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School board candidate Jon Shapiro meets early voters at the polls to reach more voters and clarify aspects of his campaign at the Carmel Clay Public Library on Oct. 30. Shapiro decided to run for school board in the winter of 2023 and started knocking on doors during spring of 2024. “I'm committed to making sure that we're bringing the community's voice to the table and allowing our families and other members of the community to have some input and be able to provide feedback on how we are doing,” Shapiro said.

Partisan influences in school board election shape prospective policies for students, affect potential school board dynamic

Shawn Feng November 5, 2024

In the past few years, school districts across the United States, which have typically been nonpartisan entities, have become increasingly politicized. In 2023, Pew Research quantified a striking partisan...

Graphic Perspective: The "great" debate

Graphic Perspective: The “great” debate

Megan Xia October 31, 2024

The views in this graphic perspective do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Megan Xia at [email protected].

Students, teacher weigh impact of celebrity endorsements on students’ political views

Students, teacher weigh impact of celebrity endorsements on students’ political views

Keira Kress and Ivy Zhen October 29, 2024

Following the 2024 presidential debate on Sept. 10, Taylor Swift took to Instagram to post an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris.  “I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe...

CHS should increase amount of voting information sent out

CHS should increase amount of voting information sent out

HiLite Staff October 19, 2024

With a presidential election drawing near, many of this school’s students who have turned 18 are now eligible to vote in the election on Nov. 5. Before Indiana’s voter registration deadline on Oct....

Kamala Harris’ ‘brat’ campaign is a stroke of modern genius

Kamala Harris’ ‘brat’ campaign is a stroke of modern genius

Evelyn Foster September 13, 2024

I can’t open Instagram without encountering something political anymore. Ever since June 27’s presidential debate, I (and the rest of the American population) have known it would be a thoroughly riotous...

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Roman Gralak April 14, 2023

Q&A: Mayor Jim Brainard discusses not running for mayor

Q&A: Mayor Jim Brainard discusses not running for mayor

Maryam Hafeez November 1, 2022

What caused you to make the decision to not run for mayor anymore?  Our city is growing, it is successful and we have many exciting projects to come. I have often said I wanted to stay until those...

Voters must avoid casting ballots for celebrities who take away from important issues in elections

Voters must avoid casting ballots for celebrities who take away from important issues in elections

Cady Armstrong October 20, 2020

When my sister told me rapper Kanye West was running for president, I found it funny. When people think of Kanye West, they think of his Yeezy shoe brand or the Kardashian family—not him seated in the...

Club members pose for a picture after the first meeting of the year on Sept. 11. According to Zoe Koniaris, senior and club president, the club has been working hard in preparation for the upcoming elections.

Democrats Club to focus on local campaigns in coming months

Michelle Lu October 3, 2019

The Democrats club is preparing to work on local campaigns prior to city council elections until Nov. 5. According to Zoe Koniaris, club president and senior, city council campaigns allow smaller clubs...

Club member and junior Chloe Wareham operates the Democrat’s Club during the Freshman Activites Fair on Aug. 26. According to Zoe Koniaris, a major goal of Democrats Club is educating people in and outside of the club about civics.

Democrats Club to host call-out meeting, distribute voting information to senior class

Michelle Lu September 11, 2019

After a summer of activism, the Democrats Club is set to host a call-out meeting in the coming weeks. According to Zoe Koniaris, club president and senior, the primary goal the club has this year is to...

Student body president Maddie Heath and speaker of the House Deion Ziwawo sit back-to-back. Heath said Senate will take over Culture of Care this year. "(I want to make sure Culture of Care) is something that everyone has access to because I feel like in a school of this size, it's really hard to communicate something across the board," Heath said.

Q&A with student body president (SBP) Maddie Heath, speaker of the House (SOH) Deion Ziwawo

Victoria Nopporn August 13, 2019

Speaker of the House Deion Ziwawo What are your responsibilities? One of the main things that I will be doing is running the House of Representatives, so the 700 member student government group. I will...

Hamilton county councilor Fred Glynn  to challenge Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard

Hamilton county councilor Fred Glynn to challenge Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard

Tara Kandallu April 19, 2019

With the upcoming republican primary on May 7, all attention is on the two mayoral candidates: Mayor Jim Brainard and city councilor Fred Glynn. Glynn, who began his second term at the beginning of...

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