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The student news site of Carlisle High School

Periscope

The student news site of Carlisle High School

Periscope

EAGLED-EYED ONLOOKER:  A referee waits to make a call as Carlisles Sean Smith rushes against Mechanicsburg. Officials have to deal with the constant pressure of correctly judging these contests without the assistance of video review.

Referees: the zebra-striped scapegoats of the sports world (Editorial)

Jarrett Wilson, Editor-in-chief November 2, 2020

For as long as I can remember, referees have been the easy target of the sports world's blame, disgust and disappointment. After all, they are the ones that make the calls that can send the fans home packing...

AMBITION WITH A MISSION: Both Ruby Frazier (left) and Maya Reichenbach belong to the Sophomore Class Council, for the class of 2023, and are setting up for Homecoming Week. As the hallways are lined with banners and school pride, Frazier, Reichenbach, and many of their peers are hard at work ensuring there is school pride to admire around every corner.

Home of the Herd: Oct 19-23

Periscope staff October 25, 2020

Since you can’t always be here on campus, we thought we’d bring campus to you, with weekly glimpses of life around CHS! But we can’t be everywhere either, so please send us photos ([email protected])...

Home of the Herd

Home of the Herd

Periscope staff September 28, 2020

Since you can't always be here on campus, we thought we'd bring campus to you, with weekly glimpses of life around CHS! But we can't be everywhere either, so please send us photos ([email protected])...

Help Us Improve Our Website!

Help Us Improve Our Website!

Periscope staff September 21, 2020

We're back for 20-21 and we are ready to make CHSPeriscope.com THE news source for all things Carlisle High School.  But we need your help in doing so by answering a few quick questions.  Thanks!   Loading…

The Periscope/Oracle spring publication

Focused on the Future: Periscope/Oracle spring publication

Periscope staff May 28, 2020

When Covid-19 required us to stay home, the Periscope staff was faced with a challenging situation: how do we create a senior magazine? At the same time, the Oracle yearbook staff was just about to...

Congratulations to our graduating seniors!

Congratulations Seniors! (Video)

Periscope staff April 27, 2020

Hello seniors! Recently, CHS administration, faculty and staff members had a chance to share a message with the senior class, thanks to the efforts of the Carlisle Area Education Association (CAEA). ...

Lamberton Middle School student Ella Shatz designed and created five hand-thrown teapots. Each teapot was glazed in a different color and displayed together as one work of art.

CASD students earn national Scholastic recognition

Periscope staff March 24, 2020

Congratulations to the following CASD students for being recognized by the national Scholastic Art and Writing competition! Ella Shatz  (LMS, Grade 8) – Gold Medal for art Brayden Burge (WMS,...

CHS runner Casey Padgett paces behind a CV track team member during a 2019 meet. Padgetts, and other seniors playing spring sports,  athletic career at CHS may be over if the spring sports season is canceled due to Covid-19.

Spring sports at CHS in jeopardy of being cancelled

Cheney Thompson, Guest Writer March 23, 2020

Periscope welcomes guest writer Cheney Thompson to our site.  If you would like to be a guest writer, please email our adviser, Mrs. Muir, at [email protected] In light of the recent outbreak...

Many teachers in the high school have started to offer healthy snacks to students in containers like this one.  As part of an initiative to combat the distraction of hunger in the classroom setting, these snacks are available to anyone in need of a quick pick-me-up.

Filling young minds and bellies: CHS offers food to combat distraction from hunger

Hunter Nace, Staff writer March 12, 2020

CHS is taking the initiative to ensure that students don’t have to go through the school day hungry.   Starting this year, CHS has begun offering healthy snack items in classrooms for students to...

The boxes are packed, the furnitures loaded--the annual process of War College families moving in and out of the Carlisle area will soon be upon us.  But how does it feel to be the one staying behind and saying goodbye?

Packing up: the struggle to say goodbye

Emma Santillo, Staff writer March 11, 2020

As soldiers from the Army War College begin to get their orders, kids of the soldiers, commonly called military brats, are already preparing to deal with losing their friends and having to make new ones,...

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