Events
Shakespeare Monologue Competition 2018
On April 23 (Shakespeare’s birthday!), Alex J and 54 other high school students from around the U.S. participated in the 35th Annual National Shakespeare Competition, performing on stage in the Mitzi Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center as the culmination of a year-long competition hosted by the English-Speaking Union. Theater director Les Epstein reports that Alex […]
News
Eliza wins the 2021 John J. Sailer Scholarship
Congratulations to Eliza G, this year’s recipient of the John J. Sailer Scholarship from Mill Mountain Theater! This honor provides the opportunity for Eliza to learn the creative and technical skills required in creation of scenic, costume and lighting elements for professional theatre productions. Way to go, Eliza!
Food, Farming, and the Future Farming Blogs
Students in the Food, Farming, and the Future were asked to design, build, plant, and tend their own small garden throughout the semester. Below are some of the online blogs students created to document the whole process, from the humble beginnings to the successful harvests. Zora’s Garden Zoe’s Garden Oliver’s Garden Henry’s Garden Eliza’s Garden
ComMUN Back To In-Person Camp!
ComMUN hosted its fourth annual summer training conference in June. 8 members of this year’s Secretariat were CHS students; of those eight, six were a part of the first ComMUN camp and five were in the group that designed the camp during their Seminar year at Community School. The camp hosted almost twenty delegates this […]
Lucy Wins 3 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards is a juried art competition that takes place once a year nationwide, presented by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers. Winners are selected on the basis of originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal vision or voice. At the regional level Lucy received a gold key […]
Astrobiology Students Test Their Solar Sails
The Astrobiology class is testing the solar sails that they designed. Whose model will travel the farthest?
Warren’s “Visions of Tomorrow” Art Exhibit
CHS arts and humanities teacher, Warren Fry, curated a youth art exhibition for young artists in the Roanoke area: For this exhibit Visions of Tomorrow, we asked local teen artists to respond to the following question: what does “tomorrow” mean to you. Whether struggling from day to day, or looking ahead to a future beyond our […]
Working in the CHS Garden
Students from Meg’s “Food, Farming, and the Future” class got out and worked on the CHS school garden.
A Third Course of Gristle-Butter
The third issue of Gristle-Butter, the CHS Creative Writing Zine, is ready to be eaten. If your literary diet has been sorely deficient in Gristle-Butter due to the covid-proofing delays this semester, fear not! Click here for a solid dose of creativity, tendony-typos and all, by your peers in the CHS Creative Writing Classes.
Practicing Language Through a Virtual Student Exchange
The CHS French students participated in an inter-institutional live chat exchange with students living in France and Germany who are studying English and French. The students in France (currently learning English) joined us from their classroom at Lycée Professionel Saint Joseph in Bucquoy, northern France. French students in Germany also logged on to connect with […]
QuarantZine #10 is Available For Your Enjoyment!
You can download it here! The Zine Club is asking for artwork submissions for the covers and interiors of both zines, Gristle-Butter as well as QuarantZine. No themes are assigned, but artwork should be able to be used in B&W. Get in touch with Olchar! To see all of the past issues, go to the […]
Your Next Heap of Gristle Butter Is Available!
The Second issue of Gristle-Butter, the CHS Creative Writing Zine has arrived! Click here to enjoy over 50 pages of Poetry and Fiction by your peers in the CHS Creative Writing Classes.