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The cell phone ban is both helpful and detrimental to students

The cell phone ban is both helpful and detrimental to students

Laasya Avula September 19, 2024

With the implementation of the new cell phone ban in schools all around Indiana, students and staff are experiencing the benefits and drawbacks of the ban. The policy, Senate Bill 185, states that cell...

Carmel High School updates reassessment policy

Carmel High School updates reassessment policy

Keira Kress September 19, 2023

Ahead of the 2023-2024 school year, this school has made changes to its reassessment policy. Most notably, the new reassessment policy allows for retake opportunities for test grades below an A- (90%,...

Sophomores Lynn Perrin and Izzy Holtz partake in a discussion about issues that trans students face at school and in life in general during the GSA meeting on Wednesday, April 19.

Students, assistant principal respond to new anti-LGBTQ legislation

Lorna Ding April 28, 2023

Deadnaming is the act of referring to someone by the name they no longer use, and if junior Ren Olson had to come out as transgender again today, he said there would be a possibility he would choose to...

CHS must make sexual assault policies more transparent for students, survivors to feel safe

CHS must make sexual assault policies more transparent for students, survivors to feel safe

HiLite Staff September 23, 2021

On Sept. 9, the CHS administration sent out an email to parents and staff to make them aware of a situation on social media concerning students. This email came amid dozens of sexual assault allegations...

HiLite Editorial Policy

September 13, 2019

HiLite Editorial Policy Carmel High School Newsmagazine  “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom...

On Jan. 29, junior Alexis O’Brien went to a Trump protest at the Indianapolis International Airport to protest against the president’s executive order to temporarily ban immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries. O’Brien made a sign saying “We Love You,” in Arabic, French and English. She said that she doesn’t support Trump’s order because not all immigrants are terrorists and because the issue blocked some Americans who were returning back to the US from one of those countries.

Students at CHS disagree with Trump’s former executive order

Allison Li, Beats Editor February 21, 2017

Junior Alexis O’Brien   Did you agree with Trump’s decision? Can you see where he’s coming from? Not at all. I don't agree with Trump’s policies. I agree that vetting could be...

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...

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...

Bullying Happens. Students must do their part for the new bullying policy to be effective.

Bullying Happens. Students must do their part for the new bullying policy to be effective.

perspectives September 12, 2013

We’ve all seen bullying. Whether in the form of malicious rumors, exclusion from a group, or nasty texts, many of us have been subjected to it, perpetrated it or allowed it. Regardless of the role any...

The policy for punishment should accurately reflect the crime committed

perspectives August 15, 2012

Unfortunately it’s something that happens every year: students using a wide range of resources and tactics to give themselves unfair advantages on tests and assignments. Although it is safe to say that...

New policy changes lockdown procedures

News November 18, 2011

For senior Jack Andrews, the old security policy of this school was ineffective. That old plan mandated a lockdown procedure that required teachers to simply close and lock their doors, in the event of...

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