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The Declaration

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The Declaration

Afrah Momin

Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter

Afrah Momin is a seventeen year old senior at CHS. She is an optimistic and cheerful young girl. She enjoys most of her time listening to music, binge watching her favorite TV shows on Netflix, and texting her friends. She was diagnosed with ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia) in 2003 and got out of remission in 2005. Her favorite season is winter because she loves snow and Christmas. She enjoys making her friends smile and laugh. As her final year, she is excited to gain more experience in her second year of Journalism. She hopes to pursue a career as a reporter.  

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an obsequious dog helping his owner out by handling his bag.

Obsequious

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
January 30, 2018
An anthropomorphic vixen resembled by blond hair

Anthropomorphic

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
January 29, 2018
A Sisyphean of a desert

Sisyphean

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
January 26, 2018
The time we feel contrite is when we have lost a loved one.

Contrite

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
January 24, 2018
A bunch of unskilled men taking an exam in a high school

Maladroit

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
January 23, 2018
Trammel

Trammel

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
January 19, 2018
Confabulating via text message is an everyday activity.

Confabulate

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
January 18, 2018
Whenever you feel famished, fast food is your best friend.

Famish

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
January 17, 2018
Soldiers learn intrepid techniques to get ready for war.

Intrepid

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
January 15, 2018
A man's reprehensible actions causes him to get in trouble.

Reprehensible

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
January 12, 2018
nothing is more placate than seeing four kittens sleeping next to each other.

Placate

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
January 11, 2018
a pet always makes a good cohort

Cohort

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
January 10, 2018
Pills being used as treatment for curing diseases.

officinal

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
January 9, 2018
An image of stardust in outer space

Stardust

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
January 8, 2018
a bundle of clothes in a basket

Bindle Stiff

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
January 5, 2018
Anime character from the tv show Fate

Moira

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
January 4, 2018
King Henry I representing a patrician status

Patrician

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
January 3, 2018
An image explaining how the Spanish language  accentuates all around the world

Accentuate

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
January 2, 2018
Waiting to be purchased at Walmart, Sia's Christmas Album would make a great stocking stuffer.

Sia’s Everyday is Christmas brings joy to the holiday

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
December 20, 2017
Hour of Code helps students understand the basic concept of coding as well as having fun with it.

Coding peeks an interest for CHS students

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
December 18, 2017
an image representing the word tidings.

Tidings

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
December 14, 2017
Brides wearing diaphanous veils.

Diaphanous

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
December 13, 2017
a man sustaining the very hot weather while being at work.

Sustain

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
December 12, 2017
An image of an eye illustrating the word orphic

Orphic

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
December 11, 2017
an image depicting the word sagittate

Sagittate

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
November 29, 2017
Lecture halls or classroom, college awaits those up for the challenge.

Inside College: what college life is really like

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
November 28, 2017
The controversy on climate change is an example of a harbinger.

Harbinger

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
November 28, 2017
the process of annealing

Anneal

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
November 27, 2017

Thanksgiving Bingo!

By: Afrah Momin and Jada Davis
November 23, 2017
three people traveling footloose.

Footloose

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
November 21, 2017
an image illustrating the word deontology.

Deontology

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
November 20, 2017
Coming together to fight the evil surrounding them the cast of Stranger Things poster shows just how strong these character are.

Dive deeper into the complexity of Stranger Things

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
November 20, 2017
an example of a Jalousie

Jalousie

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
November 17, 2017
a cat lollygagging.

Lollygag

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
November 16, 2017
two trees illustrating the word proximity.

Proximity

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
November 15, 2017
an image of a stellar fingerprint illustrating the word stellar.

Stellar

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
November 14, 2017
an image illustrating the word wastrel.

Wastrel

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
November 13, 2017
an image explaining the use of pathos.

Pathos

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
November 10, 2017
an image for the word cotton.

Cotton

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
November 9, 2017
an example of a Chinese government official representing the word Mandarin.

Mandarin

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
November 8, 2017
an example of an archetype.

Archetype

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
November 7, 2017
a poem perfectly illustrating the word enjambment.

Enjambment

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
November 6, 2017
an image depicting the word clew.

Clew

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
November 2, 2017
an image illustrating the word apodictic.

Apodictic

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
November 1, 2017
an image of a werewolf.

Werewolf

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
October 31, 2017
All the Halloween movies that were reviewed

Get a taste of some good ole’ Halloween movies

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
October 27, 2017

Halloween Bingo

By: Afrah Momin and Jada Davis
October 30, 2017
an image of a wardrobe.

Wardrobe

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
October 27, 2017
A girl feeling overwhelmed about how much she needs to study.

Overwhelm

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
October 25, 2017
an image of pelf.

Pelf

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
October 24, 2017
An example of a kitchen fire can be nocent.

Nocent

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
October 19, 2017
example of a malign report

Malign

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
October 18, 2017
a sign explaining a fingerprint system is an example of mealy - mouthed.

Mealy-mouthed

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
October 17, 2017

[Video] Journalistic Writing Guide

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
October 17, 2017
Arabic words are an example of jawbreaker.

Jawbreaker

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
October 16, 2017
an image of a baby receiving a gift on Christmas.

Lagniappe

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
October 13, 2017
an image illustrating a gregarious group of daddy long legs.

Gregarious

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
October 10, 2017
Nishat Bagh- Mughal Gardens in Srinagar, Kashmir.

Step out of your comfort zone, travel to Kashmir

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
October 8, 2017
an image of artillery illustrating the use of the word bombard.

Bombard

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
October 6, 2017
an image illustrating the word agita.

Agita

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
October 4, 2017
an image representing salubrious

Salubrious

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
October 3, 2017
an image for the word ensconce

ensconce

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
September 29, 2017
an example of a pangram

Pangram

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
September 28, 2017

Back to School

By: Afrah Momin and Jada Davis
September 28, 2017
Aggiornamento

Aggiornamento

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
September 27, 2017
an image on a soberside person.

Sobersides

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
September 26, 2017
an image of a monticule

Monticule

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
September 25, 2017
an image of a shofar.

Shofar

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
September 20, 2017
an image of the sea illustrating the word oceanicity.

Oceanicity

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
September 19, 2017
the great train robbery is an illustration for the word clandestine.

Clandestine

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
September 18, 2017
Sensorium

Sensorium

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
September 15, 2017
an illustration for the word mickle

Mickle

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
September 14, 2017
an illustration for the word concatenation

Concatenation

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
September 13, 2017
a man at work not having to do much.

Sinecure

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
September 12, 2017
picture illustrating the meaning of antinome

Antinome

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
September 11, 2017
CHT members  in a group photo with Digital Getdown.

Camp Happy Times Celebrates 35 Years

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
June 6, 2017
From last night's Fusion Fashion Show

McCauley hosts Fusion Night 2017

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
May 2, 2017
London protest for Syria .

A Cry For Help: Syria

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
April 25, 2017
HeForShe campaign supporting gender equality

Feminism isn’t your enemy, it is your friend

By: Afrah Momin, Fall Editor & Reporter
April 10, 2017
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