September 15, 2025 • No Comments
Chester Grade School opened its doors to the public to present Larry Baldwin, John A. Birchler, and Linda Egge as the newest members of the Teacher Hall of Fame on August 12th. The Hall of Fame is an honor earned by former...
September 15, 2025 • No Comments
Mrs. Amy Miller and Ms. Becky Clendenin chaperoned a group of U. S. History students on a visit to the Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site for a history-filled field trip on Wednesday, Sept. 10. The group toured Fort...
September 14, 2025 • No Comments
CHS SADD is hosting a dress-up week, Monday, September 15 through 19th. It is meant to help prevent suicide and bring attention to helpful resources for people. The dress-up themes are: Monday: Don’t Sleep on your...
The Chester Yellow Jacket Football Team took the road to take on the Pinckneyville Panthers on Friday, Sept. 5th. Both teams were 1-0 going into the game. Chester came off of a dominating win over East Alton Wood River and...
Chester High School's very own music department held their annual Spring Concert on Wednesday, May 6. This concert consisted of a concert and...
The Chester District 139 held a board meeting on April 10 that covered several key issues, including teacher tenure and administrative contracts. Six...
September 12, 2025
We have some new teachers and staff here at CHS! In order to introduce these teachers so we know a little...
The Book That Changed My Perspective On Reading
September 4, 2025
Reading has been a cherished pastime throughout the history of time. But due to social media and new...
May 21, 2025
Have you ever wondered why your teenager struggles with getting their homework done or even waking up...
Album #1: Submarine by The Marías Favorite Song: “Paranoia” Notes: Submarine by The Marías was mainly written by the band’s lead singer, María Zardoya, where she was inspired by water itself...
The CHS Poem of the Month challenge is back again for the 2025-26 school year! Students, staff, and alumni are all invited to enter one original...
Last semester, students in Miss Hodge’s elective class collected their best work to form a booklet. This will be the beginning of a new anthology...
Jason Sibley has had an incredible run in his series of wins for the Poem of the Month competition. According to the poet, "I am a writer,...
Revolution Chaput has done it again with yet another poetry win! "I think art is our most valuable tool in communicating, and I enjoy indulging...
Creative Writing and Writers’ Circle students from Chester High School participated in this year’s Southwestern Illinois College poetry competition....
Brodie Mattingly's poem "Jerry, the Completely Normal Guy" was a hit at the CHS Writers' Circle April meeting. Judging is blind — meaning judges...
Jason Sibley is at it again with his THIRD 1st-Place win! Students in the CHS Writers' Circle selected Jason's poem "Thorns" as the winner...
Mrs. Amy Miller and Ms. Becky Clendenin chaperoned a group of U. S. History students on a visit to the Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site for...
The CHS Art Club took a field trip to two different art museums in St Louis on Friday, May 2. The first museum was The Contemporary Art Museum,...
Peanut is freshman Alyssa Stehl's Shih-Tzu. Peanut is around the age of five. Peanut enjoys rolling around in the grass and loves to...
Junior Elizabeth Wilson has two Guinea Pigs named Lasagna and Cleo. Lasagna is all brown with a white stomach and Cleo is brown with a white...
His name is Mr. Mister. His current place of residence is a terrarium in Mr. Conley's room. He enjoys eating wax worms and digging in the...
Meet Kaylee, Ms. Renfroe’s dog. She is a 4-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. She has 2 other sisters, who are 6-year-old black labs. Even...