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

Chamblee Community Unites to Promote Suicide Awareness

Chamblee Community Unites to Promote Suicide Awareness

Ellie Furr, Staff writer October 3, 2016

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and Chamblee, like many other high schools today, has good reason to be interested in raising awareness for suicide. Since two incidents of...

Blue and Gold NFL Predictions

Blue and Gold NFL Predictions

Jack Bennett, Author October 2, 2016

As the NFL season approaches the halfway mark, teams are starting to show what they actually can do, either proving or disproving the glut of predictions made at the beginning of the year. We have decided...

West Georgia Wolves Welcome Tyler Buford

West Georgia Wolves Welcome Tyler Buford

Victoria Syphoe, Author October 1, 2016

The University of West Georgia will be gaining another Wolf in the fall of 2017. Following graduation, Chamblee Charter High School senior Tyler Buford will be attending the Division 2 school on a soccer...

North DeKalb Stadium. Photo by Caitlin Kirk.

Scheduled Remodeling for North DeKalb Stadium Sparks Discontent

Noa Benveniste, Author September 29, 2016

Last year on May 24, a vote was held in DeKalb County to determine if the Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (ESPLOST) was to be renewed for another five years. ESPLOST is a one percent sales...

Senior Brynn Lautenbacher performs a routine san on a patient during her internship at a German Cardiology Center.

Chamblee German Students Enter the Workforce

Noa Benveniste, Author September 29, 2016

While most students only get the opportunity to study a foreign language in the classroom, Chamblee’s German program offers three summer exchanges, two of which allow Chamblee students to attend German...

Books assigned by Chamblee teachers

Assigned Reading Causes Mixed Reactions in Students

Christina Jordan, Author September 27, 2016

Teacher-assigned books, meant to promote appreciation and understanding of great literature, seems to have the opposite effect on some students. “It’s just when they assign it, it makes me not want...

Our Obsession with Passivity

Our Obsession with Passivity

Jake Busch, Editor-in-chief September 26, 2016

Henry Ford once said, “Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.” Let that sink in. Let those words embed themselves in your brain. Don’t get distracted....

Standing Room Only at Chamblee High

Standing Room Only at Chamblee High

Alice Bai, Editor-in-chief September 24, 2016

The halls of Chamblee are packed to the brim following redistricting that brought some 300 new students to the school. The 2016-2017 school year is the school’s most crowded yet, with 1646 students...

Students and Staff Adjust to Shorter Lunches

Students and Staff Adjust to Shorter Lunches

Ellie Furr, Staff writer September 19, 2016

For the first couple weeks of school, students and staff at Chamblee Charter High School enjoyed a 30 minute lunch with plenty of time to eat and socialize. Now, due to overcrowding problems in the cafeteria,...

Chemistry Teacher with an Element of Excellence Lands at Chamblee

Chemistry Teacher with an Element of Excellence Lands at Chamblee

Ellie Furr, Staff writer September 19, 2016

Dr. Daryush Sattari, Chamblee Charter High School’s new chemistry teacher, has survived war, adapted to life in the U.S., and prevailed over blindness to join the faculty for the new school year. Before...

Distressed Teens Bemoan Lack of Distressed Jeans

Distressed Teens Bemoan Lack of Distressed Jeans

Marley Brock, Author September 18, 2016

$850. That’s how much Saks Fifth Avenue sells a pair of Saint Laurent “trashed” skinny jeans for. Barneys New York offers Dolce & Gabbana “distressed” jeans for $695. Not that the students...

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...

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