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Recycling Renovations: New recycling policy is an improvement, but would benefit from clearer instructions

Recycling Renovations: New recycling policy is an improvement, but would benefit from clearer instructions

December 13, 2018

In this day and age, with the planet’s temperature consistently increasing and sea levels rising, it’s vital to make little changes to culminate to a greater overall effect. However, it’s not hard...

Preventing Parking Problems: Despite the original controversy, parking permits are necessary to ensure safety in, around the school

Preventing Parking Problems: Despite the original controversy, parking permits are necessary to ensure safety in, around the school

HiLite Staff September 21, 2018

As of Sept. 4, student drivers are required to obtain and display parking permits in order to park at the stadium. Different from parking “passes,” which are provided to select students in order to...

No Harm, No Foul: Students should amend harsh criticism of administration’s response to dramatic events at CHS

No Harm, No Foul: Students should amend harsh criticism of administration’s response to dramatic events at CHS

HiLite Staff March 23, 2018

A string of several troubling events during the week of Feb. 12 caused students at this school to question the administration’s response. For example, Principal Tom Harmas released several different...

New cell phone policy. Administrators should reconsider severity of consequences.

Contributor December 12, 2014

THE RECENTLY UPDATED CELL PHONE POLICY AT this school outlines how students who show “inappropriate cell phone use” will be punished. The first offense calls for a detention, the second is a Saturday...

Students look through their phones in Senate SRT. The new cell phone policy put in place this year gives students detentions for misusing their phones during class instead of administration taking it. HELENA MA/PHOTO

New cell phone policy permits teachers to give detentions instead of administration withholding phones

Beats November 5, 2014

According to Principal John Williams, the administration team put in place a new cell phone policy this year. If a student uses his/her cell phone in a class where the teacher does not permit it, instead...

Administration should reconsider new restrictive lunch room policy for students

perspectives April 24, 2014

While CHS has always had stringent hallway policies, the administration has gone too far with the newest change. According to Principal Williams, the school has recently implemented a policy preventing...

State should define testing expectations clearly for schools, students beforehand

perspectives February 27, 2014

Due to college and career readiness requirements from Public Law 268 and House Enrolled Act 1005, the state is requiring low-performing students to take a diagnostic exam called the ACCUPLACER. Students...

Assistant Principal Doug Bird prepares an email for the School Messenger system. According to Bird, the school uses the School Messenger system to inform parents via email and phone call about severe weather and other important reminders pertaining to the school. CLAUDIA HUANG / PHOTO

Administration uses School Messenger system for severe weather warnings

Beats March 1, 2013

According to Assistant Principal Doug Bird, this school uses the School Messenger system, a mass emailing and phone call system, to inform parents about potential winter weather delays, as shown by a recent...

Administration should explain reasoning behind new policies

Administration should explain reasoning behind new policies

perspectives October 23, 2012

Each year administrators create new policies or modify old ones. Sometimes they explain to students the necessity of a policy; for example, the administration justified the end to throwing baby powder...

Administration should have progressively implemented new Homecoming policies.

Administration should have progressively implemented new Homecoming policies.

perspectives October 23, 2012

Before Homecoming Day arrived, I knew I would inevitably be disappointed. I even planned my evening so I would only be at the actual event for one hour, which was sufficient to catch a couple of good songs,...

Students who attended the Homecoming dance showed opposition to the increase in lights by sitting down in during the dance. The various changes to this years Homecoming dance caused mixed reactions from students. MADELINE MADDIE SCALES/ SUBMITTED PHOTO

Homecoming goers ‘protest’ by sitting down during dance

News September 27, 2012

The Homecoming dance, which took place Sept. 22, incorporated aspects that were different from previous years' dances. Some of these changes caused strong reactions by some who attended. The most...

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