Poetic expressions: NEHS to host Poetry Week

Summer Hollingsworth, Staff Writer
April 15, 2019
Poetry can be a great medium to express feelings and emotions, and the word poetic is often used to describe something mystical and beautiful. At CHS, students and staff are focused on maintaining an environment of new ideas and continuous learning. As part of that mission, CHS celebrates National Poetry ...
“Poetry is music, music is poetry”: Poetry added to the second Coffeehouse

Autiana Easley, Staff Writer
January 26, 2018
Any student who admires the arts and performance will look forward to CHS’s annual Coffeehouse. Planned and performed three times a year, students ready to show their stuff will audition and perform originals or recite poetry for an audience. As a bonus, the program has introduced a new prize available...
Poetry Out Loud 2017 (Photos)

Samanthan Martin, Staff Writer
January 20, 2017
The local annual poetry recitation contest, Poetry Out Loud, was held on Wednesday, January 18, at 7pm. This year's winner, sophomore Ava Wendelken, will move on to the regional competition later this winter. Sophomores Brady Chisholm and Bri Murray finished second and third, respectively. Click on...
Coffeehouse allows students to express themselves

Janae Ely, Staff Writer
October 3, 2016
The Coffeehouse: First Cup held on Sept 26 was organized by English teacher Sue Biondo-Hench and technical adviser Greyson Rech at Carlisle High School. Singers were able to show their voices. People attended the coffeehouse to hear the singers perform covers and original material sing and listen to...
Overflowing with Talent: Coffeehouse returns for First Cup

Harry Wendelken, Student Life
September 30, 2015
Over this past weekend, scores of teachers, students and parents from the CHS community came together for an extraordinary night of music, food, poetry and all around good times. This was the first Coffeehous of the year- the First Cup. And rest assured, it was a generous refill for our cups wh...
Ready to serve: Coffeehouse ‘First Cup’ to return this weekend

Allisya Mullins, Student Life writer
September 22, 2015
Coffeehouse is having their annual fall performance night, The First Cup, on Saturday Sept 26 in the Fowler Courtyard from 7-9:30 p.m. There will be a three dollar entrance fee for students, five for adults. The First Cup will be conducted in what is called “Coffeehouse style” where all the performers...
Coffeehouse: the First Cup of 2014-2015 (Event)

Periscope staff
September 16, 2014
Coffeehouse: The First Cup Saturday, September 27 Fowler Courtyard Café (In the event of rain, the coffeehouse will be held in the Swartz Auditorium.) 7:00-9:30 $3 for students $5 for adults Opening Act: Mr. Rowland and Mr. Wilkinson Closing Act: ...
Creativity unleashed: ‘Pandora’s Box’ returns with new digital format

Janie Haseman, News Editor
March 12, 2014
Pandora’s Box has been opened once again. Carlisle High School’s literary magazine, which has been on hiatus for the past few years, recently published its first issue. Although the anthology had previously been published in print, Pandora’s Box is now solely an online affair. “One of the reason...
CHS’s 9th Annual Poetry Out Loud Competition doesn’t miss a beat

Chenta Shirley, News Writer
January 31, 2014
CHS’s 9th Annual Poetry Out Loud Competition went off without a missed beat. Poetry Out Loud is a National Recitation Contest that was started in the spring of 2006 and according to Poetry Out Loud’s webpage, “[Poetry Out Loud] has grown to involve millions of students across the country....
Carlisle Coffeehouse: the overflowing cup of performance

Bryanna Youtzy, News writer
January 23, 2014
Carlisle High School is constantly refilled by the music of the Coffeehouse each year. The Coffeehouse at Carlisle is an event that happens at various times throughout the year, and it now has added poetry along with the different music that is performed. It's held either in the Swartz cafeteria,...