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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 […]
Poe Celebration Field Trip
Film students of the Horror & Comedy and Sci-Fi Cinema Film History classes travelled to Richmond for the Poe Museum’s Centennial Celebration. This field trip featured lectures and a panel discussion by writers R.L. Stine (Goosebumps) and Nnedi Okorafor (Who Fears Death, Black Panther). In addition to exploring Edgar Allan Poe’s legacy through contemporary fiction, […]
MathLibs
Bethany’s Calculus students challenged each other with “Math-Libs”. Students took turns choosing a classmate, math problem, and activity (like jumping, snapping, humming, etc). Then the chosen student had to complete the problem while doing the activity. Lifelines were allowed.
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.
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. […]