Navigate your way through skyward
Skyward is a website where students and parents can access grades, due dates, and other pieces of useful information. This is your guide to flying Skyward. At the HOME menu, teachers can post updates or reminders. CALENDAR is where students can see past assignments and scores. Students can also view upcoming events and holidays. GRADEBOOK […]
Meninists attempt to create a movement
“Meninism” (alternatively spelled “Menimism”) is a new anti-feminism movement that truly shows that what feminism is really fighting for still isn’t completely understood. While feminism entails supporting and defending people of all genders in order to achieve equality and rights, “meninism” consists of men who find it absurd that women and nonbinary people wish to be […]
Staff Editorial: New legislation about education
Indiana lawmakers are trying to pass a bill that would allow the Indiana State Board of Education to remove the current chairperson, Democrat Glenda Ritz, and appoint a new one. Since 1852 this position has been elected by voters. Ritz is currently the Superintendent of Public Instruction for Indiana, in the middle of her four year […]
Domestic violence
Domestic violence has become a huge issue in sports recently. Athletes of different professional sports incorporations have been involved with violence at home. These people are role models to society and in my opinion they should act as such. Also the people in charge of them should take the mistakes made very important and should […]
Fraternities are an important part of the college experience
College is on the horizon for most of the seniors graduating next Friday. For many of the seniors, however, one question remains: will they go Greek? The pros and cons are many, but the fact of the matter is that the good out-weighs the bad. Greek life, meaning established fraternities and sororities, is a large […]
White House banning conversion therapy
Young transgender woman Leelah Alcorn took her own life at the end of 2014 at age 17. In her suicide note that she posted online, she said her parents put her into LGBTQ+ conversion therapy to “fix” her. Leelah’s tragic death inspired other members of the LGBTQ+ community and allies to start online petitions to ban the abusive […]
Senior staff editorial: senior quotes
Sara Johnson: “We know what we are, but know not what we may be” -William Shakespeare Duncan Meyer: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it” -Ferris Bueller from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” Selina He: “I wish there was a way to know that you’re […]
How to get on a teacher’s good side
Trying to get on a teacher’s good side has been a time-honored tradition by students on every level, whether it be preschool, high school, or college. Students have gone out of their way to “suck up” to teachers, thinking it is in their best interest for them to be liked by all their teachers, but […]
Wonder food…or is it?
Wonder Food…Or is it? The school we all call home is back in session for another exciting year, and as always, there are exciting new improvements to this wondrous establishment. We have a beautiful (and secure) new entrance, new guidance counselors, and….new food. The walls of the snack bar are barren, with once crowded shelves […]
Tech dependency can be dangerous
After the recent crash of the y-drive, our school is reminded not only of the importance of technology, but also the tragedies that can strike when it fails. In a generation where technology is everywhere, it’s hard to deny that a life without technology is simply unimaginable. While it allows us to obtain quick and […]
