First look: Getting to know Conant’s new teachers and administrators
What will you remember when you think back to your years at Conant? No one is going to say they learned what the powerhouse of the cell is. What students will recall instead is...
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Variety show comes early, part of larger changes in Conant drama
The two-night variety show is Thursday, Sept. 15 and Friday, Sept. 16, two months earlier than previous years. Moving the variety show before the musical is one part of a larger shift in the...
Crier quiz: Which character from “Stranger Things” are you?
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Educators, parents, and students discuss the responsibility of Digital Democracy
Bored of her teacher, Lindsey pulled out her iPad and tweeted about how annoyed she was with him. She didn’t think much about her post. Four months later, Lindsey received a letter from the...
Conant calendar shift changes more than the first day of school
Students began school about two weeks earlier, causing many events to be affected. The District 211 school board, students, staff, and community participated in a vote at the end of 2014 to create a...
Time for an athletic change
You receive an email about joining the one sport you had been looking forward to, so you head to the informational meeting right on time. Everything is so exciting, and it looks like such an amazing...
PRIDE eases freshman transition into Conant through lunch instruction
CHS has replaced the Cougar Advisory Program, or CAP, mentor program with the Personally Responsible Individuals Dedicated to Excel, or PRIDE, program for freshmen this year. Led by upperclass mentors, the program was created...
Freshmen receive used iPads
Incoming freshmen rejoice when they receive their brand new school-issued iPad every August. However, the incoming Class of 2020 received the Class of 2016’s used iPads. When the Class of 2016 turned in their...
Conant football 2016: New year, new team, new attitude
On a humid Friday in August, a storm was brewing on the farthest practice field behind the football stadium. Against a dark sky, the Cougars stood alone in their white varsity practice jerseys. The...
New format, same magic in Harry Potter continuation
The latest installation in J.K. Rowling’s ever-growing franchise, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” was released on July 31, to the delight of millions of fans and the confusion of millions of people who...
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