The Phoenix, Challenge ECHS's student newspaper

Challenge Goes Green
Challenge Green Team kicks off their year of environmental activism with a project to reduce the usage of plastic bags.
By Rachel Lynn Vega
National Recognition for Challenge Seniors
Five Challenge Seniors Receive College Board and National Recognitions.
By Brandi Russell
Love for a Zombie Love Story
CECHS Theatre puts on a hilarious performance with their first production of the year, “Shake, Rattle and Rot”.
By Galilea Perez
We’re Movin’ On Up
A nearly $200,000 grant will allow Challenge to take a huge step forward technologically
By Michael Wiggins-Goff
The Points of Competition
Challenge’s Debate Team goes to their first tournament of the year
By Maritza Vazquez-Trejo
Carnival + Dance = Success
The annual ITS Halloween Dance and HCC Safe Halloween Carnival drew in hundreds of students and neighborhood kids to the HCC West Loop Campus on Friday, October 29 for a night of pre-Halloween festivities
By Nathaniel Tedroes

Genesys Works: It Really Does!
Six Challenge students were selected to participate in paid internships organized by the company Genesys Works
By Brandi Russell
Family Swap!
Challenge Advisory Families alterations result in bittersweet emotions
By Galilea Perez
Dumb and Dumber
Challenge Theatre attempts a drastica!y new genre with their upcoming production of “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead”
By Michael Wiggins-Goff
Field of Dreams: Relocated
Challenge soccer player attempts to win back parking lot for soccer field
By Nathaniel Tedros
New Fish in the Bowl
Challenge Fish Camp ’10 welcomes new students to the family
By Maritza Vazquez-Trejo
Starting All Over
Challenge faced a shortage of both lockers and textbooks at the start of the school year
By Rachel Lynn Vega
A New Start, of Sorts
Two Challenge students who were once home-schooled reflect on their transition to life in public school.
By Raquel Azcue