Category Archives: Canyon Chess

Cobra Chess Spirit Store

Canyon Hills Middle School (CHMS)
Online Spirit Wear Store

CHMS Cobra Chess Club

Cobra Chess families, you can now place online orders to support Cobra Chess Club. Merchandise includes sweatshirts, hoodies,
t-shirts, long sleeve tees, draw-string bags, and caps:

How to order…

Visit link:

https://epiccustomtees.com/collections/chms-clubs
Little Link: https://bit.ly/3JxFEex

You can now purchase any of the following items to support Cobra Chess Club. Merchandise includes sweatshirts, hoodies, club t-shirts, club long sleeve t-shirts, draw-string bags and club caps.

The sweatshirts, hoodies, and shirts are included in your choice of either maroon or black.

You may also choose between the featured King or Queen piece in the logo design.

Sizes include youth to adult sizes.

A discount code for members of the Cobra Chess Club is available and will be texted to families and those that request it.

Purchases that are made without the discount code will allow the Cobra Chess Club to receive a donation from purchases. Passing the link to others to support and purchase merchandise would help the Cobra Chess Club raise funds for club activities!

For orders made by students, faculty or staff please select Free Delivery to Canyon Hills Middle School (CHMS). This will save you money and allow you to receive your order at school. If your purchase is not for a student or staff member at CHMS and you can’t pick up the order from our campus, you can select a delivery option to your family’s address.

If you have questions you can reach Mr. Lee at mrleebooks@gmail.com or ltrhyane@episd.org

Summer Reading 2022 @ El Paso Public Library

Check it out! This one’s to motivate our participants to make time for reading. Also extending the opportunity to any of our incoming 6th graders and other Canyon Hills Middle School Cobras. During the first week of school, for students that submit their certificate of completion for their reading goals we’ll have a prize raffle with your name in it. Don’t let the summer pass you by without making some time for reading. Here’s an active link include in the flier to elpasolibrary.beanstack.com. You can also register in-person at branch libraries.

We’ll have copies of this flier available at our Community Chess Connection meetings at the Richard Burges Branch Library up until July 14th.

Virtual Clubs @ Canyon Hills Middle School

Currently, I sponsor two clubs at Canyon Hills Middle School, our Cobra Chess Club, 2x Regional Chess Champions active since 2017 and the Cobra Beats Club, a music beat making club that started this summer in 2020. For more information on how to join contact Mr. Lee @ ltrhyane@episd.org or mrleebooks@gmail.com. Our club welcomes participation from 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students at Canyon Hills Middle School. I also volunteer with the El Paso Public Library and can provide info on ways to connect to both Chess and beat making supports asynchronously or through connection with community members and schools. Below are quotes from an article recently published in edutopia by Vivian Hernandez titled ‘Creating Online Clubs for Students During Remote Learning’. The link below will open a new tab with the full article displayed at edutopia.

“When educators sponsor a student club, they’re building community. These clubs can be volunteer, scholarly, skills-based, etc. However, they all have one common element: They bring students together.” – Vivian Hernandez

“Student clubs do not have to stop because of Covid-19. In fact, they may be more important now than ever.” – Vivian Hernandez

Article provides great resources on starting a coding club and makes an important point for how to create asynchronous activities to allow students that are busy to still participate. The idea is to allow all students to join! At Canyon Hills, our Cobra Chess Club and Cobra Beats club both have Schoology Group pages that members can join to stay up to date on events, meeting times and other learning opportunities. Along with the link to the full article by Vivian Hernandez, I’ve posted our Cobra Chess Club flier and a flier created by our first member of the Cobra Beats club this past week. She goes by Dark Mayhem and is also a member of the Cobra Chess Club. They call her Queen Abalea aka The Nightfall.

Article title: Creating Online Clubs for Students During Remote Learning. To read the article in its entirety visit edutopia click here. Author: Vivian Hernandez @SPRINGintoDL Date 9/28/2020


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Chess & the Art of Writing

Chess and the Art of Writing by Braden Moore
Is there more to learn from chess than just chess?

YES! Check out this article to understand the strong connections between chess and academic skills like writing: click here

Will your child be attending Canyon Hills Middle School this upcoming school year 2020-2021? Here’s a post at our Cobra Chess Club website about the past year and our look ahead 2020-2021! click here

For questions about our Cobra Chess Club you can reach me at Ltrhyane@episd.org or mrleebooks@gmail.com. My name is Mr. Lee and I currently teach at Canyon Hills Middle School and Cobra Tech Academy (6th and 7th grade) and am the chess coach and organizer on campus.

Cobra Chess Club

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Cobra Chess Club is a club for students interested in learning and playing Chess at Canyon Hills Middle School. Our members are referred to as King Cobras and Queen Cobras. The Cobra Chess Club is open Tuesdays and Thursdays immediately after school and lasts until 5PM. All grade levels (6th, 7th & 8th) are welcomed to join. The Cobra Chess Club was founded in the Spring semester of 2017. The Chess Teacher and Sponsor at Canyon Hills Middle School is Mr. Rhyanes aka Mr. Lee.

Our goals are to successfully and properly learn how to play chess. Members are taught to understand the challenging aspects of Chess to improve knowledge and critical/creative thinking. In addition, our club brings students, faculty, and families together around the lessons and benefits of Chess.

The Cobra Chess Club is located in the Chess Building C. For more information about the Chess Club you can contact Mr. Lee at ltrhyane@episd.org or mrleebooks@gmail.com