New Teacher Spotlight: Elizabeth Dopke
This school year, Conant has nine new teachers. Seeing as most students won’t be introduced to them in the typical way, the Crier is providing short features on each. Today, we would like to...
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The Crier’s Halloween Favorites
Even though ‘spooky season’ is almost over, it’s not too late to enjoy Halloween. Here are some of the staff’s Halloween favorites What is your favorite Halloween/horror movie and why? “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”...
Spooky Strawberries: no bake Halloween treats
Looking for a simple recipe to make this Halloween? These no-bake chocolate covered spooky strawberries are scary, easy, quick, and delicious. This original recipe is perfect to get you in the mood for the...
The Crier Wants to Know: are standardized tests necessary?
Standardized tests are a big part of high school as they provide a way for students across the country to be compared based on their scores. Many colleges have required students to submit an...
The Crier Wants to Know: do you feel like you’re still learning during remote learning?
It’s safe to say adjusting to remote learning has been a difficult task for everyone in the Conant community. Although remote learning is nothing like being in-person for class, it’s also far from what...
District 211 plans transition to hybrid learning
Amidst confirmed cases of COVID-19 among students and staff in the buildings–and recent decisions by other local school districts to return to fully remote learning as a result of increased COVID positivity rates–District 211...
Academic support provides additional help to students
Conant is offering academic support every day after school as a way for struggling students to get extra help from a range of tutors and teachers, both within the building or online. For...
Fall sports adjust to new norm amidst pandemic
When coaches and athletes look back at the seasons they’ve participated in, 2020 may be missing some fun team bus rides, snacks, after-game dinners, and hugs of celebration. But when they look back...
PALS Club spreads positivity through sidewalk messages
As students and staff walk into Conant’s building, they will notice a positive change to the building’s vicinity. In the recent week, PALS (Peer-Assisted Learning & Service) club decorated the sidewalks outside the...
Things to know about the upcoming SAT
Earlier this year, Conant seniors were asked to register for the in-school SAT in either October or April. As the first set of testing approaches, Conant principal Julie Nowak shares some things that all...
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