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Chamblee Soccer Star Bound for 2019 World Cup

Hope Williams

November 15, 2018 • No Comments

The soccer season may not start until the spring, but one Chamblee Charter High School athlete has been focused on soccer for the last few weeks at an international level. Senior Giselle Washington plays for the Jamaican National...

CCHS Reflects on Reality of Digital Dreamers

Camille Crumbley

November 15, 2018 • No Comments

Although the deadline for Digital Dreamers completion has passed, some confusion over the orientation program posted to DeKalb’s online “Verge” platform lingers. The orientation was intended as an introduction to Chromebook usage for students that would teach safe and proper usage of the laptops and online applications. “People are very concerned about what students are doing online and about online safety and whether...

Turnitin.com Turned Off Again After Brief Return

Foster Cowan

November 15, 2018 • 6 Comments

Mishaps with funding have led to the abrupt loss of one of the most used websites for teachers at Chamblee Charter High School, Turnitin.com. For about two weeks in October, no one at CCHS had access to the site; access was temporarily regained for most of the rest of the month, but now, the school has been left, once again, without access to Turnitin, which Chamblee has been actively subscribed to for over a decade. In...

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Chamblee Junior Published to National Platform

Sophie Maxwell

November 19, 2018

On Sunday, November 4, CNN posted an op-ed about gun violence on its website in response to the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA. At first glance, this op-ed may seem like any other, but the author is Chamblee Charter High School’s...