After more than a year of COVID mitigations and uncertainty, the Conant boys’ wrestling team won their first regional championship in five years. The team sent four wrestlers to the IHSA Wrestling State Tournament...
Testing season is back yet again, and so is the robotic, disengaged advice that never does anyone any good. Sleep eight hours a night, eat well, take breaks. You’ve heard it all before, and...
We’ve all witnessed Wordle, the guessing game of five letters, plague the internet these past few months. Or at the least, we’ve wondered what’s gotten into those who play. In this monstrosity of a...
Prom is fast approaching, and this year, it will be “combined,” meaning both juniors and seniors will attend the same prom. Last year, prom was seniors-only with juniors allowed only by senior-invite. Here, Crier...
Conant’s Cultural Awareness Club will be holding a fundraiser to aid relief efforts in Ukraine. During lunch hours on March 31 and April 1, the club will be collecting donations for Ukrainian refugees in...
The first bell of the school year rings. Freshmen scramble to locate their classes and navigate through the seemingly endless crowds of new faces. Everyone’s initial high school experience will be overwhelming, but at...
On Feb 15, Haley Kharvari, ‘23, and Arya Shah, ‘23, received approval from Activity Director Jeanette Ardell to create Conant’s first ever Recorder Club. The club was the result of an abrupt recorder jamming...
April 1, 2022, marked the first day of Ramadan this year, the Muslim holy month. You may have noticed the decorations around Conant and overheard your Muslim friends talking about Ramadan, so what is...
Jessie Hairrell and Neela Gilbert contributed photos to this story. Students watch intently as the quick flick of a wrist sends a plastic orange ball spiraling across the long table. Shouts of victory and...
April Fool’s Day: A day where people have a good laugh by pulling pranks or silently fume at being on the receiving end of them. It’s a day to be remembered as a class...
It’s almost time for new freshmen to join the Conant community. Given this, many may have questions about what high school is really like, what they can expect, and what they can look forward...
A new Conant club called Mentoring Young Minds will provide students with the opportunity to mentor children in developing countries. Mentoring Young Minds is a chapter of Village Book Builders, a non-profit organization empowering...
Conant’s Hack Club is organizing its very first hackathon: CougarHacks. The hackathon process includes everything from coming up with a project idea to the strenuous debugging stage, in which coders are given the opportunity...
A wide array of seniors took to the stage last week to show off their prom dresses and suits. Gentlemen’s Quarters Formalwear provided suits and male participants were encouraged to give out referral cards...
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