Despite the prevalence of visual and auditory learning techniques, students discuss the benefits of a kinetic learning style
As a Chinese proverb states, “Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand.” In other words, actively doing something to understand it better has always existed in society and continues to help students even in classes taught in a more traditional manner. Students who learn more effectively [...]
As social and civil advocates take their causes to the Internet, they reach wider albeit less committed audiences
April 27, 2012 No Comment
Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come. The words flash white on a dark screen as the “Kony 2012” documentary opens, part of the Invisible Children’s campaign to raise awareness about Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony’s war crimes. As soon as Anna Sands, president of this school’s Invisible Children Club and [...]
Continue reading …Movement from cakes to cupcakes has sparked increase in number of these trendy bakeries throughout Carmel
April 27, 2012 No Comment
Sophomore Kristine “Kristie” Coyne’s love of baking began when she was a little girl and she and her aunt made cookies together. A few years later, Coyne shifted her talents to baking cupcakes after she received a book entitled Hello, Cupcake! for Christmas. Since then, she has fostered her passion in the kitchen and baked [...]
Continue reading …Carmel experiences a dramatic outflow of college-bound students relocating to places other than the Midwest and staying there
April 27, 2012 No Comment
Junior Joshua “Josh” Coons has little more than a year left at Carmel High School. But for Coons, even those few months are far too long. According to Coons, a Carmel resident for 16 years, the city itself has run out of future opportunities. “I grew up in the Midwest, and there’s more country than [...]
Continue reading …Students aim to create artwork with a deeper meaning and understanding of the world
April 27, 2012 No Comment
Much like a classic Pixar movie, the artwork of senior Nathaniel “Nate” Harcourt always encompasses a deeper meaning than meets the eye. “I focus my art on effecting change. I don’t focus solely on the technicality of my work,” Harcourt said.”I also try to define the concept and message that I want to broadcast.” Within [...]
Continue reading …Research shows sleeping more on weekends does not remedy chronic sleep loss
February 23, 2012 No Comment
With homework, study sessions, volunteering and extracurricular activities including field hockey and viola, freshman Kinsey Erickson said she is only able to squeeze in around six hours of sleep per night. Her solution: repaying this so called “sleep debt” by sleeping extra on the weekends. “The fact that we have a big workload and early [...]
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