The Blue & Gold

The official newspaper of Chamblee High School, preserving the past for the future today!

The official newspaper of Chamblee High School, preserving the past for the future today!

The Blue & Gold

The official newspaper of Chamblee High School, preserving the past for the future today!

The Blue & Gold

My new COVID-19 workspace.

Dealing with Depression In Isolation

Ava Lewis, Editor in Chief March 31, 2020

The sudden changes that the Coronavirus outbreak brought to our lives have been overwhelming and sometimes scary as we navigate the new ways we can live in our enclosed environments. Its unpredictability...

Just a few of the shows recommended in our collection.

The Quarantine Diaries: Binging with the Blue & Gold

The Blue & Gold Staff March 20, 2020

In a time of uncertainty, hand-washing, and the seemingly everlasting cycle of online assignments, sometimes the best thing to do is take some time for yourself and indulge in something many of Chamblee's...

Chamblee players in a spirit circle during the 2019 Spring season, according to their website.

Practice Makes Perfect: Ultimate Frisbee Club Prepares for Tournaments

Keegan Brooks, Editor March 4, 2020

Ultimate Frisbee was invented by a group of high schoolers fifty-two years ago in New Jersey, and Chamblee students have continued on this tradition with our own Ultimate Frisbee Club. Not many popular...

Empress of The Blues, by Romare Bearden, (1974).

The Artists Behind the Art: Exploring African-American Culture Through Art

Ava Lewis, Editor in Chief February 28, 2020

“Black art has always existed. It just hasn’t been looked for in the right places.”  -Romare Bearden I’m in love with visual art. I spend countless hours scrolling on my phone, pinning sketches...

A STAR Plus student writes in their notebook in Mr. Avetts star period.

Struggling to STAR: STAR Plus Comes in Second Semester

Keegan Brooks, Editor February 6, 2020

For freshmen and sophomores at Chamblee, MAP Testing (Measures of Academic Progress) is a tedious task that students and teachers must go through throughout the year. Despite this, the adaptive test has...

A rendering of the renovated Chamblee Chick-fil-A, scheduled to reopen in 2021.

Demolition to Development: Chamblee Chick-Fil-A Closing for Renovation

Keegan Brooks, Editor February 4, 2020

It may come as a shock to many Chamblee students that their favorite after school or before school hang-out spot is going to be demolished. The Chick-fil-A in Chamblee Plaza near the school has been a...

Chamblees on-campus pool, used for aquatics and other water-related sports.

Physical Education Department

Vivien Orellana and Keegan Brooks January 13, 2020

Back to Course Catalog. Recreational Games Recreational Games is one of the many physical education classes at CCHS and is taught by Coach Burgess. The students in the class are made up of sophomores,...

An image of the AP Spanish bulletin board.

World Language Department

Vivien Orellana and Keegan Brooks January 13, 2020

Back to Course Catalog. AP French At Chamblee, French is often a forgotten language. Most students enter with a history of either Spanish and German and are reluctant to start over again with a new language...

An eager reader peruses a past print in the newspaper classroom.

English Electives Department

Ava Lewis, Editor in Chief January 13, 2020

Back to Course Catalog. AP Seminar Chamblee High School welcomed two new courses last year as part of an AP Capstone program to the long list of available classes for students. The first of the two --...

Fake Happy: Finding the Perfect Song

Fake Happy: Finding the Perfect Song

Ava Lewis, Editor in Chief December 12, 2019

My music taste has always been a little bit of everything. It’s been whatever record is spinning while I sit doing homework in my dad’s office or whatever comes up on my “Daily Drive” playlist...

The logos of many of the podcasts mentioned in the article.

From NPR to Ologies: Podcast Recommendations by The Blue & Gold

Keegan Brooks, Editor December 6, 2019

Writers for The Blue & Gold often spend a lot of time reading the news when they aren’t writing it. This also extends to listening to podcasts, whether they are podcasts about news, history, or other...

GSU Signal writer and Vegan Maya Torres whips up some corn and beans for a vegan taco.

How to Try Veganism on a High School Budget

Ava Lewis, Editor in Chief December 4, 2019

Everyone goes vegetarian, vegan, or limits their diet for different reasons. For me, I saw the world around me in decay due to human overuse and pollution, and in March 2018 I stopped eating meat for good....

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