5% Club Students/Educators To Be Honored At Banquet

CHESTERTON | Chesterton High School will host the 24th annual 5% Club Banquet for those 24 students in the top 5% of the senior class of 2013 on Wed., May 15 at the Waterbird Lakeside Inn and Spa. The event will be sponsored this year by Duneland Education Foundation and the Duneland School …

'Beauty and the Beast' on stage

Munster, Lake Central high schools ranked top Indiana schools in U.S. News report

Ten Northwest Indiana public high schools received top ratings in the U.S. News and World Report 2013 Best High School rankings released this week.

CHS Honor Rolls recognize 972 students for third nine weeks' accomplishments

CHESTERTON | Chesterton High School has recognized 972 students on the Honor Roll for earning at least a 2.80 grade point average for the third nine weeks'. Of those, 456 students are listed on the Principal's Honor Roll for earning a grade point average of 3.50 or higher for the second nine…

Several to be honored at CHS Academic Recognition Night

CHESTERTON | Chesterton High School students from all four grade levels will be honored at the Academic Recognition Night sponsored by the school this Thursday, April 18 in the CHS Auditorium at 7 p.m. Recognition to students is based on cumulative grade point averages (GPA) specific to each…

CHS Radiothon April 22-25

CHESTERTON | Chesterton High School’s radio station, WDSO-FM 88.3 will host its 23rd annual Radiothon on April 22-25 from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. and will conclude with a remote broadcast from George’s Gyros Spot in Chesterton on Friday, April 26 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

CHS concert bands bring home ISSMA gold

CHESTERTON | The Chesterton High School Wind Ensemble traveled to Wheatfield this past Friday to compete in the Indiana State School Music Association’s (ISSMA) annual organizational concert event. Kankakee Valley High School was recently added to the list of schools hosting events like this…

CHS Baseball Boosters host all you can eat breakfast

CHESTERTON | The Chesterton High School Baseball Boosters is hosting an All You Can Eat Breakfast on Saturday, April 20 from 7-11 a.m. at the Chesterton Moose Lodge, 602 Broadway. Presale tickets are available from any CHS baseball player for $6.00 each or $7.00 at the door. Menu includes: p…

Duneland School Board approves pilot breath test program

CHESTERTON | Members of the Duneland School Board unanimously approved mandatory breath tests for students upon entry to the last two remaining dances of the school year, prom and senior banquet, as part of a pilot program before considering it a permanent part of school alcohol policy.

Peepshow art exhibit for the modern world on display at CHS

CHESTERTON | Peepshow - The Art Exhibit for the Modern World will open on Wednesday and Thursday April 10 & 11 at the Chesterton High School Upper Gymnasium, 2125 S. 11th Street in Chesterton.

CHS Winter Guard community night April 3

CHESTERTON | The Chesterton High School Winter Guard will present a Community Night on Wednesday, April 3 at 7 p.m. in the CHS Main Gym. The event will feature performances from the Chesterton Middle and High School Winter Guards. The public is invited to attend this free performance. Please…

CHS to induct 85 students into National Honor Society

CHESTERTON | The Chesterton High School Chapter of National Honor Society will welcome three seniors and 82 juniors into membership during the 66th annual induction ceremonies on Wednesday, April 3 at 7 p.m. at the Chesterton High School Auditorium.

Chesterton High School considers Breathalyzer tests at prom

CHESTERTON | Chesterton school officials are considering a plan to require students attending prom and senior banquet to take a Breathalyzer test.

CHS Japanese Olympiad teams win state championship

CHS Japanese Olympiad team: Front row, from left, George Romero, Natalie Wozniak, Monika Segovia, Evelyn Miller and Molly Cannon; back row, Jimmy Rogers, Garrett Lee, Chris Maatouk, Matt Lutze, Matrika Laster, Lilly Hull, Michelle Stramel, Sydney Shrum and Addison Dempsay. Absent from photo …

Area students debate fracking at watershed meeting

VALPARAISO | Members of the Chesterton and Valparaiso high school debating teams will debate the pros and cons of fracking at Monday's meeting of the Valparaiso Chain of Lakes Watershed Group.

CHS Japanese Olympiad teams win state championship

CHESTERTON | Chesterton High School won the state championship in the second-year and third-year divisions and was runner-up in the fourth-year division at the Japanese Olympiad of Indiana on Saturday at Ball State University in Muncie.

Smart economic growth, development in Chesterton

Taylor McCorkel, a freshman at Chesterton High School, paints one of the playhouse floats in last year's Homecoming Parade. Each class had a playhouse to paint. It then was auctioned off for specific charities after the parade. The school's building trades class built the playhouses.