School year marks start of weighted grades
By: Michael Wang <mwang@hilite.org> Summer school courses taken in 2007 will have added weight The school board did not approve to weight grades retroactively, so colleges will see an official GPA and an unofficial GPA on transcripts The unofficial GPA states what the GPA would be if grades were weighted all throughout the student’s high [...]
By: Tim Chai <tchai@hilite.org> “Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions” -G.K. Chesterton On my final night at the Ball State University journalism workshop the fire alarm went off in the residence building, Noyer Hall. Idly laying on my cot checking the latest updates on www.perezhilton.com of Lindsay Lohan’s DUI arrest, [...]
Continue reading …By: Grace Baranowski <gbaranowski@hilite.org> “We’re supposed to be perfect our first day on the job and then show constant improvement.”- Ed Vargo, Major League Baseball Umpire The first day of school has always been a little disgruntling for me. New classes, new faces, a change from the summer norms (like having to actually put thought [...]
Continue reading …By: Tian Yang <tyang@hilite.org> We know there’s been a fair amount of confusion about the new CHS policy on weighted grades, but what students fail to realize is that, according to the counseling center, their grades are sent to colleges both with only school years starting with this one weighted and an unofficial GPA with [...]
Continue reading …By: Lily Zhao The Latin Club, for their 2007 year, have made plans to extend their membership to Greek students as well as their traditional Latin population. With the addition of the Greek program, the club officers plan to offer many more activities related to both Greek and Latin studies. Sponsor Caren Rickett said, “Because [...]
Continue reading …By: Vannie Yu This year, the National Honor Society (NHS) ushers in new leaders along with potential new changes to the organization’s policies and activities. Gizele Rubeiz, NHS vice president and senior, plans to bring fresh ideas to the plate. “One thing I definitely have talked about improving is getting NHS more involved with the [...]
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