank the parents who manned the games (even in costume), turned the drink table duty into a game (very cool), helped students […]
The CHS Performance Band Plays at the Fall 2025 Dance
It was so wonderful to have our CHS Performance Band play a set for us at our Fall 2025 Dance. Seph jumped in to play with them as well. Thanks to CHS parent Keely Massey, we have these photos and video to share.
Halloween Party 2025
We celebrated Halloween at the end of our spirit week with a party in the yard. Food, games, prizes, and a piñata. Pax’s team won the Best Mummy contest this year.
Spirit Week 2025
The year’s Spirit Week included Color Day (wear all one color), Funky Hat Day, Decades Day, Dress Like a Teacher Day, and Wear your Halloween Costume Day (which fell on Halloween). The festivities culminated with our Halloween party, filled with music, games, and treats. More Dress Like a Teacher! More Dress Like a Teacher!
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Ceramics Class
Students spent a semester learning ceramics techniques by the skilled instructors at Motel Studios. They learned to throw on the wheel, decorate, glaze, and craft their own artwork from clay slabs.
Norse Mythology Final Projects
These are the final creative projects from our Norse Mythology: Then and Now class. They spent the fall 2025 semester reading Norse myths in their earliest literary forms, studying the historical context behind those stories, and using modern treatments to augment their appreciation of the myths to draw connections to today.
From CHS to the World Stage: Darielle Shandler’s (’09) Story
After transferring to CHS, Darielle Shandler ’09 found the encouragement and creativity that shaped her path forward. Now based in New York City, she works as a stage manager in theatre. Not only does she travel across the country and abroad with her productions, she also serves as Operations Manager at Repair the World, a […]
Multi-Hour Full Body Drawings
Our students have been working hard drawing one of the most challenging and rewarding subjects in art — the human form. These multi-hour full body drawings showcase their dedication, observation, and growing understanding of anatomy, proportion, and expression. We’re so proud of their progress, focus and creativity. ???? Mediums: Charcoal, graphite, ink
Ancient Mayan Ballgame
The Maya played the earliest team sport in the world. It was a ballgame in which players could not use their hands or feet or touch the ball. Returning after his previous day’s lecture to the Popol Vuh and the Ancient Maya class, archeologist David S. Anderson of Radford University drew on his research and […]
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.