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

Dorrill sits at her desk at the beginning of a new school day.

Beloved Math Teacher to Retire: Dorrill to Close Out Career

Toby Russell, Editor April 22, 2022

This year, Chamblee students are watching some of their nearest and dearest teachers and staff retire. One such case is with Kelley Dorrill, teacher of freshman math, largely geometry and algebra. Dorrill...

The quiz team’s trophies

Once Again, Chamblee’s Quiz Team Makes Nationals

Allison Lvovich, Staff Writer April 15, 2022

For the fifth year in a row, Chamblee High School’s quiz team made nationals, which will be held at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis and Hilton Atlanta from May 27 to May 29.  The four students on the...

Two Blue & Gold staff members seen in the schools shrubbery

Chamblee PTSA Seeking Pot Donations

Keegan Brooks, Editor April 14, 2022

The Chamblee PTSA is currently seeking donations of clay pots for a campus beautification project. These pots will be used to create a border around the small pond in front of the school. “There's...

Modified schedule for EOC Testing

EOC Testing Back in Full Swing

Emmy Williams, Staff Writer April 14, 2022

End of Course [EOC] testing, the dreaded assessments have returned to Chamblee. Taken by freshmen and juniors, these tests count for 20 percent of students’ final averages. Teachers have been preparing...

DeKalb Solicits Input on Student Code of Conduct

DeKalb Solicits Input on Student Code of Conduct

Keegan Brooks, Editor April 12, 2022

The DeKalb County School District is currently soliciting comments and recommendations concerning the Student Code of Conduct for the 2022-2023 school year. Superintendent Cheryl Watson-Harris has stated...

A Chamblee student holds a previous years literary magazine

Chamblee’s Literary Magazine is Looking for Submissions

Keegan Brooks, Editor April 11, 2022

Do you go to Chamblee? Do you like to write? Do you want a chance at getting published? Chamblee High School’s literary magazine, Et Cetera, is currently looking for student submissions. Short stories,...

The poster for this year’s prom

Prom to be Held at the High Museum

Keegan Brooks, Editor March 30, 2022

Chamblee High School’s 2022 prom is being held at the High Museum of Art on Saturday, April 23 at 8:00 p.m. Titled “Masterpieces,” the prom is being organized by Chamblee’s junior class. Located...

Chamblee sign

Campus Beautification Days Scheduled for Spring

Keegan Brooks, Editor March 29, 2022

A series of three campus beautification work days are being held at Chamblee this spring. The work days will be held at the following dates and times: Wednesday, March 30 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. ...

Current superintendent
Richard Woods with a Chamblee student

The Sextet Competing for Superintendent

Keegan Brooks, Editor March 23, 2022

An attorney, a pediatric dentist, a teacher, a business owner, a retiree, and an incumbent walk onto a ballot. One of them will eventually become Georgia’s next state school superintendent. Earlier...

Chamblee PTSA Offers $4,000 in Scholarships

Chamblee PTSA Offers $4,000 in Scholarships

Keegan Brooks, Editor March 22, 2022

The Chamblee High School PTSA has announced they are awarding a total of $4,000 in scholarships to five seniors this school year.  For a chance at one of the scholarships, students must write a 500...

Chamblee Practice Field Receives New Turf, Displacing Athletes

Chamblee Practice Field Receives New Turf, Displacing Athletes

Emmy Williams, Staff Writer March 22, 2022

As the spring sports season begins, Chamblee High School athletes are faced with the age-old nuisance that is the singular practice field on CHS’s campus, which eight teams must share. This year, however,...

Two students passionately fight over the controversial issue of masks in school.

Chamblee Unmasked: DeKalb Lifts School Mask Mandate

Toby Russell and Keegan Brooks March 21, 2022

Since March 2, face masks have no longer been required in schools in the DeKalb County School District. “Based on available information at this time, the DeKalb County School District (DCSD) will be...

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