AP exams are quickly approaching. Here are a few reminders for our upcoming testing season:

• AP Exams take place from May 1-12, 2023. Each day there is a morning and an afternoon session. Please see the chart above for details.
• Arrival: If your test begins at 8:00 AM, please arrive at 7:30 am.  You DO NOT want to stress yourself out on test day dealing with traffic or parking challenges. We start at 8 am…you need to arrive at 7:30 am for check-in so that everyone is ready to start on-time.  You must be on time!!
• Arrival: If your test begins at 12:00 PM, please eat A lunch and report to your testing location at 11:45 AM. We start at 12 pm…you need to arrive at 11:45 am for check-in so that everyone is ready to start on-time.  You must be on time!!
• Where: Report to your assigned testing location (see chart above). Locations are subject to change. 
• What to Bring and What Not To Bring: Please see the guidelines for students on what to bring/what not to bring HERE.
• Credit: Different colleges have different policies about scores that earn AP credit.  See the college’s AP credit policy HERE.
• Timeline:       
  • Most exams are 3-4 hours long (including instructions). For details about your specific exam, click HERE.
  • The first part of the exam usually consists of multiple-choice questions.
  • You will choose 1 of 4–5 answer choices for each question.
  • Your total exam score on the multiple-choice section is based only on the number of questions answered correctly. You won’t receive or lose points for incorrect answers or unanswered questions.
  • The second part of the exam usually consists of free-response questions that require you to generate your own responses. Depending on the exam, your responses could be in the form of an essay, a solution to a problem, or a spoken response.
• Planning to check in late or check out early on test day?
  • Please click HERE to submit a request to the AP Exam Student Check In/Check Out Form by close of business (3:45pm) THE DAY BEFORE your planned check-in/out. For Monday exams, this is the prior Friday.
• Parents must complete the form for each day you are signing in late before an exam or signing out after an exam. This must be turned in prior to the exam day. The proctor will have the list of students and passes to leave campus. If your parent does not complete the form prior, you must report to your next class and follow regular check-out procedures.
• Format:
  • Seminar and English Language and Culture are digital.
  • All other exams are traditional paper/pencil.
  • Please remember to read the terms & conditions prior to test day.
  • Non-sit fee: College Board charges a $40 non-sit fee for any student that does not sit for an exam. These fee(s) will be collected by the school.

•  Questions?      Dr. Magee Ariana_magee@DeKalbSchoolsGa.org (Assistant Principal)

This week Niharika Anand, Olivia Arcement, Neathan Aresh, Sai Chitta, Rasesh Joshi, Naveed Kabir, Aiden Lee, Jonah Nicpon, and Karthik Vishwanatham travelled to Dallas, TX to compete in the world’s largest robotics competition. With over 20,000 teams from 50 countries around the world participating in the VEX robotics, just earning the ticket to be one of the 800 teams invited to the competition was itself an incredible accomplishment!

Our team, 1275E, placed in the top half of their division. They formed competitive alliances and friendships with teams from as far away as Thailand, Mexico, Canada, Taiwan, China, and Ireland! And, they return home to us with storybook memories that will last a lifetime.

Students interested in participating in VEX Robotics for 2023-24, see Mrs. Gant in the Engineering room for more information. Applications will be available and due in May. Also, stay tuned for results from our first ever JROTC VEX team, 1275F. Their division is competing over the weekend! 

Special thanks to Mrs. Gant for her relentless commitment to our students and for creating a thriving VEX Robotics program at CHS!

Congratulations and welcome home!

Shuler Awards:

On Thursday, April 20, Chamblee OnStage participated in the culminating activity of 2023 Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards, the Shuler Hensley Awards show itself, held at the Cobb Energy Center and televised on Georgia Public Broadcasting.

Among the honorees were 11^th grader Olivia Grove, nominated for Best Supporting Performer, and 10^th graders David Artigue and Jacob Laney, nominated for their lighting design. Our pit orchestra, under the direction of 12th grader Nick Harrison, also earned an honorable mention. 11^th graders Rowan DeSimone and Trent Watts performed in the opening and closing numbers of the production, and 10^th grader Lilly Gamba and 12^th grader Elea Quinlan partnered with professionals to serve on the Sound and Audio and the House Management STAR crews respectively.

Chamblee High School was one of five schools in the state to be honored with the Standing Ovation Award, "recognizing schools that have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to creating accessible, diverse, inclusive representation throughout their productions."

We are so honored to have received these acknowledgments for our program!

Congratulations to the entire company, and to all Fiddler on the Roof cast, crew, and pit who all made valuable contributions to our show!

Senior Sendoff:

All are invited Thursday, May 4^th at 6:30pm in the auditorium! Please join Ms. Lirette along with her chorus and musical theater students as we honor our seniors with music and awards! We will desperately miss them, and want to send our love and congratulations as they graduate and take the next step on their journey.

Chamblee OnStage Parent Involvement:

As seniors graduate, the Chamblee OnStage Board is also sad to see their parents move on. Our dedicated parent volunteers are looking for additional board members, committee chairs, and other open positions for the 23-24 school year. Please email chambleeonstageboosters@gmail.com or speak to Ms. Lirette if you’d like to be involved. We would love to have you!

Please support the fantastic, award-winning Chamblee OnStage program with dinner at Willy's Mexicana Grill in Brookhaven on May 15! For everyone who shows our flyer to the cashier, Willy's will donate 30% back to our program. (Click here for the flyer - you can bring a print out or show the flyer on your phone.)

Monday, May 15

3883 Peachtree Road 

(in the Kroger Shopping Center)

To review: 

1) Mark your calendar 2) Show our flyer 3) Eat burritos. Everybody wins! 

Congratulate your friends and family in the Senior Class of 2023 by submitting a card or note for their Blue and Gold Envelope!  Drop your letters and cards off - following the information below - anytime between May 1 and May 12.   Each senior will get any cards or letters submitted for them during graduation practice.   

To drop them off in person: Be sure to write/type your Senior’s FULL NAME on ALL notes, cards and letters before dropping them off in the plastic bin outside Chamblee’s main entry doors 

To submit via USPS mail, address them to:

(YOUR GRADUATE’S FULL NAME)

Chamblee High School - CHS B&G Envelopes

3688 Chamblee Dunwoody Road

Chamblee, GA  30341

Guidelines:

• Please ONLY SEND flat cards or letters, sized 8” x 10” or smaller.  NO PACKAGES.

• Please DO NOT send anything of value to the school.

• Please DO NOT send money, gift cards, checks, etc.

• Please keep all cards and letters flat.

Stumped about how to ask someone to write a letter for a graduate?  We’ve created a letter template (follow this link) to explain how this works and what is needed.  To use this template, simply follow this link and select “make a copy”, then you can edit or re-write as needed, then send it to your loved ones.     

Questions?   Email us at BlueGoldEnvelopes@gmail.com