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The Great Central U.S. ShakeOut to occur Feb. 7

On Feb. 7 at 10:15 a.m., Carmel High School will participate in the Great Central U.S. ShakeOut, a region-wide earthquake drill. The drill will utilize the internationally-recognized protocol to “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” in order to teach proper safety in the case of an earthquake. According to shakeout.org, the Great Central U.S. ShakeOut website, [...]

February 6, 2012 / No Comment / Read More

Recent local, national incidents indicate cyberbullying remains problem for students

October 19, 2011 No Comment

“I’m gonna murder this girl Ellie Boyer for what she did.” Last school year, such a comment joined hundreds of other posts that streaked the Twitter pages of her classmates. Junior Ellie Boyer’s reporting of a cheating incident that occurred a week before final exams had ended the hopes of desperate students, who, frustrated by [...]

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Decade after 9/11, students struggle to comprehend, relate to tragedy

September 14, 2011 No Comment

Like the rest of America, freshman Sarah Kalthoff watched as the World Trade Center towers came crashing down on Sept. 11, 2001. But unlike most others, she said she did not wrestle overwhelming feelings of shock, fear, anger and sadness. Since she was only 4 years old at the time, Kalthoff said for the most [...]

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A Shift in Educational Focus

March 1, 2011 No Comment

An international test reveals the weakness of American education in mathematics and science. The country now aims to strengthen its focus on ‘STEM’ subjects.

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It All ‘Ads’ Up

December 13, 2010 No Comment

Technological innovations contribute to prevalence of ads but reduce ability to truly connect to consumers

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The End of Books?

November 19, 2010 No Comment

Schools throughout the country transition to digital forms of education, but Carmel is slow to follow the trend By Ryan Zukerman <rzukerman@hilite.org> Senior Catherine “Catie” Surette reads. A lot. She reads novels and magazines, newspapers and poetry, catalogs and classics. Surette, however, reads on a Nook. Barnes & Noble’s Nook is just one of many [...]

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