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Opening Ceremony: 2024 – 2025

A glace through the CHS opening ceremony that kicked off the 2024- 2025 school year for the staff and students.
By Paige Plavnick
August 26, 2024

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About the Contributor
Paige Plavnick
Paige Plavnick, Web Editor-in-Chief
This is Paige’s is third year on the Communicator staff and her second as a Website Editor-in-Chief. When she is not working in room 300, she can be found puting together a production in the Craft Theater, working across the street at Sparrow Market or finding some new gluten free recipie to attempt to bake. She enjoys waterskiing, swimming, adventures and spending time with friends. Paige is excited (and sad) for her last year at Community and as a part of the Communicator staff.