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New prayer policy is inefficient, administration should return to old policy

HiLite Staff • September 25, 2024

Starting this year, administrators enacted a revised policy regarding students who need to pray at school. The new policy states that students must receive a pass each day from the administration. Students...

Students connect with family during Eid

Ayaan Nadeem and Sophia Zhang • April 21, 2023

On April 21, Muslims around the world celebrate the religious holiday of Eid Al-Fitr. It’s a holiday that’s observed after the month of Ramadan and is a day to celebrate the end of the holy month....

CHS should give Muslim students a prayer space

HiLite Staff • April 20, 2023

In the religion of Islam, Muslims have to fulfill five daily prayers. For the majority of the year, the afternoon prayer of Dhuhr, falls during school hours. Currently at this school, some students are...

Having Faith in the Game: CHS athletes explore blurry boundaries between religion and sports

sports • January 21, 2016

Last month, Scott Spahr, a women’s basketball coach at Morristown Elementary School, was reported for his tradition of praying before games with his team. While this may seem trivial, Spahr broke the...

S.A.L.T. members to leave for national prayer conference

Beats • October 5, 2011

On the night of Oct. 7, two to five members of Student Venture’s Student Action Leadership Team (S.A.L.T.) will leave for a national prayer conference in Houston. According to Kate Shanklin, S.A.L.T....

Student Venture’s serve team to host teacher breakfast Oct. 6

Beats • October 4, 2011

Members of the Student Venture serve team will prepare a teacher breakfast on the morning of Oct. 6. This is a new event the serve team planned and has anticipated over the course of the year. “We...