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As the giving season approaches, young people give back in rising numbers

Aidah Brown • November 28, 2023

International Volunteer day is on Dec. 5th this year, but David Jiang, co-president of the Key Club and junior, said something as complex as giving can't be defined and categorized by one thing. "Giving...

Students, teacher consider environmental implications of thrifting

Lorna Ding • May 20, 2022

Sophomore Christine Hu has been thrifting since she was 3 years old. Thrifting, which first became popular during the Great Depression, is the process of shopping at stores that sell secondhand clothing. “It’s...

CHS Senate to host spring blood drive, increase student participation

Cady Armstrong • March 20, 2020

The information in this issue—originally scheduled for publication on March 20—was written and produced prior to news regarding school cancellation from the COVID-19 virus. Some information may be...

Giving Back. Donating to others is important all year round, not just during holiday season.

HiLite staff • December 14, 2017

Care to Share, the annual holiday fundraiser sponsored by the student senate, starts in November and ends right before finals week. Senate assigns the SRTs a goal value of money raised and collect funds...

Forget about the money: Value raising awareness for causes that matter to us over extravagant donations

perspectives • November 14, 2014

On Oct. 14, Mark Zuckerberg announced on Facebook that he donated $25 million to help fight Ebola. The reactions that ensued were largely focused on the large sum of money and thus what an incredible man...

Giving back. Students should help those who are less fortunate this Thanksgiving season.

perspectives • November 16, 2012

Thanksgiving started when the original pilgrims decided to have a feast after celebrating their one-year anniversary of moving to America, and they invited the Native Americans who helped them throughout...