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Juniors Courtney Kushnir of Colts Neck and Elizabeth Klemm of Middletown take a look at the work of New Jersey high school journalists on display at Fall Press Day.

Inkblotters attend Fall Press Day at Rutgers

Courtney Kushnir October 30, 2016

The Inkblot staff traveled to Rutgers University for the annual Fall Press Day field trip on Oct. 24. The Garden State Scholastic Press Association (GSSPA) hosts and plans the event annually. Teen journalists...

Mock Presidential Debate features scandals, policies and personalities

Mock Presidential Debate features scandals, policies and personalities

Brigid Garrett and Julianne Sackett October 21, 2016

To end the long week of mock election campaigning, CHS held the mock debate on Friday, Oct. 21, in the cafeteria for the whole school to watch. Students represented each of the the five candidates....

SkillsUSA attends annual Monroe Leadership Conference

SkillsUSA attends annual Monroe Leadership Conference

Evan Kuo October 20, 2016

Every year, the New Jersey chapter of SkillsUSA meets to elect new regional officers. As a youth-administered organization, this system allows their members to become active participants in leading the...

CHS celebrates Week of Respect

CHS celebrates Week of Respect

Sarah McNey October 11, 2016

Each year, CHS celebrates the Week of Respect in October, along with many other public schools in the state. This year, the Week of Respect falls on Oct. 3-7 and aims to provide “age-appropriate instruction...

Students fill out their ballots to vote for who they want leading the class.

Madeira elected freshman class president

Mary Kate Cashman October 4, 2016

Students of the class of 2020 elected freshman Emily Madeira as their class president in the class elections on Tuesday, Oct. 4. Colin Martin of Middletown was elected Vice President. “I am really...

Students take a test in an all-senior AP Calculus class, which is part of the new schedule changes.

New AP schedule allows elective flexibility

Izzy Cavazzoni September 28, 2016

As a career academy focused on communications-based studies, only two Advanced Placement (AP) courses are offered to eligible students at CHS: Calculus and Studio Art. In the past, juniors and seniors...

Students of all grades cut footloose at the back-to-school dance.

Gleason says ‘No dancing’ for Back to School dance

Dylan Josephson and Julianne Sackett September 23, 2016

Cowboy boots and flannels filled the cafeteria on Friday for the annual back-to-school dance. CHS students, both new and old, danced through the night. The senior class held the first dance of the...

Thompson Park 2016 in photos

Thompson Park 2016 in photos

Audrey Mannion September 18, 2016

The Class of 2020 spent the day getting to know each other at the annual Thompson Park picnic.

Junior Audrey Mannion of Brielle works on a photo slide show for Mass Media.

School year starts with new and updated theme classes

Andrew Wang September 18, 2016

CHS opened its doors Sept. 7, welcoming in both new and returning students for another year of events, activities and classes; with the new school year came some curriculum changes. As part of a series...

Senior Caitlyn Siminerio takes a photo during a Photo Club sponsored trip to Grounds for Sculpture in the 2015-16 school year.

Photo Club fought for funding; administration listened

Julia Pardee and Sarah Lynch September 16, 2016

At the beginning of the 2016-17 school year, Photo Club was a newly unofficial and Advanced Yearbook was no longer a course. But after pushback from Photo Club council, Principal James Gleason found a...

Animation teacher Ryan Weber consults senior Julianna Belas of Monmouth Beach. Weber arrived in the spring semester to substitute for art teacher Laura Fallon, who is on maternity leave.

Weber replaces Gesin as new animation teacher

Sarah Lynch September 16, 2016

Ryan Weber, an art teacher at CHS, is teaching another elective class this year: animation. For the past eight years, technology teacher Laura Gesin taught the course because course’s previous teacher...

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