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CHS Offers an Independent Education for All Qualified Students
Community High will offer a tuition-free independent education for all qualified students of families making under $60,000 a year, starting in the 2022-23 academic year. This will be a permanent move that is funded by donations – and could mean a more diverse student body.
Cellular Respiration
Our Biology class made mealworms very happy by letting them chow down on potatoes overnight. They then measured their mass and the amount of carbon dioxide they produced.
Roanoke City Jail Book Drive
Annabelle B’s passion for everyone to have an education and easy access to books resulted in a school wide book drive. A total of 601 books and 135 magazines were donated to the Roanoke City Jail. A big thanks goes out to Annabelle, Olchar, Stephanie and everyone who donated items for this successful community outreach effort.
Wind Blade Shaping
The Environmental Science students tested different shapes for wind blades in an attempt to improve performance.
Farm-To-Table Sustainable Dining
The Food and Society class took a trip to Local Roots to explore a real-life local food system after months of researching foodways and social justice issues within the food world.
Venezuelan Lunch
Our advanced Spanish students took a walk to the Leonore Restaurant downtown to enjoy a special Venezuelan lunch (and only speak in Spanish).
Calculus Retreat
Our Calculus students had the opportunity to participate in a three night retreat at Smith Mountain Lake. They studied hard preparing for their AP exams, but they also took time to enjoy each other’s company, and of course, spend time on the water. It was a very successful trip.
Blackout Poetry
The Spanish students spent March participating in Locura De Marzo. At the end of the contest, they took the lyrics of finalists’ songs and created their own blackout poetry using those lyrics by choosing which words to keep and which to “black out”. They were allowed to skip and cut up words as they saw […]
Copper Plating
The Chemistry students used a battery, alligator clips, a copper rod, and a sulfate solution to electrolytically plate a layer of copper onto a key during lab.
Playdoh and 3D solids
Our Calculus students used playdoh to visualize the volumes of 3D solids given by integrating 2D curves. They then tested their models by finding the exact volume using calculus and comparing the results.