Fine Arts loses auditorium for practice fields
March 25, 2010 • JESSICA VOLIN
Filed under News
Some of the additions that were originally a part of the new school layout have been cut because the plans have forced the project six million over budget. Original renovation plans called for new classrooms to ease overcrowding and to get rid of the portables. It also called for an improved athletic... Read more »
Getting Physical – Mousetrap cars return to Chapin
March 24, 2010
Filed under Student Life
A flash slowly explodes down the hallway. Students patiently cheer as it passes a man who calculates in a chair. The flash crashes into the wall, halting its momentum and ending the screams of support. The infamous roll of measuring tape is dragged out, and the race is over. In late February, the physics... Read more »
Anatomy Class, or Boot Camp?
March 22, 2010 • Spencer Marsh
Filed under Features
At the end of every school year, everyone in the school signs up for classes for the upcoming year. One of the many science courses offered to the school is Anatomy, the study of the human body and its workings. The course title tells a lot about the class, such as you will be learning about muscles,... Read more »
SAIL project takes wind
March 22, 2010
Filed under Features
Current events, culture, history, nuclear power, energy consumption, and societal safety rarely have anything in common with each other. All of that has changed with the introduction of the trans-curricular project by the Chapin High School SAIL program. SAIL, or Success Acquired In Learning, is a program... Read more »
Cash for good grades
March 18, 2010
Filed under Features
Interims and report cards fill some students with several different emotions throughout the students of Chapin High. Anxiety, carelessness, and fear are visible on some student’s faces. For others, GPA’s translate to ATM’s – interims and report cards provide not only praise and... Read more »
Junior year essential to college success
March 18, 2010
Filed under An Eagle's View
As students first enter high school, a majority of them concentrate their effort on their freshman and sophomore years before burning out in their junior and senior terms. While every year in high school is important, one year stands out as the most important. Unfortunately, it is not the one most students... Read more »
Students cooking at the Claw Cafe
March 18, 2010 • Blythe Padgett
Filed under Features
Mrs. Tracy Player’s special education class has begun a new program called the Claw Café in which her students prepare and serve lunch to Chapin High teachers. Completely run by the special education class, students learn career building skills in addition to their regular course work. The former... Read more »
Benedict Gospel Choir graces Chapin assembly
March 18, 2010
Filed under Features, Student Life
Numerous cries of pain erupt from the mouth of the unfortunate victim. Others sharing similar pain rush to comfort this tormented soul. Each has a story of a tragic legacy to share with those who grace their presence. These stories belong to the members of the Benedict Gospel Choir, a nationally acclaimed... Read more »
Classic Youtube Clips
March 18, 2010
Filed under Entertainment
Rejected Cartoons A longtime favorite of keyboard warriors, animator Don Hertzfeldt’s Rejected Cartoons is a definite Youtube essiential. Clocking in at an impressive nine minutes and twenty-two seconds, this short utilizes a lethal combination of randomness, original humor, and brilliant writing... Read more »
Junior year most important year of all
March 18, 2010
Filed under Features, Uncategorized
The last home basketball game is tonight and the biggest chemistry test is tomorrow, first block. The right thing to do would be to go home and study, but it’s the biggest game of the year! The game simply cannot be skipped for schoolwork. Big mistake. Junior year is the most important year of... Read more »
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