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            AVID to continue working on college preparatory skills

            Zainab Idrees

            March 1, 2021

            According to Zoey Foley, junior and AVID student, students are learning many college preparatory skills. Foley said,” I think AVID is very helpful in the process of helping us become aware that there are a lot of resources to look into when applying for college.” According to Foley, students are currently planning beyond...

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            Math Club to take AMC tests

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            New dog owners share experiences for National Love Your Pet Day, Feb. 20, how dogs improved personal mental health
            New dog owners share experiences for National Love Your Pet Day, Feb. 20, how dogs improved personal mental health

            Raghav Sriram

            February 21, 2021

            At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, sophomore Shri Alturi and his family decided to adopt their dog Teddy. “I got a cockapoo, which is a poodle and cocker spaniel mix. We got him exactly on Leap Day—so, Feb. 29,...

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            • Digital technology opens doors to new possibilities for self-expression
              Digital technology opens doors to new possibilities for self-expression

              Maddie Misterka and Wendy Zhu | February 20, 2021

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            Samantha Schleeter, Sophomore
            Samantha Schleeter, Sophomore
            Elise Varhan, Student Section Reporter • February 19, 2021

            "I want to start improving my sleep schedule because I don’t have the best one right now, so I would have to keep a constant bedtime. I also plan on spending more time outside and staying off my phone as much as I can, because I feel like that will make me much happier in general, which will improve...

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              Elise Varhan, Student Section Reporter | February 19, 2021

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            Netflix Party rebrands as Teleparty [Of Stage and Screen]

            Emily Carlisle

            February 28, 2021

            Hi guys, welcome back to Of Stage and Screen. So a few months ago, the popular group streaming site Netflix Party expanded its reach and now allows people to watch not only Netflix, but also Hulu, HBO, and Disney+.  As an avid Netflix Party user, I was so excited for the update. I used the app very frequently when quarantine first started to keep in touch with friends and now I use it as a way to connect with my boyfriend who is a freshman in college. Right now we are watching “Cobra Kai” which, if you haven’t watched it, is essentially...

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            Entertainment Spotlight: Sophomore Izzy Monger on her homemade jewelry business

            Entertainment Spotlight: Sophomore Izzy Monger on her homemade jewelry business

            Students should remember romantic comedies are meant to be enjoyable, not realistic

            Students should remember romantic comedies are meant to be enjoyable, not realistic

            Disney’s “Soul” not for young children [Of Stage and Screen]

            Q&As with students on playing music through their church and impact on spirituality, themselves

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        CHS Men’s Basketball defeats Warren Central as Women’s Cheerleading thrills

        Andrew Caito

        February 22, 2021

        Women's Sideline cheer thrills in the biggest crowd they have had since COVID-19 hit last March. While Peter Suder led CHS with 26 points against Warren Central, the crowd's reactions helped the team cheer. As we are in state title season, senior Trinity Griffin said, “My Favorite part about cheer is how close I get with the other girls in the cheer program. As well as watching the teams grow in...

      • Athletics at this school increasing in Black representation, reflecting national trends

        Athletics at this school increasing in Black representation, reflecting national trends

        Athletes, trainers reflect on experiences with surgeries, recovery process

        Athletes, trainers reflect on experiences with surgeries, recovery process

        Q&A with Clare Leedke, horseback rider and sophomore

        Q&A with Clare Leedke, horseback rider and sophomore

        CHS students predict their Super Bowl winners, share plans for game day

        CHS students predict their Super Bowl winners, share plans for game day

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        Students should aim to judge presidents in totality, account for strengths and flaws
        Students should aim to judge presidents in totality, account for strengths and flaws

        Ashwin Prasad

        February 15, 2021

        The 2020 election is finally in the rearview mirror, and a new administration has taken office. Joe Biden’s first days as president have certainly been eventful; according to NPR, Biden has signed 28 executive orders in his first 14 days in office. With the U.S. battling grave crises, Biden’s actions...

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        Students should consider applying for local scholarships in second semester

        Black women are often underrepresented in history, students must change conversations in politics to thank, include them

        Black women are often underrepresented in history, students must change conversations in politics to thank, include them

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          Emily Sandy | February 20, 2021

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          Q&A with junior Max Shurr on 3D printing, engineering inventions

          Daniel Tian | February 13, 2021

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          Q&A with Adrian Qi on building his own personal computer (PC)

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            AVID to continue working on college preparatory skills

            Zainab Idrees

            March 1, 2021

            According to Zoey Foley, junior and AVID student, students are learning many college preparatory skills. Foley said,” I think AVID is very helpful in the process of helping us become aware that there are a lot of resources to look into when applying for college.” According to Foley, students are currently planning beyond their high school education. “I’m not really sure exactly what I want to do yet, but I’m figuring it out and I know that I have a lot of options of what I can choose from.”

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      • RESEARCH REPORTS: Olivia Lafferty, AP research student and senior, records data from her study results in SRT on Jan. 14. This was Lafferty’s third day of conducting research experiments for her study comprised of many CHS students.

        Olivia McKee

      • Students of WJHE learn the ropes of the editing software from senior Ethan Meneghini. Due to the schoolwide quarantine back in March, students weren’t able to learn the software, so Meneghini decided to teach the lowerclassmen.

        Emily Sandy

      • COUNSELOR WORK: Carmel High School students work in the counseling office to check in students visiting their counselor. They schedule appointments and meetings.

        Sadie Penix

      • CRUNCHING NUMBERS: Junior Emily Steadman works on Menu Math during her B2 in-person block on Dec. 8. Steadman said she enjoys math and that she is very good at it. This year, she said she won’t be taking a final in math.

        Emily Sandy

      • DEVELOPING PICTURES: Junior Rak Loop develops his film using a fixer chemical in his dark room photography class on Dec. 8. In photography students are given a roll of film to shoot, once shot they bring it back to school to develop it in the dark room.

        Luke Miller

      • PHYSICS PREP: Senior Mackenzie Misterka studies for her AP Physics C final. Misterka said, “Even though physics is hard, I still find it very interesting. It’s probably my favorite class this semester.”

        Emily Sandy

      • Air Time: #70 Bucklin Robins and Justin Pickett jump for a chest bump after a touchdown in the November 13 football game against the Ben Davis Giants. The game ended up with a 27-21 loss for the Greyhounds, knocking them out of the state championship.

        Nick Beckman

      • Winter Wonderland: Dominic James, radio teacher, wears Christmas pajamas on the Carmel Cohort’s last day before Christmas break 2020. Teachers got an email about a staff spirit week during finals week to lift the spirits of students.

      • COUNCIL CONNECTIONS: GKOM council members and seniors, Molly Kosiba (left) and Lea Johnson (right) create a slideshow for the upcoming GKOM connection session during SRT on Jan. 7. The next GKOM connection session will take place during SRT on Jan. 20 for the Carmel cohort and Jan. 21 for the Greyhound cohort.

        Maddie Kosc

      • PHOTO MAGIC: Junior Olivia Dashiell edits photos in her Digital Photography class on Dec. 1. Olivia was working on her Double Exposure Album for the class and combined two images in Photoshop.

        Marissa Finney

      • BUSY BEE: Senior Anna Lai studies for a statistics quiz in her AP Research class on Jan. 12. Lai said the material is not too difficult as it builds on what they learned last semester.

        Shruthi Ravichandran

      • ARITHMETIC ASSIGNMENTS: Senior Mitchell Taylor works on calculus survey homework at the media center. Taylor said taking both calculus survey and AP Statistics in the same year was difficult, but being in the Transition to College Program gave him more time to study for his classes.

        Ray Mo

      • REQUIRED REVIEW: Senior Ryan Yauger takes notes during his Government class on Jan. 25, 2021. The class discussed the difference between state and federal government, using the recent executive orders as a real-world example. Government or AP Government are required classes for graduation at Carmel High School.

        Chenyao Liu

      • FUNDRAISER FUN: On Jan. 27, seniors Audra Marchese (left) and Elizabeth Price (right) teach senior boys competing for the title of Mr. Carmel a dance they will perform at the Champions Together annual fundraiser. The rehearsal included bonding activities between the participants in Mr. Carmel, followed by rehearsing their group dance.

        Marissa Finney

      • ELECTRIC EXPERIMENTS: Seniors Robbie Welp (left) and Adam Said (right) map out an electric field diagram during an AP Physics C class on Feb. 2. “The lab helped me better visualize the direction of current in an electric field,” Welp said.

        Ray Mo

      • FINISHING TOUCHES: Madie Fleisher, Ceramics 2 student and freshman, smoothes the edges on her most recent piece during class on Wednesday, Feb. 3. The Ceramics 2 students had most recently worked on geometric pots that required a variety of sculpting and smoothing techniques.

        Maddie Kosc

      • PASSING PERIOD PASTIME: Lizzie Maurer, Algebra II student and junior, opens her locker to get a textbook before class on Feb. 12. Maurer said she enjoys Algebra II as it is a good balance between a hard and fun class.

        Olivia McKee

      • TURNING A NEW PAGE: Terri Ramos, department chairperson for media and communications, gives an orientation tour of the media center to honors English 9 students. Ramos said the tour was important for freshmen to familiarize themselves with the media center’s various resources.

        Ray Mo

      • READY TO KICK: A member of the intramural kickball team runs up to the ball, starting the game on Nov. 23 at Murray Stadium. The CHS intramural team meets every Monday, from October to December.

        Chenyao Liu

      • HALLWAY HOMEWORK: Ian Peasley. AP seminar student and junior, works on a research paper assigned as homework during class on Nov. 13. Peasley said that he likes to get a head start on homework if given work time in class as he has extracurricular activities after school.

        Olivia McKee

      • COZY IN THE CAFE: Junior Chloe Boyd prepares chocolate chip cookies in the oven for students at the Carmel Cafe on Nov. 10. The Carmel Cafe is open for business during the school day and sells spirit apparel.

        Marissa Finney

      • PREPARING FOR PERFORMANCE: Theater cast members rehearse for their upcoming production “Murder in Focus” on November 2. The cast continued with rehearsals despite Covid restrictions and they plan to perform during the week of November 12th.

        Sadie Penix

      • Ethan Trent, sophomore chemistry student, sparks a flame in the steel wool with a battery during Classon Nov. 3rd. Chemistry students are currently studying matter through experiments like the one shown in the picture. Trent said Chemistry has been one of his favorite classes this year because they get to do a lot of cool labs.

        Luke Miller

      • STUDENT TEACHERS: Sophomore Jacqueline Roth, left, and sophomore Brooke Ye, right, lean over a laptop during the TASSEL meeting in Greyhound Station on Oct. 26. TASSEL provides free English education to Cambodian children. Members of the club teach virtual lessons, edit essays, and raise money to help support TASSEL’s humanitarian causes.

        Chenyao Liu

      • PRE-CLASS CHATS: Gillian Thompson, AP Seminar student and junior, talks to a friend before class on Oct. 14. Thompson said that she enjoys catching up with friends during passing period because she can’t talk to them during class.

        Olivia McKee

      • MACHINE MANAGEMENT: Senior and TechHOUNDS team lead Drew Sanchez reviews the club roster during the callout meeting on Oct. 8. The meeting involved an introductory session for each club division in which the robot ops, programming and electrical, construction, and PR divisions each broke out into small groups to discuss guidelines and expectations for the 2020-21 season.

        Ray Mo

      • Eli Sushka, a freshman drumline member, puts all his focus on the drum for his solo in the drumlines performance during school on Oct. 2nd. The drumline members put on a show every passing period on Friday to get people pumped up for Homecoming. This is one of many things CHS did to get people excited for Homecoming this year.

        Luke Miller

      • 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.

        Sadie Penix

      • ARGUING IN MASKS: Lincoln-Douglas lead Jasmine Hsu welcomes new debaters into debate club on Sept. 29. Students in debate were preparing for an upcoming Big Questions tournament.

        Marissa Finney

      • CRAZY COLORS: Students in the Carmel cohort at CHS wore tie dye to school on Sept. 29 for homecoming spirit week. The homecoming football game will be on Friday, October 2nd against the Ben Davis Giants.

        Nick Beckman

      • MORE THAN A STATEMENT: Morgan Blakey, senior and co-president of the Black Student Alliance, talks at the club meeting on September 24th to discuss the administration’s statement in response to racism at Carmel High. The Black Student Alliance and the Advancement of Asian Americans in Arts and Athletics (A5) met for an hour while Dr. Harmas and other teachers listened to the student body’s encounters with racism. The school plans on developing an equity and inclusion advisory committee to create Identity Safe classrooms at Carmel High.

        Chenyao Liu

      • SOCIALLY DISTANT STRETCHING: Sage Moore, women’s cross country runner and junior, stretches after her run on Sept. 16. Moore will compete in the JV North Central Invite on Friday Sept. 18 at North Central High School.

        Olivia McKee

      • Sarah Kennedy, fiber arts student and junior, practices needle felting during class on Sept. 11. Kennedy described felting as using loose wool and yarn to create a piece of felt. In this case, Kennedy created the design of a daisy with her loose fibers.

        Maddie Kosc

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