For over 25 years, the tradition of Matchmaker has existed at CHS as a way to help students find others with whom they are compatible. But three years ago, the CHS Matchmaker fundraiser went on an indeterminate hiatus. This year, Matchmaker made its comeback as a Valentine’s Day fundraiser.

The SGA distributed CHS Matchmaker questionnaires Feb. 2 to all fourth period classes. The questionnaires were then evaluated by the company Matchmaker Inc., owned by Fortress Software Inc., in order to match students with other people with similar interests. The first nine questions, with respect to height and hair preference, are required by the company, but the remaining 15 questions of all manner of topics were created by SGA members. From Feb. 9 onward, students can pick up their results for $2.00 each, and proceeds will benefit the SGA.

“It’s like eHarmony for high school,” SGA sponsor Justin Ostry said. “It doesn’t have to be a significant other; it can be friends too. It just depends on what interests people have in common.”

The point of the questions is to determine what factors students find attractive in others as well as evaluate personality traits. The SGA hopes to make enough profit from Matchmaker to finance the majority of its events and shows, such as Carnival and Mr. Churchill.

“I think Matchmaker will be successful because when the class of 2011 did it freshman year, it made a lot of money for class events,” senior SGA MCR Representative Alex Abdun-Nabi said. “I’m optimistic that [this] means we’ll have successful results and be able to continue [with events].”

Most students have found that Matchmaker is a good, fun way to make money for the school.

“We did it more for fun than seriously, [but] it was fun to look at other people’s [results],” junior Elizabeth Berriman said. “I thought it was a good idea for a fundraiser.”