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Q&A with CarmelFest Organizers Jeff Worrell and Steve Krusie

Ally Horwitz June 27, 2021

How was the decision made to have a CarmelFest this summer? We based it on a lot of things. Number one, the fact that it's in July. The fact that our numbers in Hamilton County are falling. The...

Q&A with Assistant Principal Amy Skeens-Benton and Prom sponsor Katie Kelly on senior celebrations

Q&A with Assistant Principal Amy Skeens-Benton and Prom sponsor Katie Kelly on senior celebrations

Ally Horwitz April 21, 2021

Assistant principle Amy Skeens-Benton What are the plans for senior celebrations this year? The senior celebrations include the Top Scholars Banquet, the Distinguished Grad ceremony during school,...

Carmel to host Carmel Marathon on April 3

Carmel to host Carmel Marathon on April 3

Ally Horwitz March 15, 2021

Todd Oliver, Race Director and president What are the COVID-19 safety precautions this year? Well, we have a long list of things that we're doing that mirror what it is that everybody else is doing,...

Science Bowl reflects on Regional results, top team to begin practice for Nationals 

Ally Horwitz March 15, 2021

On Feb. 13, the CHS Science Bowl A team placed first in the regional competition and will advance to the national competition to compete on May 22, according to Noah Tan, club president and senior. Tan...

CHS Science Bowl teams place among top 5 in virtual Regionals

Ally Horwitz March 15, 2021

On Feb. 13, the A, B and C teams placed 1st, 2nd and 4th, respectively, in the Science Bowl regional competition, according to club sponsor Virginia Kundrat. The A team, which placed first in the competition,...

Social studies department to consider a new African-American History class

Social studies department to consider a new African-American History class

Ally Horwitz February 14, 2021

Next year, CHS is considering offering a new African-American History class to interested sophomores, juniors and seniors. The class will be a one-semester elective course offered by the social studies...

Q&A with newly elected CCS school board members

Q&A with newly elected CCS school board members

Ally Horwitz December 12, 2020

Louse Jackson, newly elected CCS school board member Why did you decide to run for the CCS School Board? I have two children in Carmel schools. I have already been volunteering in my childrens’...

With holiday season approaching,  make sure to spend time relaxing, winding down

With holiday season approaching, make sure to spend time relaxing, winding down

Ally Horwitz December 11, 2020

By this time already, my family and I would know exactly what the holiday plans are and how the two-week break would be split up between my divorced parents. My room would be decorated, and I would have...

English 11 teachers Emily LeFors and Enid Baines meet over lunch to discuss changes to the curriculum for the 2021-2022 school year as well as adaptations for hybrid schedule. Baines led the meeting, speaking on how to teach The Great Gatsby with the limited schedule.

CHS English department expands 2021-2022 course options for juniors and seniors, plans to diversify curriculum

Ally Horwitz November 15, 2020

Next school year, 2021-2022, CHS will offer new courses focused on specific areas of literature for incoming juniors and seniors. In every course, the English department will change its curriculum for...

Science Bowl head sponsor Virginia Kundrat sits at her desk and plays with a science model. She sponsors the Science Bowl team, which is preparing for an invitational competition in January.

Science Bowl to prepare for January invitational, finalize changes to team roster

Ally Horwitz November 11, 2020

In January, the Science Bowl team will participate in an invitational competition with other Indiana schools, according to head sponsor and science teacher Virginia Kundrat. The competition will be all-virtual...

Science Bowl to form three teams, prepare for regional competition

Ally Horwitz November 11, 2020

Science Bowl will continue the process of determining the A, B and C teams this year during the second round of tryouts, the first of which occurred before fall break. While the first round of tryouts...

Q&A with Young Democrats, Carmel Republicans Presidents

Q&A with Young Democrats, Carmel Republicans Presidents

Zainab Idrees and Olivia Stock October 22, 2020

Young Democrats: Q&A with Aanchal Agarwal What is Young Democrats? Young Democrats is a way to encourage other people and to foster their own activism. So it's not so much about holding the democratic...

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