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Economics Club focuses on spring event and growth

January 25, 2019

The competition is less than 2 months away and students are preparing everyday. “Economics club has impacted the people I’ve seen in a good way,” Matthew Daly, sophomore and Economics Club member,...

 Jayana Hammonds, senate member and junior, Page Garcia, senate member and senior, and Maddie Heath, senate member and junior, sort the Winter Dance tickets into small piles. According to Michelle Foutz, Senate sponsor and social studies teacher, the money raised from the dance goes toward funding student government's activities.

Senate to organize Winter Dance, plan Brain Game

Heidi Peng January 17, 2019

According to Michelle Foutz, Senate sponsor and social studies teacher, Senate is currently working through all the logistics for the upcoming Winter Dance that will occur during the last weekend of January. Foutz...

Economics Club members feeling confident for Spring Competition

Daniel Kim November 30, 2018

The Economics Challenge is “an opportunity for teams of four high school students to demonstrate their knowledge on a board array of economics topics and subjects,” said the Economics flyer provided...

 Student body president Tim Metken, freshman Grace Rexroth and freshman Sean Grove, organize Care to Share information for SRTs. According to Metken, Senate needs to provide SRTs with their Care to Share person information as soon as possible to give each SRT enough time to purchase gifts.

Senate to assign Care to Share families to SRTs

Heidi Peng November 22, 2018

According to Michelle Foutz, Senate sponsor and social studies teacher, the primary activity on Senate’s agenda is Care to Share organization. Foutz said, “We’re trying to get Care to Share together...

Economics Club Participants preparing for the annual national competition in May

Daniel Kim November 12, 2018

Economics club is veered toward the National Economics Challenge. To get to this last stage, they must get through the Regional and State competitions. “It takes months to prepare,” said Matthew Daly,...

Student body president Tim Metken compiles all the SRTs that agreed to participate in Care to Share on an excel sheet. According to Metken, while there were some changes made this year to the annual event, he said he still expects a great turnout.

Senate to match SRTs with families for Care to Share

Heidi Peng November 11, 2018

Student body president Tim Metken said Senate is currently organizing Care to Share, an annual gift drive where SRTs sponsor families. “We have all the responses from teachers, so we’re putting them...

Economics Club prepares for competition in spring

Daniel Kim November 3, 2018

 The first competitions for Economics Club take place shortly after the end of winter. It’s been nearly a month since the club’s callout meeting, and they have five more months to prepare for it....

 Michelle Foutz, Senate sponsor and social studies teacher, checks her email during SRT. According to Foutz, in addition to upcoming appreciations, Senate is starting to plan for Care to Share and even setting dates for future meetings.

Senate to work toward future events, fundraisers

Heidi Peng October 11, 2018

According to Michelle Foutz, Senate sponsor and social studies teacher, Senate’s first upcoming activity is the “appreciations.” Foutz said, “We’ve got a few appreciations that we’re working...

Student body president Tim Metken looks over upcoming plans for Senate and writes down important dates for Homecoming. Michelle Foutz, Senate sponsor and social studies teacher, said other than upcoming changes with the trike race, Senate is also looking for ways to allow the student body to watch the Homecoming parade.

Senate to reflect on blood drive, plan for Homecoming

Heidi Peng September 21, 2018

According to Michelle Foutz, Senate sponsor and social studies teacher, this year’s blood drive did not live up to expectations. “It was the lowest collection amount that we’ve ever had: 143 units....

Though much as stayed the same over its 131 years of existence, this year, CHS is making big changes

With Homecoming week approaching, students, staff reflect on long-standing CHS traditions, discuss new changes

Rhea Acharya September 21, 2018

Near the end of the school day on Aug. 17, as Lara Staton, varsity women’s tennis player and junior, walked through the E halls, crowds of students cheered her on from either side. This was not Staton’s...

Caption: (left to right) Nathan Milam, Senate member and junior, Eva Brungard, Senate member and senior, Tim Metken, student body president and senior, and Peyton Sandlin, Senate member and junior, discuss sign-ups for the fall blood drive during lunch. Michelle Foutz, Senate sponsor and social studies teacher, said, "There are surgeries scheduled in area hospitals around this blood drive, so we're saving a lot of lives by doing this. It's one of the most important things that we do during the year."

Senate to prepare for upcoming blood drive, Homecoming changes

Heidi Peng September 5, 2018

According to Michelle Foutz, Senate sponsor and social studies teacher, Senate’s most immediate activity is the fall blood drive, which is coming up on Sept. 13. “One of our goals is to increase the...

Xuchen Wei, member of the Adam Smith team and senior, is optimistic about the National Economics Challenge (NEC). CHS advanced to the final round of the competition after the Adam Smith Division team made the top eight teams in the nation. “I feel pretty good about it,” Wei said. “Hopefully, we’ll be able to do well in the finals.”

Economics Club Team Advances to Finals of NEC

May 13, 2018

Throughout the school year, members of Economics Club have been working on preparing and participating in the National Economics Challenge (NEC). The semi-finals of the NEC took place on April 24 at this...

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