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

The Hidden Poetry of Google Translate

Ethan Rotnem, Editor-in-chief October 23, 2018

Most people might think that Google Translate has only one usage: to translate phrases from one language to another. And while that is arguably its most important function, there lies inside a more clandestine...

Ed Sheeran Is Not a Winner

Ed Sheeran Is Not a Winner

Ethan Rotnem, Editor-in-chief February 25, 2018

I will preface this article by stating the following: I do not know Ed Sheeran’s music. Though I may know a few of the words to his sleeper hit, “The A Team” (and I do mean that literally! It certainly...

Elevator Works

Ethan Rotnem, Editor-in-chief March 25, 2017

Chamblee High School has seen it all: fires, tornadoes, violent threats -- the works. Its students have learned to expect and prepare for these events in advance, for they’re bound to happen at some...

Benjamin Harding Delivers Unbridled Talent to Chamblee

Benjamin Harding Delivers Unbridled Talent to Chamblee

Ethan Rotnem, Editor-in-chief November 27, 2016

Nobody would ever guess that 14 year-old Benjamin Harding, seemingly just a normal freshman at Chamblee High, has an extensive and impressive repertoire of musical performances under his belt. He has...

Custodial Workers Acknowledged For Hard Work

Custodial Workers Acknowledged For Hard Work

Ethan Rotnem, Editor-in-chief October 31, 2016

Chamblee’s custodial staff works tirelessly, five days a week, to make our school a clean and appealing place to learn. Though they are always around us, whether it be to pick up our trash or to buff...

Students Offer Different Perspective on Coming Election

Students Offer Different Perspective on Coming Election

Ethan Rotnem, Editor-in-chief October 30, 2016

Chamblee is a very diverse school; it holds students from all ethnicities, backgrounds, and religions. So, naturally, this diverse student body holds many different opinions about who the winner should...

ABC’s Scandal Beginning to Overstay Welcome

ABC’s Scandal Beginning to Overstay Welcome

Ethan Rotnem, Editor-in-chief October 5, 2016

The classic ABC political thriller Scandal, which finished its fifth season in May of this year, is hanging by a thread. The show has quickly deteriorated; it is a shell of the exciting masterpiece it...

Pediatric Cancer Unites Rivals Against a Common Enemy

Pediatric Cancer Unites Rivals Against a Common Enemy

Ethan Rotnem, Editor-in-chief September 16, 2016

This year, the highly anticipated Chamblee versus Dunwoody football game was not like normal. Yes, the screaming throngs of people and the fierce rivalry between the schools were all there, but this...

Markeal King Flies High Above the Expectations

Ethan Rotnem, Editor-in-chief September 2, 2016

There is a lot more to Markeal King, a new paraprofessional here at Chamblee, than meets the eye. He holds a relatively low-profile job. Most people around the school probably only know him by face,...

Jessy Hamilton. Photo by Caitlin Jeffers

Jessy Hamilton Shakes Up the History Department

Ethan Rotnem, Editor-in-chief August 23, 2016

Jessy Hamilton, a longtime lover of history and a self-admitted political aficionado, is a new U.S. history and economics teacher here at Chamblee. He is new to Atlanta and is looking forward to exploring...

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