by: Donavin Neugebauer and Zach Renville Last night’s battle for the top girls’ basketball team in Rapid City ended as a heartbreak for the Cobbler girls. The Raiders came out on top, making a big impact on the Central fans. The Central Cobblers (9-11) hosted the Stevens Raiders (9-9) at Naaz gymnasium, and while Stevens… [Read more…]
February 17, 2012 by renvilleandrea
By Andrea Renville, Nicole Krebs, and Amanda Thomson With preregistration at our door steps, one may be asking one’s self, “What classes should I take?” This is a rather important question, because, after all, one would not want spend their sophomore, junior, or senior year in classes with no flavor. Now you are probably asking,… [Read more…]
February 13, 2012 by renvilleandrea
by: Jacob Sperlich (with Mrs. Sperlich and Ms. Heaton) To kick off the opening of the 9th grade wing, the science department sponsored a raffle to help equip the new science classrooms. CHS science sends a huge Thank You to Jostens, the company that sells class rings & graduation announcements, for donating the framed Terry… [Read more…]
February 9, 2012 by renvilleandrea
by: Andrea Renville and Nicole Krebs This past weekend the Central High School theatre department took 31 students to Aberdeen, South Dakota to perform their original one act Dublin: the Legend of Dagda. Each year CHS Theatre takes a one act play to the State One Act Play Festival. This festival features shows from all… [Read more…]
February 7, 2012 by Mr. Sheehy
by: Sean Lamke As 1st grade students poured into the new, upstairs science department, Mrs. Rasmussen’ Meteorology class could feel the energy radiating from the children. Both sets of students from the first graders to the high school seniors anticipated a wonderful time learning about the weather. The next hour held a variety of informational… [Read more…]
February 3, 2012 by Mr. Sheehy
Have you needed to find a parking place this week? Good luck! The stock show is in town, and students are happy to blame any tardies on the cowboys across the street, though the real parking problems were during the Evening of One Acts, which took place at night when the parking gets truly tricky… [Read more…]
February 1, 2012 by renvilleandrea
by: Andrea Renville and Nicole Krebs Starting in early February, the Rapid City Area Schools Food Service will begin providing students with new breakfast selections. Janelle Peterson, M.Ed Food Service Supervisor, informed the teachers of both Central High and Stevens High School that there will be healthier breakfast options for the high schools of RCAS.… [Read more…]
January 24, 2012 by renvilleandrea
Attention Juniors and Seniors: want to win two tickets to prom? Submit a poster design to Mrs. Mueller in room C228 for the 2012 Prom, “A Sweet Escape” by Friday, January 27th and you could win those tickets. Voting will be done through the CHS Pine Needle on January 30th though February 2nd. The poster… [Read more…]
January 6, 2012 by Mr. Sheehy
Did you have to go to the main office at all this week? Do you even know where the main office is? The environment was a study in contrasts, with the office full of wandering staff just checking things out, construction workers busily attending to building details, and harried secretaries trying to impose order on… [Read more…]
December 19, 2011 by Mr. Sheehy
by: Wyatt Garlick Mr. Talley says he will be joining another intramural basketball team this January and has made some confident predictions: “I took a year off last year but will be back playing this winter for the staff team. With my return and the addition of some other staff ‘All-Stars’ we are guaranteed to… [Read more…]
December 9, 2011 by Mr. Sheehy
Have you ever had trouble putting statistics into perspective? It’s a tricky thing to do, but this week The Pine Needle ran a story about the Anatomy & Physiology classes’ blood drive, which gathered 215 pints of blood. How much is 215 pints? Well, it’s 26.9 gallons. That would definitely require more than your fridge… [Read more…]
December 7, 2011 by Mr. Sheehy
by: Kyle Wehrle The blood drive for Central was a HUGE success! Mrs. Linde’s Anatomy & Physiology classes were in a competition to see who could get the most donors and donations from businesses. Our goal for blood donations was 200 pints of blood, but we received a total of 215 pints! Over 40 local… [Read more…]
December 1, 2011 by Mr. Sheehy
by: Chase Hammond One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Central High School Theatre Department’s fall production, opened Thursday, November 17th to a packed house. As the audience arrived to the theater they immediately felt a sense of repression and hopelessness, just by looking at the set. As the lights dimmed, the play began with a… [Read more…]
November 15, 2011 by Mr. Sheehy
by: Chase Hammond It has been almost 20 years since Central High School has had a Native American in a lead role for a drama production. That could be considered a bit of a dry spell. Micah Roubideaux has ended that drought; Roubideaux auditioned in October for the fall show, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s… [Read more…]
November 9, 2011 by Mr. Sheehy
At a recent staff meeting Ms. Bauer was selected teacher of the month for Central High School. Ms. Bauer is a very proud Cobbler – who is here, there and everywhere for students whenever and where ever she needs to be. This year, Ms. Bauer is teaching Senior Composition, Mythology and Symbolism, and English 10. … [Read more…]
November 8, 2011 by Mr. Sheehy
by: Karley Perez with photo by Brianna Cummins Stevie Wonder fans have been enjoying great performances by the Central High School Cobbler Band. The Marching band has been playing “You Are the Sunshine of my Life,” “Don’t You Worry About a Thing,” “Sir Duke,” and “Isn’t She Lovely” at the Central home football games, and… [Read more…]
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February 22, 2012 by Mr. Sheehy
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