The program for the Academic Awards ceremony has been changed to a before-school breakfast. The breakfast replaces the formal evening ceremony and is designed to be more informal and cause fewer conflicts with after...
It is a typical school day. You’re sitting in your classroom, typing away on your iPad as your teacher writes the notes on the board. Suddenly, you’re consumed by complete darkness. A power outage...
When students see the green Infinite Campus Portal notification pop up at the end of the academic quarter, they either feel a sense of relief or feel their stomach drop. After the quarter grade...
The District 211 joint committee, comprised of the principal, assistant principal, and two teachers from each of the five District 211 schools, have made the decision to change the way a semester grade is...
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...
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...
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...
Dhvanii Raval is a co-author to this piece. As a frustrated CHS P.E. teacher looks into the swarm of students, only two or three look as if they’ve completed two rigorous rounds of a...
Although some Conant teachers and students have been chosen for a testing phase of Google Chromebooks, the rumors that the district will be switching from iPads to Chromebooks are false. Technology coordinator Paul Kim said, “At...
Image credit: Mauli Patel College application deadlines are quickly approaching and most seniors are either extremely calm because they have everything submitted, or are freaking out because they have no idea what they’re doing....
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