Dear underclassmen
Dear Underclassmen, What is going on in the cafeteria? Every day when I enter the cafeteria for my 6th period lunch, it is an absolute nightmare. Food is thrown all over the tables and...
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Final exams might be stressful, but they’re still important
Stress fills the air. Libraries are full of students, heads bent over laptops, fingers typing furiously and eyes skimming over their scrupulous notes. Teachers hand out semester review packets and lecture their students about...
Do you feel like sophomores learned something in PRIDE this year?
With Conant sophomores taking another semester of PRIDE after taking virtual PRIDE lessons last year, we wanted to know what they felt about repeating the class. Sophomores were asked if they wanted a second...
Conant students and staff should take proper mask-wearing regulations more seriously
Imagine you’re sitting in class and see multiple students with their masks below their noses. Frustrated, you turn around to face the board only to see your teacher wearing their mask incorrectly as well....
Why District 211 shouldn’t make the COVID vaccine mandatory for students
Ever since the COVID lockdown of March 13, 2020, after almost a year and a half of remote learning, normalcy was long overdue. To safely accommodate the entire student population, and to comply with...
How do you feel about Mr. Langer, our activities director, becoming Fremd’s principal?
Mark Langer has been a member of the Conant family for seven years, transitioning from the Red Team’s assistant principal to becoming the Activity Director and finally an Assistant Principal. Some of his accomplishments...
The Crier Wants to Know: is senior year living up to the class of 2021?
With last year’s graduating class having a drive-by graduation ceremony, and with our circumstances only slightly improving this year, we can only see how COVID-19 has, yet again, affected another graduating class – the...
Texas… what are you doing?
On March 2, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced he was lifting the mask mandate and reopening all businesses in the state to full capacity starting March 10th. Sixteen other states don’t have statewide mask...
People should make it a habit to unbury fire hydrants in the winter
You look outside in the morning and see the sun gleaming off the white, powdery snow. A smile spreads across your face as you imagine yourself making a snow angel or a snowman. The...
Virtual snow days: should they be here to stay?
District 211’s extreme weather policies call for schools to be closed when there is a wind chill advisory or when there is too much snow for buses to take kids to school buildings. Under...
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