Entertainment
Jazz Bands to Perform Under the Stars

Apr 22, 2009 - 3:54:27 PM - “Jazz Under the Stars” will be presented Friday evening as the Cleburne High School and Smith and Wheat Middle School Jazz Bands perform in an outdoor concert set for 7 p.m. at Hulen Park.

CHS News
Entire CHS Cast Receives All Star Cast Honors

Apr 2, 2009 - 3:52:25 PM - Cleburne High School has set a new standard in UIL One Act Play competition with its entire cast receiving All-Star Cast honors for their winning performance at Tuesday’s Zone contest.

CHS News
Cleburne to Compete at 2009 Construction Challenge

Mar 17, 2009 - 3:58:14 PM - For the second consecutive year, Cleburne High School has qualified a team for the Construction Challenge, a nationwide competition which engages secondary students in real-world challenges relating to the construction industry.

Opinion
Older Child Adoption

Mar 13, 2009 - 8:46:16 AM - It has been an unending problem in the United States with the fact that older teens need homes among more adoptive parents and yet rarely ever get the chance.

Entertainment
Livin’ La Vida Loca

Mar 12, 2009 - 9:21:14 AM - The crazy lives of Mexican drug cartels are taking a toll on Central Americas’ already bad economy. As if that’s not enough, homicide numbers have surpassed those of the larger U.S. states.

Opinion
Advancing on Facts not Ideology

Mar 12, 2009 - 9:09:31 AM - President Barack Obama reversed former president George W. Bush’s strict regulation on stem cell research on March 9, 2009, and made it possible for scientists to study the effect of stem cells.

CHS News
TAKS Time Again

Mar 12, 2009 - 9:02:00 AM - It’s been one of the biggest things to happen in schools every year in Texas for the past few years. Teachers prepare for it months in advanced, students absolutely dread it as the days grow nearer and all principals can do is instruct the teachers the best they know how and then wait patiently for the scores to come back. That’s right, it’s TAKS time.

CHS News
Let's talk TAKS

Mar 2, 2009 - 10:18:18 AM - Hey, it is that time of the season when all eyes focus on the way we assess how our students are doing and that is by the Texas Assessment of Knowledge tests that are administered each spring.

Coming up very soon, March 3 to be exact, is the day that all levels test, and at CHS we test the freshmen in reading, the sophomores and juniors in English language arts and seniors for retests in ELA.

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Smoke Clearing from Public Places

Feb 5, 2009 - 8:39:54 AM - Arizona and California were two of the first states to step up and outlaw smoking in public places and have stuck with it closely. Perhaps other states should start to take notice of these state’s examples and maybe we could all stop involuntarily taking in the poison from the air that we have to breathe.

It happens all the time. We are standing in line at a fast food restaurant, watching the kids play in the play area while their parents watch them closely from inside and have to suffer with the smell of second hand smoke. The smoke snakes its way through our lungs and affects our hearts.

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The Inauguration of Barack Obama

Feb 5, 2009 - 8:38:12 AM - History was changed on January 20, 2009 when Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States. Barack Obama is also the first part African American president to ever be elected.