CHS was home to many brilliant educators and faculty, but one shined above the rest. Mary Kastner was an academic studies teacher and, during their time at CHS, changed the lives of many students with emotional and academic support.
Kastner left their position at CHS to become an instructor for the Boy Scouts, with her last day working being on October 8, 2025. Kastner felt that leaving CHS was necessary, even if she’d missed working there.
“Leaving just feels natural,” Kastner said. “Everything has to change at some point, I couldn’t stay here forever.”
There were still things that she would miss. Kastner felt one thing would be interacting with students.
“I’m really going to miss being in the classroom,” Kastner said. “Just watching their goofy antics was fun.”
Kastner was a sponsor for the Table Top club and resurrected it after it had been inactive for so many years. When she took over running the Club, she was met with many kinds of adversity and pushback from students who were set in their ways.
“It was hard restarting the club; there were so many seniors who wanted the club to work one way and pushed out new members,” Kastner said. “In the end, I managed to make everyone happy.”
Students were worried that the departure of Kastner would change the club too much. Junior Emily Hanna was scared that the club might not do as well with the absence of Kastner.
“I’m just worried about the future of the club,” Hanna said. “This club means a lot to me, I just don’t want it to disappear.”
With her departure, leaving the club with one less amazing sponsor, many students were worried about what would happen to the club. Table Top club President, senior Destiny Swy, squashed those worries and thinks that with a strong student body, the club’s future would be bright.
“I’m not worried about the club, I think we’re pretty self-sufficient,” Swy said. “I’m more than confident that we’ll be ok.”
The club had a strong co-sponsor, Jason Lundy. Lundy was excited to take a more active role in the club and introduce members to new games.
“I think that members should experience a lot of games,” Lundy said. “I’m thinking of having them play some MTG.”
