Trey Peters, Sports Reporter
August 27, 2025 • No Comments
The Chester Football team selected a practice player of the week on Monday, August 18th. Practice players of the week shows teamwork, good work ethic, and help their teammates get better. The coaches all get together at the...
Ian Pierce, Student Writer
May 9, 2025 • No Comments
Throughout the semester, sophomores in Miss Hodge’s English-II class have been participating in “Literature Circles.” Students selected their top three choices from a preselected collection of dystopian novels and...
May 1, 2025 • No Comments
Chester High School has installed new signs around the school to enhance the school's visibility, safety, and architectural beauty. With all these changes, Principal Jeremy Blechle stated that the updates promote school spirit...
The Chester Football team selected a practice player of the week on Monday, August 18th. Practice players of the week shows teamwork, good work ethic, and help their teammates get better. The coaches all get together at the...
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...
May 21, 2025
Have you ever wondered why your teenager struggles with getting their homework done or even waking up...
March 26, 2025
The Addams Family Musical was the show choice for the 2025 CHS Theater Department production. This musical...
Poetry Out Loud: Regional Competition
February 14, 2025
On Saturday, February 8, 2025, two CHS students competed in the Poetry Out Loud Regional competition....
Album #1: Don’t Tap The Glass, by Tyler, The Creator Favorite Song: “Ring Ring Ring” Notes: When thinking of the perfect dance/techno styled album, Don’t Tap The Glass is exactly what I imagined....
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...
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 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...