Students experience the capital “Close Up”

Connor Allison, DEC crew
May 2, 2012
Filed under Features, Top Stories

Year after year, Decatur teacher Chris Billingsley has traveled to Washington, DC with students to participate in the Close Up program. The mission of Close Up is: “Close Up informs, inspires, and empowers students to exercise the rights and accept the responsibilities of citizens in a democracy.”... Read more »

Close-Up Club’s works on final fundraisers

Ethan Magnes, Carpe Diem staff
March 8, 2012
Filed under News, Top Stories

Decatur’s Close-Up club builds a group of students to attend the annual Washington D.C. field trip. The club has been ran by Decatur social studies teacher Christopher Billingsley for over three decades. Many students in years past have enjoyed spending the week after spring break traveling to Washington... Read more »

Pictures of the Close Up Club at the MLK Day service project

January 19, 2012
Filed under News

Over 25 Decatur High School students joined Mr. Billingsley in giving back to the community. About 15 of the participants are part of Mr. Billingsley Close Up Club. The other participants were part of Decatur High School's Service team. Billingsley's Close Up Club is raising money through service... Read more »

Fling open those doors

Catherine Warren, Scribbler staff
September 12, 2010
Filed under Opinions

Decatur’s building has many doors. The first set of school doors to go through are the entryways through the front doors under the library, the breezeway glass paneled doors, the few side doors, the ones that only open from the inside but not out, etc. However, out of all the doors in the school, the... Read more »