Skip to Main Content

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

Her royal Swiftness in concert. Photo by Addison Lyons

I Used To Love Taylor Swift. Now, Not So Much

Addison Lyons, Staff Writer April 19, 2024

As an avid Taylor Swift fan since the ripe age of seven, it has become incredibly disheartening to see how much my perspective on her has changed recently. Taylor Swift is, without a doubt, an idolized,...

Fettuccini alfredo a la Flood. Photo by Anna Kate Flood

My Favorite Pasta Recipes

Anna Kate Flood, Editor April 18, 2024

Over the past few years I have discovered, created, and mastered the best pasta recipes. These are my current favorite pasta recipes that I make at my home. To make these recipes to be the best they can...

“Good Girls Guide to Murder” trilogy. Photo courtesy of Anna Kate Flood

Why “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” is my favorite book series

Anna Kate Flood, Editor April 18, 2024

One of my favorite book series is “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” by Holly Jackson; a murder mystery trilogy made up of, “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder,” “Good Girl, Bad Blood,” and “As...

Here the staff is holding a small flower in spring because she just couldn’t stand being inside anymore.. Photo Courtesy of Teresita Trujillo

The Yellow of Spring (not just pollen)

Teresita Trujillo, Staff Writer April 17, 2024

Beautiful green pastures filled with early-bloomed dandelions and the first blooming of dogwood trees. Spring is such a fulfilling season, the cold of the winter is fading and the warmth that spring brings...

Breaking Down every song on Beyoncé’s Renaissance Sequel: Cowboy Carter 

Breaking Down every song on Beyoncé’s Renaissance Sequel: Cowboy Carter 

Amalee McWaters, Staff Writer April 14, 2024

Just hours ago, Beyoncé released her long-awaited and much-anticipated sequel to her previous album, "Renaissance." Beyoncé has said that "Renaissance" will be a three-part album, each with a unique...

These are apples - NOT oranges. Ever. Photo by Simran Kukreja

My Culinary Disdain: Foods I Despise 

Simran Kukreja, Staff Writer April 13, 2024

Oranges If someone were to challenge me to replicate the taste of an orange, I would find an acid capable of dissolving human organs, and I would win. Even after the effort it takes to peel an orange,...

A stuffed Eevee. Photo courtesy of the author

What Your Favorite Eeveelution Says About You

Lyvia Huang, Editor April 12, 2024

Eevee has been my favorite Pokémon since my fourth grade era of collecting Pokémon cards and watching Pokémon the Series: XY Kalos Quest (the best season of the Pokémon anime series). What makes Eevee...

Highly recommended by this author. Photo by Lauren Cisewski

As Sci-Fi Gets Realer, Klara and the Sun Is a Must-Read

Lauren Cisewski, Editor April 11, 2024

"Klara and the Sun" was published in early 2021 by Japanese author Kazuo Ishiguro to much acclaim. The story, about the love and abandonment of an eerily-human “Artificial Friend,” Klara, purchased...

Proudly sending each other our perfect Connections scores. Photo Courtesy of Hannah Choy

The New York Times Games, Ranked

Hannah Choy, Editor April 10, 2024

One of my favorite pastimes is my daily regiment of playing the New York Times Wordle, The Mini Crossword, Connections, Sudoku, and Strands. I find that occupying my free time with these games is more...

A screenshot of the final scene of the movie. Photo by Erin Myers-Beck

“Oh Captain, My Captain”

Erin Myers-Beck, Staff Writer March 30, 2024

Going into this movie, I thought it would just be another Friday night, another movie, another's everything, but it left me shattered and confused. Now don’t take this as a bad thing because Dead Poets...

The big reveal party where Erin [the author] would learn that she will study for her junior year of high school in Germany. Courtesy of Erin Myers-Beck

Why Does No One Talk About how Hard it Is to Move On

Erin Myers-Beck, Staff Writer March 29, 2024

Looking into the next chapter of my life is scarier than I could ever imagine Sometimes talking to people is the hardest thing to do. When you make big decisions in your life you don’t know who to...

Instructions for the new WIN time at Chamblee High School. Photo by Fed Avett

How Chamblee Isn’t Winning

Ell Bowers, Staff Writer March 28, 2024

During Bulldog time every Thursday students who are failing classes must attend a WIN session in the cafeteria to help them catch up in their classes and do their work. The students are required to sit...

Load More Stories
Donate to The Blue & Gold
$0
$2000
Contributed
Our Goal