This week, CHAH high school students visited the Ernst & Young headquarters! Ernst & Young is a large public accounting and auditing firm. Students learned about auditing and accounting strategies and how to earn their CPA.
Thank you, EY!
Community Health Academy of the Heights is proud to present our first esports team! Thanks to the hard work and dedication from our formal founding members, and coach Ms. Moreno, who helped pave the way for this years middle school esports team. We are now able to compete in the Garden State Esports tournament! There are two Middle School Rocket League Teams who have won their first official game. Come support and watch our matches every Tuesday in room 417!
This is the first year of our after-school literacy program here at CHAH! Before the break, students read about holiday foods around the world. One of the articles they read was about how Christmas foods differ around the world. Students made a list of all the new foods they learned about and compared and contrasted them. Next, they made text-to-self connections by writing about a holiday that is special or important to them. On the last day of the program before our holiday break, students presented their special holiday and then had the opportunity to try some of the foods they read about.
Students go to try Stollen (a German fruitcake) and Panetone (an Italian fruitcake)!
CHAH students visited the Mercedes Benz headquarters this past Tuesday!
They got to meet the president of the Manhattan location. Students also had the opportunity to speak to the heads of the various departments, where they leaned what their day to day role and responsibilities look like. They learned about sales, HR, the Mercedes Benz service center, and marketing.
One student told them all he’ll be back for a test drive!
The smell of frosting and competition filled the air as students walked into the classroom with their inaugural bakes for the Great CHAH Bake Off.
How did we get here?
Ms. James hosts a daily lunch club where she allows students to decompress over snacks and games with their friends and classmates. During one of these sessions, the students suggested baking and somehow they got to the idea of a baking competition.
Ms. James drew inspiration from one of her passions: the Great British Bake Off. In order to celebrate the season, they collectively chose Halloween cupcakes. The judges, a combination of teachers and students, took their responsibilities very seriously and a great time was had by all.
This is what Ms. James hopes will become a tradition at CHAH, where students and staff can come together over a shared interest: baking and learning from one another.
