Cady Armstrong
August 13, 2020
On May 18, the CCS school board passed a resolution moving all CCS middle schools’ as well as CHS’s start times later in the day from 7:50 and 7:45, respectively, to 8:45 a.m. With this, the academic day will end at 3:45 p.m. instead of 3:05 p.m. for these CCS campuses. Additionally, CCS elementary schools will start at...
Q&A with Mock Trial, DECA and Carmel Mayor’s Youth Council members over social distanced summer activities
HOSA State Leadership Conference Canceled
Carmel Mayor’s Youth Council (CMYC) Events Canceled, Applications Modified
Kiersten Riedford
When it comes to applying to college there are several important aspects, the main ones being GPAs, test scores (ACT/SAT), activities lists, letters of recommendation and personal statements. While GPAs are...
Leah Tan | August 13, 2020
Submitted by Averie Miner
Juniors Averie and Faith Miner pose for a selfie together wearing personal protective equipment. Averie said she is happy her mom is working an online job which keeps her family safe. She said her family hopes to make the best out of the situation they are in.
Anna Klauz
May 21, 2020
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, medical professionals across the country are working tirelessly in offices, hospitals and clinics to provide the best care for patients. Some of these people have another challenge they face every day: The looming possibility of bringing the virus into their homes every night...
Emily Sandy and Marissa Ryan | May 21, 2020
Christian Ledbetter
Students entering the summer of 2020 had limited offerings on ways to pass the time. The gradual chipping away of lockdown orders for Governor Eric Holcomb’s five-step plan certainly gave students flexibility throughout June, but the effects of COVID-19 had not yet passed. Many had to get creative to find what they were to do which is exactly what junior Avery Slifer did. Slifer said that quarantine gave her more time to work on her art of illustration, sculpture, fabric and resin as well as get over her bad art habits such as never finishing...
Senior Elizabeth Kneifel creates, sells custom clothing
Entertainment Briefs 08.13
Book Review: Things Fall Apart [MUSE]
folklore: A Track-By-Track Breakdown [MUSE]
Amid the covid-19 outbreak, athletes like Jackson Carl, club soccer player and senior, are living in disappointment with the cancellation of spring seasons and multiple sports programs. Carl said, “I miss playing soccer. I have missed my whole spring season for the club. This was a big time for recruitment in the process, as this is a big time for college coaches to contact us.” In addition...
Student athletes speak out about impacts, changes to fall sports due to COVID-19
Q&A with Athletics Director Jim Inskeep on reopening of facilities
As sports events, races are canceled, postponed due to COVID-19, students find new ways to stay in shape, compete
Students, sports med teacher describe benefits, challenges of at-home workouts during stay-at-home order
Rhea Acharya
Perhaps the most significant change since the pandemic hit has been screen time: many of the people I’ve spoken to spend almost three times as much time on their phones than before, some even in the double-digit hours. But as the school year begins again, it’s important to put Netflix, TikTok and...
Students should take things slow after quarantine, reflect on life, do everything in moderation to be careful
Freshman transition to high school holds unique challenges with changes to school year caused by COVID-19
Christian Ledbetter | August 13, 2020
Sowmya Chundi | August 13, 2020
Thea Bertolini | May 27, 2020
Angela Qian | May 21, 2020
Grace Xu | April 2, 2020
Gray Martens and Robbie Ge | April 10, 2020
Gray Martens and Riley TerBush | March 20, 2020
Gray Martens, Uday Lomada, and Hari Patel | February 24, 2020
Gray Martens, JAM Editor | January 23, 2020
Gray Martens and Marvin Fan | December 12, 2019
Valliei Chandrakumar
Like many teenagers in today’s generation, senior Chloe Eades frequently interacts with social media. Eades, however, has taken a step further: conducting photoshoots for her and her friends’ social media with her own vision in mind. Eades said compared to professional photoshoots, she appreciates the lighthearted aspects of designing her own photoshoots. “I’m not going to lie if I was doing an actual photoshoot, I’d probably feel so weird because I am in no way a model and I don’t really know what I’m doing,” Eades said....
Cady Armstrong | March 20, 2020
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Angela Qian | December 12, 2019
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