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New Year, New Ways

New Year, New Ways

News August 17, 2016

According to Jacinda Solhalski, chairperson of the CHS math department, math teacher Peter Beck will teach AP Calculus BC and Multivariable Calculus, beginning with the 2016 - 2017 school year, after math...

Issues Worth Knowing. Students should take the time to inform themselves.

Issues Worth Knowing. Students should take the time to inform themselves.

perspectives August 16, 2016

Every day, something newsworthy happens. Whether it is in the local community or thousands of miles away on another continent, there is always a story worth telling, a story  worth knowing. Yet, even...

CHS students reflect on the implications of healthy versus excessive exercise

CHS students reflect on the implications of healthy versus excessive exercise

News May 19, 2016

Senior Haleigh Overshiner participates in school athletics and said she considers fitness to be an important part of her everyday life, like many CHS students. As a varsity runner on the women’s track...

Mike Pote, Jazz Ensemble I director, leads Jazz Ensemble I in warm-up before a performance. According to Pote, the next concert for Jazz Ensemble will be Jazz a la Mode, a concert at CHS where the performance room is set up to look like a jazz nightclub and the audience eats pie with ice cream. PHOTO // KATIE LONG

Jazz Ensemble prepares for Jazz a la Mode concerts from April 21 to 23

Beats March 31, 2016

After the Jazz Expressions concert on March 22, Mike Pote, Jazz Ensemble I director, said the four CHS jazz ensembles are currently preparing for the Jazz a la Mode concerts, which take place from April...

avier Searle, trumpet player for Jazz Ensemble 1 and junior, warms up in a practice room. Searle said he participates in Jazz Ensemble because he aspires to be a jazz trumpet player when he grows up. PHOTO// KATIE LONG

Jazz Ensemble decides on guest artist for upcoming Jazz Expressions concert

Beats February 18, 2016

According to Mike Pote, director of Jazz Ensemble 1, Rob Dixon, an Indianapolis-area saxophone player, will be the guest artist for the Jazz Expressions concert. To prepare for the concert, Xavier Searle,...

Alex Fleig, Jazz I Ensemble trumpet player and senior, assembles his trumpet in the band storage room. Fleig said his favorite Jazz Ensemble event is Jazz a la Mode. PHOTO/ KATIE LONG

Jazz Ensemble continues to prepare for Jazz Expressions concert on March

Beats February 1, 2016

According to Mike Pote, the director of Jazz Ensemble I, Jazz Ensemble is currently preparing for the Jazz Expressions concert. Jazz Expressions is Jazz Ensemble’s first concert of the year and is on...

Alex Fleig, Jazz I Ensemble trumpet player and senior, assembles his trumpet in the band room. Fleig said he enjoys Jazz Ensemble because he likes the jazz style and the musical opportunities such as soloing. PHOTO/ KATIE LONG

Jazz Ensemble continues rehearsals, prepares for upcoming performances

Beats January 11, 2016

According to Mike Pote, director of Jazz Ensemble I, rehearsals for Jazz Ensemble, which began in late November after auditions, have started again after Winter Break. “(Practices are) going well,”...

Jazz Ensemble continues auditions until Nov. 19, results to come out shortly after

Beats November 18, 2015

Jazz Ensemble auditions, which started on Nov. 17, will continue until Nov. 19 in three sessions that last from 7 to 7:40 a.m, according to Mike Pote, director of Jazz Ensemble I. Pote said he has...

DEALING WITH DIABETES:  Brooke Eckl, Type 1 diabetic and sophomore, uses an insulin pump to regulate her blood glucose levels. Eckl said she has used an insulin pump for approximately eight years. 
SARAH LIU // PHOTO

Rethinking Diabetes

News November 13, 2015

Diabetes may seem like an issue high school students don’t need to worry about being diagnosed with for at least a couple of decades. While the disease affects 29.1 million people in the United States,...

Students prepare for Jazz Ensemble auditions on Nov. 17 to 19

Students prepare for Jazz Ensemble auditions on Nov. 17 to 19

Beats October 27, 2015

According to Mike Pote, director of Jazz I, audition sessions for Jazz Ensemble will take place at 7 a.m. Nov. 17 to 19. Auditions for the wind section will be in Room P105 while auditions for the rhythm...

Fashion has become increasingly accessible and apparent, influencing many aspects of everyday life

Fashion has become increasingly accessible and apparent, influencing many aspects of everyday life

Beats August 10, 2015

When senior Audrey Johns joined the Brass Plum Fashion Board at Nordstrom in July 2014, she became a part of the multitrillion-dollar global industry that fashion has grown into. According to the Joint...

Xavier Searle, Jazz Ensemble II trumpet player and sophomore, examines his trumpet in the band room. Searle said he looks forward to Jazz a la Mode because he performs for three nights. KATHERINE LONG/PHOTO

Jazz Ensemble to host Jazz a la Mode from April 23 to 25

Beats April 20, 2015

From April 23 to 25, Jazz Ensemble will host Jazz a la Mode, an annual concert in the band room where the setting resembles a New York jazz nightclub. Tickets can be purchased at the door or online. According...

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