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2018-2019 APPROVED ACADEMIC CALENDAR
At the November 21st Legislative Board Meeting, the 2018-2019 Academic Calendar was approved. Please make note that school will start earlier next year with no change to the length of spring break. View the calendar here, http://bit.ly/2BFA7gn.
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Myers Teacher's Husband Returns to IRONMAN to Raise Funds for CHoP
Dana Diamondstein and her husband Michael lost their daughter Emma to necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) when she was just 17 days old. Eleven years later, Michael returns to the Wisconsin IRONMAN to raise additional research funds.
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Four Administrators Join CSD
At the Tuesday, June 12 Legislative Board meeting, four administrators were appointed: Mark Brooks, Director of Facilities and Maintenance; Craig Metcalf, Vice Principal at Cheltenham High School; Ian Sandberg, Ed.D., Supervisor of Special Education; and Kevin Smith, Administrator of Climate and Culture at Cheltenham High School. Brooks comes to Cheltenham after eight years as a...
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Senior Walk 2018
More than 100 members of the Class of 2018 returned to the halls of their elementary schools for the traditional Senior Walk.
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CHS Alumnus Ben Bowman Named Girls Basketball Coach
Cheltenham High School Class of 1997 graduate Ben Bowman returns to his alma mater this fall as the new head coach of the varsity girls basketball team, CHS Athletic Director John Creighton announced recently. "Cheltenham High School Athletics is excited about the return to campus of Ben Bowman as the new varsity girls basketball coach,” said Creighton. “Mr. Bowman has coached at a very successful girls program at Souderton Area High School and we believe that success will carry over to CHS....
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2018 Summer Voyage Program: Innovating through Engineering
The 2018 Voyage Summer program is an exploration on the theme “Innovating through Engineering.” Pennsylvania-certified teachers will lead students through a project-based learning model, helping them create as designers, invent and innovate as makers and present and brand as artists. These student engineers will exercise their curiosity, creativity, collaboration and critical-thinking skills every day. The program will run...
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Congratulations to the Class of 2018
With 350 plus students walking across the stage to collect their diplomas and move onto the next stages of their lives, Cheltenham High School celebrated its 134th commencement Thursday, June 14 at La Salle University.
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CHS Rising Senior Takes First in Annual Jewish Federation Art Competition
CHS junior Jessica Schenk recently received first place in the 3-D category for her work “The Six Million” at the 44th annual Mordechai Anielewicz Holocaust Remembrance Art Competition. A reception took place June 5 at the Moore College of Art, where much of the entered art was on display in early June. The Jewish Federation of Philadelphia’s annual Holocaust-themed art ...
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Foundation Awards Seven Scholarships to 10 Students
At this week’s senior awards celebration, the Cheltenham School District Foundation awarded seven scholarships to 10 students across a variety of interests. Students wrote essays to be considered for the scholarships, which increased this year from $1,000 to $6,500 thanks to the generosity of local businesses, Cheltenham teachers, community members and organization donations. “I am so excited and honored to have been a part of this scholarship process because it extended beyond the traditional merit scholarship for grades to include those who are capturing the spirit of Cheltenham and impacting the lives of others,” said Michelle Bellamy, who chaired the scholarship committee, which also included...
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CSD Students Recognized with Sustainable Cheltenham Awards
The Cheltenham Environmental Club and a group of Cedarbrook eighth graders received 2018 Sustainable Cheltenham Awards at Arts in the Park this past Sunday. Environmental Club Officers Zack Gharrafi and Julia Doyle accepted the award on behalf of the club for their partnership with Glenside Elementary students to create a sustainable vertical garden out of recycled bottles....
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Baseball Marathon Game
About 50 Cheltenham Baseball players and alumni from the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s mixed it up on the diamond on Sunday, June 3 for the Panthers’ annual marathon game at the high school. With varsity, junior varsity and alumni players divided into integrated squads, they played three games, each 10 innings, followed by two 15-inning playoff games and the ...
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National Junior Honor Society Holds Candle-Lighting Induction Ceremony
The Cheltenham Middle Years Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) at Cedarbrook Middle School held its annual candle-lighting induction, welcoming 119 first-year members and recognizing its 91 second year members. The 2017–2018 NJHS officers (Yael Waxman, president; Joelle Williams, vice president; Donya Baxter, secretary, Zoe Matsinger, induction chair; and Ben Wagner, treasurer) took turns lighting ceremonial candles representing and...
