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Roller Coaster Mathematics
While the French students were visiting, the Algebra 2 and Calculus classes collaborated to build a roller coaster. They used butcher paper to measure the x and y axes. The whiteboard shows the piecewise function they wrote along with the graph approximating the form of the coaster.
Le Voyage dans la Lune
Students in Film History: Sci-Fi Cinema retold the story of Georges Méliès’ Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902) in the “cine-roman” style of Chris Marker’s short film La Jetée (1962).
Stella is Spending a Semester in Maine at Chewonki
Stella L took a break from the traditional classroom setting to experience a Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki! This hands-on, experiential learning environment included backcountry adventures, science field labs, and daily opportunities to learn about sustainable living. Here is a blog Stella wrote about her experience with An Ex-STREAM-ly Fun Field Lab: When I first […]
Experimenting with a Photo-Novel
Students in Film History: Sci-Fi Cinema experimented with different camera orientations in a B&W “photo-novel” inspired by Chris Marker’s short film La Jetée (1962).
Giulia Spends the Whole Year With Us
Giulia came to us from Ferentino, Italy as a one semester exchange student, but she ended up staying for the whole year! She was a very active participant in our community, playing in our band, Desmond, and performed in our two school plays for the year, “100 Dresses” and “Almost, Maine“.
Video Game Designing with Finn Tanguay (’17)
Finn Tanguay graduated from CHS in 2017, and immediately went into the independent Video Game Development industry. So far, Finn has released three games to acclaim and has an obsessive cult following! He’s back in the classroom but this time he’s assistant teaching the students in Bethany’s Video Game Design class. Outside of games, Finn […]
Primate Anatomy
As part of learning about primate anatomy in the Human Origins class, students attempted walking on their knuckles like gorillas, hanging from one arm like gibbons, walking on their palms like baboons, squatting like monkeys, and walking bipedally like chimps.
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 […]
