High School
NINTH - TWELFTH GRADE
Where students thrive in the arts.
Band
CHS Band provides students with instruction in woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments. Performances include Christmas and Spring Concerts, as well as opportunities to audition for All-District and All-State Band. Smaller performing groups include the High School Praise Band and Jazz Ensemble.
CHS Singers
CHS Singers is a musical ensemble which performs standard choral literature, contemporary pieces, sacred selections, and show tunes. Performance opportunities include concerts, chapels, and regional honor choirs.
Drama
Students have the opportunity to audition for One Act in the fall and Musical Theatre in the spring. The GHSA competition for One Act occurs in the fall and the Jewel Awards occur in the spring for the musical production. These classes help students attain a professional and personal understanding of the arts through auditions, rehearsals, and performances of full-scale dramatic and musical productions. Recent productions include:
2025-2026: Guys and Dolls
2024-2025: Newsies
2023-2024: The Addams Family
2022-2023: Little Shop of Horrors
2021-2022: Hairspray
Guitar
Students in guitar class will learn the fundamentals of chords, scales, strumming, and rhythm. Performance opportunities include concerts, chapels, coffee houses, and other school functions.
Connect with the Fine Arts Department
Jessica McCuiston
Fine Arts Director
jmccuiston@chslions.com
706.277.1198 (ext. 2356)
Theatre Design/Technical Theatre
Students are introduced to stage equipment, safety procedures, power tool operation, set construction, scenic painting, stage management, costuming, makeup, sound, and lighting for theatrical productions.
Visual Arts
Art classes are offered at a variety of levels, for the very beginning artists to students building college portfolios. Media used include oil pastels, charcoal, colored pencils, ink, acrylic, watercolor, clay, and pottery.
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