Building a Legacy: From CHS Rock Club to Petricore

When I first walked into the CHS Rock Club, I expected a space filled with amps, guitars, and playlists. But what I found was something different—a group of students who loved rock but had no real structure, no stage to claim, and no shared rhythm yet. It was raw, it was chaotic, but it was also full of possibility.

Weekly meeting

As Event & Student Advisory Coordinator, I felt both the weight and the excitement of that possibility. My role was not just to keep things running, but to shape the club into a true community. I started small—designing a leaderboard for auditions, planning meetings around specific genres, and making sure everyone had a chance to contribute. We held discussions on punk, metal, grunge, and ballads, and suddenly, students weren’t just listening to music—they were learning its history, debating its influence, and discovering what it meant to them personally. Bit by bit, the Rock Club became a cultural hub inside our school.

A cultural hub

The more we grew, the more I realized that the club needed something bigger to rally around—a symbol of what we could create together. That vision became Petricore, a new student band. Coordinating the logistics, helping to organize auditions, and guiding rehearsals, I saw a group of students step up and claim the stage. What began as scattered energy in a classroom turned into harmonies, riffs, and lyrics that belonged not to one person, but to everyone who believed in the band.

A new student band

Petricore’s first showcase was unforgettable. The lights, the nervous smiles, the first notes crashing into the air—it felt like the birth of something larger than us. This wasn’t just another high school band. It was the continuation of our School of Rock spirit, proof that the culture we had built inside CHS Rock Club would outlast us, carried forward by new voices and new hands.

For me, the greatest pride wasn’t in being on stage, but in watching others step into it. Rock, I realized, is not just about playing music—it’s about building spaces where people can belong, create, and pass something on. Through CHS Rock Club and the birth of Petricore, I learned that legacy isn’t what you leave behind for others—it’s what you build together, in the moment, chord by chord.

And as the last note rang out that night, I didn’t feel like the journey had ended. I felt like it had just begun, echoing forward in the voices of those who will keep the music alive.