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

Posters and photos displayed in the back of Mr. Demers room.

Creating a Classroom: How Teachers Decorate Their Space

Camille Crumbley, Staff writer March 25, 2019

The classroom is a teacher’s home away from home. It can be fun to show off their personal decorating style and make the room comfortable for students and themselves. Some teachers go all out, while...

Chamblee soccer players training on the practice field.

Seven Teams, One Field: CCHS’s Nightmare Practice Situation

Will Hamilton and Sophie Maxwell March 22, 2019

With seven teams that play and practice on a limited number of fields, finding practice space has always been an inevitable struggle for Chamblee Charter High School’s spring sports teams. But as the...

Catherine Willingham, pictured right, plays the bassoon.

Bulldogs With a Beat: Chamblee Students Pursue the Performing Arts

Maya Torres, Staff writer March 19, 2019

As graduation rapidly approaches, seniors at Chamblee Charter High School have been left questioning what their futures hold. Many dream of attending their top choice universities. Some are ecstatic to...

The boys volleyball team poses for a photo.

Get Served by the Chamblee Men’s Volleyball Team

Ellie Furr, Staff writer March 18, 2019

A boys' volleyball team is just one on a list of many things that make Chamblee Charter High School unique. Three years ago, student Christian Vanleer spearheaded an initiative to bring a boys' volleyball...

Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela.

Chamblee Community Reflects on Unrest in Venezuela

Hope Williams, Staff writer March 18, 2019

In an increasingly modern society, the demand for oil has skyrocketed. For countries that sit upon oil reserves, this has the potential to bring economic prosperity and an increasingly well-off workforce....

Senior students sit outside during lunch using their cell phones.

Unfollow and Log Off: Reactions to Breaches of Privacy on Social Media

Hope Williams, Staff writer March 18, 2019

In need of cash, fast? Forget going to the pawn shop to sell off grandma’s jewelry. An app, called Facebook Research, which was available to users starting in 2016, would pay users up to $20 a month...

Junior Solange Jackson performing in Rome, Italy.

Junior Solange Jackson Cheers Her Way to Rome

Camille Crumbley, Staff writer March 18, 2019

Rome, Italy is the home of some 2.8 million citizens and thousands of years of history. For a week last December, it also hosted over 250 boys and girls in the Varsity All-American parade, which included...

FEMA Program Teaches Students Life Saving Skills

FEMA Program Teaches Students Life Saving Skills

Adena Perez, Staff writer March 14, 2019

On Saturday, February 23, the City of Chamblee offered a free, three-hour Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) training class named called “Until The Help Arrives”, the purpose of which was to...

English teacher Jennifer Andriano visits Infinite Campus, used to view and input student grades.

Behind the Grade Change Process

Oliver Hurst, Staff writer March 14, 2019

Despite the important nature of grades in schooling today, sometimes something just falls through the cracks: maybe you were sick for an extended period, or maybe your teacher made a mistake. Often times...

Freshman Sirianna Blanck stands to share her poem.

Student Poets Take the Stage at 2019 Poetry Slam

Iris Tsouris, Editor-in-chief March 12, 2019

After school on March 4, amidst the clusters of chairs in the multi-purpose room and aromas emerging from the snack table, stood a group of Chamblee students set to perform at the Literary Magazine’s...

Going Off On “Green Book”: Why It Didn’t Deserve Best Picture

Foster Cowan and Ashley Veazey March 12, 2019

Despite differing opinions over border walls, Supreme Court nominations, and Gillette commercials, there’s one thing from 2018 every American can agree on: this past Oscar season was a complete disaster....

No American, male or female, has forced into involuntary service since the Vietnam War.

Equal Rights Equals Women in the Draft

Sophie Maxwell, Staff writer March 11, 2019

On February 22, 2019, a federal judge in Texas ruled that the American draft is unconstitutional as it stands right now because it only requires men, and not women, to register. The ruling does not require...

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