Literacy Program Visits Chinatown

Students from our Middle School After School Literacy Program spent weeks reading about food and cultures from around the world. Last week, they took a field trip to Chinatown to experience some of the things they had read about for themselves. Students explored the neighborhood, stood in awe of the paper lanterns that they had previously learned how to make, and tried lots of new foods like soup dumplings and spring rolls. Everyone said the soup dumplings were their favorite and they were so happy they got to go on this trip.  

Coding and Gaming at Paley GX

CHAH is in the process of creating a gaming club as a pathway to coding. To help drive the club, students visited The Paley Center for Media and their Paley GX Gaming Studio! Students experienced and learned the historical aspect of gaming and now in its present day form. The studio featured the latest in gaming systems and VR games.

The future is now!

Celebrating Lunar New Year!

Our after school literacy club has been learning about Lunar New Year! Over the last few weeks students have read articles on the meaning of the holiday as well as what special foods to eat to bring good luck, wealth, and happiness. 

After learning about the meaning of the holidays, students had the opportunity to make a lunar new year craft. They chose between a lantern and two different types of dragons. 

The following week students read about special foods people eat on Lunar New Year. They learned how to use chopsticks and got to try a variety of foods: seaweed snacks, dumplings, red bean buns, and pocky. We took a poll: students overwhelmingly loved the pocky as well as the chicken dumplings. However, most students were not a fan of the seaweed snacks. It has been fun learning about different cultures! 

Ernst & Young Gets Audited by CHAH Students

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!

Esports are now at CHAH!

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!