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

A student hard at work in the classroom. Photo courtesy of Addison Lyons

Are Students Getting A Challenge In Class?

Addison Lyons, Staff Writer February 22, 2024

Despite the ongoing belief that students prefer ease over challenge in the classroom, a handful of students are determined and willing to challenge themselves past the level they are automatically placed...

A Journalism student watching Dhar Mann during class. Photo Courtesy of Finley Malone

Looking to Fill Your Schedule? Here’s Some Easier Classes We Recommend!

Finley Malone, Staff Writer January 23, 2024

It is Chamblee students’ favorite time of the year once again— course advisement to determine their class schedules for next year. Many at Chamblee find that it is difficult to keep their schedules...

Many of the different classes Chamblee offers students are shown in this graphic.

Revisiting the 2021-2022 Crowd-Sourced Course Catalog

The Blue & Gold Staff January 23, 2024

Choosing which classes you want to take and building your schedule can be a stressful task. With such an extensive list of classes to choose from and the many different teaching approaches each one entails,...

Scores of Students Frustrated After AP Tests Lost

Scores of Students Frustrated After AP Tests Lost

Millie Gotsch, Staff Writer October 13, 2021

Students at Chamblee have been stressed by recent developments relating to AP exams and scores. Students expect their scores at some point in June, but as of now, the College Board has failed to return...

Unrealized T-shirt design for first period 2019-20 AP Seminar using the 1995 artwork Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn by Ai Weiwei

Recapping AP Capstone: Was It Worth It?

Henry Diep, Staff Writer November 4, 2020

Starting in their sophomore or junior years of high school, Chamblee students are given the opportunity to take a two-year diploma program called AP Capstone. According to College Board’s official website,...

Everything Wrong with College Board’s “Pandemic-Proof” AP Exam Structure

Everything Wrong with College Board’s “Pandemic-Proof” AP Exam Structure

Catherine Cossaboom and Iris Tsouris March 30, 2020

It’s no doubt that COVID-19 has burned a warpath through the US educational system, bringing down everything in its trajectory—from prom to senior events to now IB exams, as decreed by the International...

Reactions to COVID-19: GaDOE, College Board to Update Testing Procedures

Reactions to COVID-19: GaDOE, College Board to Update Testing Procedures

Oliver Hurst, Staff writer March 20, 2020

The following story is part of a series of articles about the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. Other articles in the series can be found here. As the coronavirus pandemic escalates, schooling around the...

An assortment of AP prep books.

Death, Taxes and…Additional AP Exam Fees?

Henry Diep, Staff Writer December 3, 2019

Benjamin Franklin once said, “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.” Well, you can add one more thing to that list: AP exam dues. College Board’s recent decision...

Chamblee Charter High, the home of 32 AP courses.

Changes to AP Program Elicit Mixed Reactions from Students and Teachers

Henry Diep, Staff Writer November 8, 2019

Advanced Placement (AP) courses—they are a way to earn college credit while still in high school and also offer a slight boost to one’s weighted GPA. Every year, students are given the option to either...

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