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Q&A: Principal Tim Phares on polytechnic courses, new pathways to graduation

Q&A: Principal Tim Phares on polytechnic courses, new pathways to graduation

Archit Kalra and Chenyao Liu November 11, 2022

What are polytechnic, or Career Technical Education (CTE), courses? You're gonna hear the term polytechnic, Career Technical Education. All those things have to do with when the state changed graduation...

CHS removes communication course graduation requirement beginning 2020-2021 school year

Rhea Acharya February 21, 2020

CHS will drop the current speech and debate graduation requirement beginning next school year, according to Assistant Principal Valerie Piehl. Piehl said this requirement has...

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Social studies teacher Joshua Miller lectures in his class on Feb. 13. The class was learning about the role of media, which Miller said plays a part in civic literacy today.

New civics test graduation requirement proposed in Indiana State House of Representatives

Lillian He February 22, 2019

Senate Bill 132 was first read on Jan. 3 and referred to the Education and Career Development Committee. It requires the Indiana State Board of Education to provide a U.S. government exam with identical...

Proposed bill to create paid-internship programs, impact new graduation pathways requirement

Proposed bill to create paid-internship programs, impact new graduation pathways requirement

Natalie Khamis January 24, 2019

The Indiana General Assembly convened for its first session on Jan. 3 to discuss the enactment of new Senate and House of Representatives legislature for this year. During one of these sessions, Jeff...

Principal Tom Harmas works at his desk. Harmas said recently he has been working on coordinating the Homecoming parade so all students can view it during Homecoming festivities and on implementing the new graduation pathways program at CHS.

Principal Tom Harmas coordinates Homecoming parade viewing, new graduation pathways program

Carson TerBush September 27, 2018

CHS will implement a new graduation requirement system called graduation pathways this year, according to Principal Tom Harmas. Additionally, Harmas said he has been working with student government to...

Interim Study Committee of Education discusses graduation pathways, no requirement for ISTEP

Interim Study Committee of Education discusses graduation pathways, no requirement for ISTEP

Pranav Jothirajah September 21, 2018

On Aug. 23, the Interim Study Committee of Education sat down at the Senate Chamber in Indiana to discuss issues related to counselor workload and a new way to attain a diploma, known as graduation pathways....

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