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December 21, 2013

The 2012-2013 staff of the HiLite newsmagazine is a finalist for Crown Awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA). Finalists will be announced as Gold or Silver Crown recipients on March 21, 2014 at the CSPA convention in New York City.

The HiLite was judged in the “hybrid” category, for both print and online publications. There are 27 other school papers in this category. The CSPA, an international student press association, judged 1,236 student publications from the 2012-2013 school year.

The adviser of the HiLite is Jim Streisel. Victor Xu ’13 was editor-in-chief for the 2012-2013 HiLite staff. Tony Tan, Natalie Maier, Melinda Song and Ryan Zukerman, ’13, were managing editors.

Something New Brewing: Carmel Café Gets Major Renovations For the past three years, DECA has been serving frappuccinos, Italian sodas and coffee to students through the Carmel Café and Market. A small but well respected part of CHS, the Café has suffered from many issues in the past,…
New Coach, Same Goals: Cross country coaches and athletes discuss the legacy of old head coach and plans with… This seventh consecutive state championship, as well as a fourth-place finish in the 2016 Nike Cross Nationals, Mark Ellington of the women’s cross country team will not be returning this upcoming season as Head Coach, citing family reasons to retire…
Coming Together: IB Students Participate in World Conference, Show Growth of Program The International Baccalaureate (IB), is an educational foundation founded in 1968 but has only been offered at CHS for a little over a decade. In these past years, the program has grown in enrollment and, recently, offered a major opportunity…
The Future of Jobs: In an increasingly automated future, what will we do if robots take our jobs? On a bright and sunny day, senior Alexa Dow works at Juice Bar, a local smoothie and juice hub. As customers file in to enjoy a freshly-made green smoothie, Dow takes and makes numerous orders for them. The help she…
School board to execute strategic plan, create school calendar for next year According to school board president Layla Spanenberg, the school board will look to implement its strategic plan throughout the district. The board approved the plan during its August meeting. “The strategic plan is a combination of what (Superintendent) Dr. Wahl…
A New Legacy: Principal Tom Harmas discusses CHS culture, plans as incoming principal Q: Why did you agree to become the principal of CHS? A: I think anytime that you look at everything that is Carmel High School from the outside, you think what a great school with students who come ready to…

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DEBATE DEBRIEF: Sophomore members of the CHS Debate team, Claire Swigart (Left) and Ainsley Strothkamp (Right) meet after school and prepare for an impromptu round in World Schools on Oct. 1. Swigart said that impromptu rounds were her favorite as they don’t put much pressure on the members to have a solid case against the opposition.
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