The 2024-2025 school year officially began on Monday, August 26, 2024!
All of Community High School (CHS) gathered in St. Andrews Church, right across from CHS, to commence the beginning of the school year with the opening day ceremony.
Students sit in their designated forums and hear scattered sounds of people fleeing to their seats. The opening ceremony serves as a space to invite everyone into the atmosphere of CHS.
Forum Council Presidents; Jacqueline Boynton and Clara Freeth, then announced each grade, prompting each grade to yell enthusiastically, displaying their school spirit.
“The juniors definitely shouted the loudest,” CHS junior Vivienne Simmons said. “I don’t care what anybody else says.”
After introductions, CHS senior Claire Lewis took to the stage to read aloud a poem. When finished, her exit was accompanied by applause, and the Forum Council Presidents began announcing the different staff departments of CHS.
Staff members danced and pranced down the aisle to music alongside their colleagues. After, Dean Marci began to welcome all the new and returning faces, establishing CHS’s norms for the school year.
Ace Ennis, a CHS freshman reflected on the overall experience of the opening ceremony.
“[lt was] really good,” Ennis said. “A little confusing, but pretty easy to navigate for the most part; solid work, but a very welcoming school.”
