CHS Musical This Weekend!

The CHS Musical, under the direction of Jon Marquez, will present Into The Woods this weekend at the Chadron High School Auditorium. Show times are:

Friday, April 27 @ 7:00pm
Saturday, April 28 @ 7:00pm
Sunday, April 29 @ 2:00pm

World History Class Digs Artifacts

Mrs. Harford's World History class dug artifacts today for an archaeological simulation project.  Each of the five groups choose an ancient culture to investigate and create clay artifact representing their society.  They then buried the artifacts and another group excavated their artifacts.  The groups will analyze the artifacts to determine what culture they represent. With the extra five minutes of burying time, they choose to bury senior Hunter Hageman!:)

CHS Year-End Special Activities/Events

It amazes me to look at the calendar and see the many year-end events that are about to take place. Many of these events are to celebrate our seniors on their successful four-year campaign to receive a high school diploma. Our expectations here are very high and we are very proud and excited to honor our students at these events.


Here's the schedule of special events:


Kiwanis Program           Thursday, April 26^th         1:00p              CHS Auditorium

Jr/Sr Prom                      Saturday,May 5^th               7:00p             CSC Student Center

Senior Baccalaureate    Sunday, May 6^th                  7:00p              CHS Auditorium

Honor’s Night                 Monday, May 7^th                 7:00p              CHS Auditorium

Seniors Check-Out        Wednesday, May 9^th          7:55a               CHS

        (Grades 9-11 start classes at 9:00am on Wednesday, May 9th)

Graduation Practice     Wednesday, May 9^th          10:00a            CSC Armstrong Gym

Graduation                      Sunday, May 13^th               2:00p              CSC Armstrong Gym

Literature Circles - English II

Mrs. Beguin's English II class recently completed a student-led project called Literature Circles. Students chose the people in their groups and also the book they would be reading. Coming up with multiple copies of books that the students were interested in reading was a definite challenge! A couple even chose to buy a book and read it on their iPad or iPod. Time was devoted each day to reading and completing their specific "jobs" in the Lit Circle. The different job titles included: Theme Theorist, Art Designer, Discussion Leader and Character Commentator. Each of these leaders asked their group to complete certain weekly tasks. These are posted on the class blog: limlit.blogspot.com. When the students finished reading the books, each group was responsible for creating a "Common Craft" video. They first were shown an example (Zombies in Plain English at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVnfyradCPY ) and then created their own based on their book. Each group was responsible for creating a script, a storyboard, props and finally, producing the video. The videos feature student's hands, props and one person reading a script. Check out the great job these students did: limlit.blogspot.com. 

State Testing Begins!

Two weeks of State testing begins today!  Yesterday I visited with the juniors about the importance of state testing to show proficiency in the core classes of reading, writing, math, and science. The goal of these tests is not to be classified as 'Advanced' or 'Exceptional', these tests are to show that each student has gained the basic knowledge of these subjects. Our hope is that each junior takes the time to provide an honest assessment of their skills.

I challenged the juniors to be competitive. Last year, we had outstanding test scores. We were one of the highest scoring schools of 21 districts in the panhandle of Nebraska. This year my expectations is to exceed last years' scores. I reminded our students that it is important to have enough sleep each night, that if they are sick or absent, we will provide a make-up day for any tests they have missed.

Also, all freshman and sophomores will be taking the NWEA/Maps tests. These scores are used to track individual progress for each student. All of these tests provide important information for our staff to make necessary adjustments to curriculum. They also provide students and parents with yearly progress and can help identify strengths for career choices after high school.

Good luck to all of our students taking tests!

1st Annual Welding Competition Results

Congratulations to the CHS welding students for a great job during Fridays welding competition. Chadron High School hosted the event. Teams from Chadron, Gordon-Rushville, Crawford, and Pine Ridge Job Corps competed in a variety of skill events.


A special thanks to Arrow Building and Colton Scherbarth for sponsoring the trophy plaques.

Chadron Results:

Welding I Division

Oxy/Aceteyleen Welding - - 2nd place - - Ben Criss

Arc Tee                                    - -  1st place - - Cooper Cogdill

Arc Lap & Buttweld            - -   1st place - - Quentin Broberg

MIG Welding                         - -   3rd place - - Matt Dierksen

Welding II Division

Overhead & Horizontal - - 2nd place - - Brenton Bauerkemper

Vertical Tee                       - - 2nd place - - Nate Toof