After 5 years at CHS and 38 years in MCPS, assistant principal Leo McDonald is retiring in June. McDonald has taught nearly every science class that MCPS offers and has also been assistant principal...

At the end of this school year, Honors NSL teacher Bonnie Frederick will retire after 22 years of teaching, 13 of which have been at CHS.  According to Frederick, she has always been interested in teaching,...

McNeil Consumer Healthcare announced April 30 a voluntary recall of children’s and infants’ over-the-counter (OTC) medication manufactured in the U.S. The recall includes children’s and infants’...

Becky Gerlowski, who taught Web Design, Guided Research and Computer Programming at CHS, died May 15 at age 39 due to complications with her 22-year-long battle with cancer. She will be survived by...

With the nation’s economic struggles continuing to affect everyday life, and governments across the nation being forced to reduce spending and extinguish deficits, Montgomery County is attempting to...

In advanced classes, there are always those genius freshmen who get great grade, and are ahead of everyone. Their purpose, it seems, is to make everyone else feel stupid. But lately they seem to be increasing...

A typical teenager girl turns on her computer, signs on to Facebook and updates her status with what she did that day and what she will do for the rest of the day. She may spend the next hour or two flipping...

Seven Locks Elementary School, built in 1964, will be torn down at the end of this school year and a new, significantly larger school will be built in its place. An event at the 46-year-old school was...

Ever since I was a little freshman, I could not wait for the day to be the one leaving for open lunch. Don’t get me wrong, I do love my homemade chicken and turkey sandwiches, but when you enter Montgomery...

So the other day I was sitting in class near the end of the period when my teacher called me over to tell me something important. I had only one more unexcused absence until I would get a loss of credit...

Over the past four years I have noticed a startling lack of school spirit amongst the student body and specifically my fellow seniors. The lack of spirit is most noticeable at sporting events where most...

When I began my senior year last fall, I had considerable time to contemplate what I wanted to do during my second semester as I anxiously waited to hear from colleges. Did I plan on studying at all? Did...