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Seniors Maddie McElwee (left) and Rosie Martin (right) respond to a question using sign language during their American Sign Language class period on the afternoon of Nov. 26, 2024. Martin said part of what she loves about ASL is being able to communicate with her friends in a unique way. “I like being able to talk with my friends and have nobody else know what we’re saying,” Martin said.

ASL students, teacher reflect on importance of learning sign language, inclusion of deaf community

Catherine Guo January 29, 2025

For Gabriella Morge, American Sign Language (ASL) student and junior, ASL is more than just an interest. Every day, when she returns home, Morge uses the language to communicate and stay in touch with...

Graphic Perspective: Pizza Tierlist

Graphic Perspective: Pizza Tierlist

Katelyn Chen January 13, 2025

The views in this graphic perspective do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Katelyn Chen at kchen@hilite.org.

Review: “Transformers One” is a refreshing and exciting addition to the franchise [MUSE]

Review: “Transformers One” is a refreshing and exciting addition to the franchise [MUSE]

Katelyn Chen January 8, 2025

“Transformers One” is the best Transformers film, period. In comparison to past Transformers movies, “Transformers One” provides a genuinely enjoyable, refreshing take on the franchise. What makes...

Review: “Sonic 3” does everything great from the past two movies, and arguably even better [MUSE]

Review: “Sonic 3” does everything great from the past two movies, and arguably even better [MUSE]

Katelyn Chen January 6, 2025

After watching the third installment, it's clear that the “Sonic” movies have helped set a new standard in video game adaptations. The franchise has raised the bar several times now to the point where...

Sophomores Lorie Cai and Nikhil Muragan wrap a snow globe that Nikhil plans to gift one of his friends for Christmas in SSRT on Dec. 2. Murugan decided to participate in a Secret Santa event because he thought it would be a valuable bonding experience with his friends. During the holiday season, many extracurricular classes and individual friend groups engage in gift exchanges.

Holiday gift giving sparks conversations on personalization

Drithi Raipet December 28, 2024

As the holidays approach, gift-giving traditions become more prevalent in homes and communities worldwide. According to Statista, 52% of Gen-Z consumers were likely to give others self-made gifts this...

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Sophomore Atharva Sahu poses with his younger brother and paternal grandparents in his grandparent’s rural village of Kathonda, India on Dec. 10, 2019. Sahu visited his grandparents’ old house, which they had left over 40 years ago. Sahu said, “You are able to get a sense of how other people in different situations and environments live.” (Submitted Photo: Atharva Sahu)

Communication plays an important role in distant family connections

Drithi Raipet December 16, 2024

The holiday season is a time in which many families spend time together celebrating. According to Statista, in 2022, 70% of U.S. adults said they looked forward to getting together with their family and...

Review: “Arcane” Season 2 exceeds expectations, but leaves the finale as the make or break of the series [MUSE]

Review: “Arcane” Season 2 exceeds expectations, but leaves the finale as the make or break of the series [MUSE]

Katelyn Chen November 24, 2024

The first two parts of “Arcane” Season Two were probably the funniest, most worrying set of “Arcane” episodes yet. I binged all six episodes with high hopes and was immediately rewarded with a...

Seniors Amna Ahmad, Eesha Singh and Mahira Hafeez color in various Salvador Dali paintings at the Newfields Lume exhibit. The students were a part of the AP Spanish Language field trip to the art museum.

Students, teacher weigh the benefits of implementing field trips alongside classwork

Riva Jain November 12, 2024

As a group of students crowd the Salvador Dali LUME exhibit at the Newfields art museum on Oct. 23, senior Amna Ahmad said she wondered why classes at this school don’t offer more field trips. For Ahmad,...

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...

Sophomore Fahed Badreddine listens attentively in his AP African American Studies class as his teacher, Mr. Ziegler, discusses LatinX Heritage month for the class bellringer on Oct. 1, 2024. The class was designed to provide accurate representation by providing more nuanced and up-to-date historical analysis on African American history. “In this class, I've learned that (African Americans) they're a lot more successful than what society and what (typical) textbooks portray them as,” Badreddine said.

Misinformation of U.S. history shapes inaccurate student opinions, harms minority students

Shawn Feng October 23, 2024

Senior Gideon Goldstein said he recalled inaccuracies in one of his very first history lessons in public school. “I remember in Kindergarten when we had this play that we did where all the Native...

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