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Chester Public Library – Creative Writing Circle
Creative Writing Circle
CHS Poetry Competition
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The Yellow Jackets run to take the field
Chester Clinches Playoff Spot
Alex Williamson, Sports Reporter • October 13, 2024

The Chester Yellow Jackets secured their spot into the 2024 football playoffs with another dominant win against the Carlyle Indians with a score of 42-0. The offense started strong and kept up their strength throughout the...

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Teacher of the Month
Teacher of the Month - August
Elizabeth Wilson, Editor • September 10, 2024

Teacher of the Month
Teacher of the Month - March
Elizabeth Wilson, Jr. Editor • March 31, 2024

Cartoon by Chelse Mathis on the Propel Ban
Snacks Ban Lifted
Hannah Stueve, Sting Reporter • November 15, 2023

CHS principal, Mr. Blechle, announced a new ban, on Tuesday, November 7th, during 5th hour. He stated that there is no more eating or drinking...

Mothman Graduates
Mothman Graduates
May 9, 2023

cartoon by Julia Nicole Venus
Nightmare Zoo
Julia Nicole Venus, Sting Reporter • May 5, 2023

World Teacher’s Day

World Teacher’s Day

October 4, 2024

Each year, World Teachers Day falls around the beginning of the school year or the start of a new semester....

Senior To Senior

October 3, 2024

It is easy to assume that each senior participant would agree and encourage seniors to stay motivated...

New and Improved Homecoming Week

New and Improved Homecoming Week

September 13, 2024

This year’s Homecoming at CHS is unlike any other that has been done before. During Homecoming week...

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The Purge released May 31, 2013
Movie of the Week #7 -The Purge
Megan Zimmer, Sting Reporter • October 15, 2024

“The Purge” created in 2013, follows the story of the Sandin family. The Sandin family are very wealthy people who choose to stay hidden away from the annual Purge, but that might not happen this year. The...

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Graveyard
Graveyard
Aaliyah Berkbuegler October 15, 2024

Throughout the graveyard, silence fills. Sounds of the past leave us with chills. Under the moonlight, shadows are creeping. Some may say...

Purgatory
Purgatory
Jason Sibley October 15, 2024

She sits, waiting, for her captors to come. She does not fight, merely accepts, powerless, hopeless. As she sits in a white room, devoid...

CHS Poetry Competition
CHS Poetry Competition
Isabel Smith, Associate Editor • October 2, 2024

The CHS Creative Writers’ Circle and The Sting presents the CHS Poetry Competition! Any CHS student, faculty, admin, or alumnus can enter....

CHS Students Win SWIC Poetry Contest
CHS Students Win SWIC Poetry Contest
Elizabeth Wilson, Jr. Editor • April 25, 2024

Two Chester High School students, Brooklyn Webb and Tia Martinez, won both first and second place in SWIC's annual poetry writing contest. Brooklyn...

Somber Storms
Somber Storms
Chance Murphy February 21, 2024

The air trickles like a majestic waterfall Rain falling like a dancer Prancing and prancing toward the ground Forever dancing to the earth Smiles...

The Sunny Filter
Summer Valleroy February 20, 2024

I used to see the world in a sunny filter Yet now it seems that it has faded It’s not the same as it used to be Everything seems...

The Life Cycle
The Life Cycle
Brook Webb February 10, 2024

The world spins, a carousel of life and death. An unending cycle. A newborns cry echoes in the dawn, a life ignited, a flame in the darkness....

Spanish class Celebrates Spanish Week
Spanish class Celebrates Spanish Week
Jack Kennedy, Sting Reporter • October 10, 2024

Senora Zeiger’s classes brought in homemade food or drinks to celebrate Spanish week Friday, Sept. 12. The assignment was only for extra credit,...

PBIS Perfect Attendance
PBIS Perfect Attendance
Hannah Stueve, Sting Reporter • October 7, 2024

Congratulations to the following students who have had perfect attendance since the beginning of school till the end of September. These students...

Ms. Martinez's dog, Karlos
Pet of the Week - Karlos
Hannah Hoskin, Sting Reporter • October 1, 2024

Meet Ms. Martinez’s 4-year-old dog, Karlos. He has an unforgettable personality and loves to go everywhere with his family. He lives...

Pepper, the puppy!
Pet of the Week - Pepper
Hannah Hoskin, Sting Reporter • September 16, 2024

Meet Pepper, Ms. Holly’s dog. Pepper was adopted from the human society in Cape. She is a terrier mix. They also think there is a bit...

Raven's pet cat, Kitty
Pet of the Week - Kitty
Hannah Hoskin, Sting Reporter • September 9, 2024

This is Kitty, Raven's cat. She is the silliest cat Raven knows. She is very cuddly to her, but to everyone else, she is vicious. She likes...

Peyton Cole's pet cat, Asher
Pet of the Week - Asher
Hannah Hoskin, Sting Reporter • September 3, 2024

This is Asher, Peyton Cole's cat. Peyton says, “Asher is truly one of the funniest, chaotic cats I have yet ever to see!” Asher's favorite...