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Sophomores Luke Choi (left front), Michael Yuan (left back), Ruth Ahn (right back), Stephanie Tan (right center), Chelsea Meng (right center) talk about their investment strategy. They gathered at the weekly FinXed club to review their final report.

Q&A with sophomore Chelsea Meng on the Wharton Global High School Investment Competition

Ella Lu March 27, 2025

What is the Wharton Global High School Investment Competition? It's a competition that is hosted by the Wharton School of Business for high schoolers. They get into teams of four through seven to craft...

Senior Ayla Abbasi completes a dive at a meet. Abbasi said she aims to complete as much of her homework as possible during school in order to balance her difficult coursework with her practice schedule. (Submitted: Ayla Abbasi)

Athlete Spotlight: Senior Ayla Abbasi on college diving and commended graduate award

Katie Maurer March 25, 2025

How do you divide your time up between school and diving? I do a lot of my homework during  SRT and during school, so that when I get home I can go to practice and not have too much work to do after...

USSYP delegates line up for a photo together in an art museum at Washington D.C. in March 2025. Two juniors or seniors serving in high-level elected leadership positions are selected from each state to represent that district. Sophia Fu (second from right), United States Senate Youth Program delegate and senior, said "I think the people you meet at USSYP are a very unique crowd. They're a good combination of silly and serious, and you're able to hold very engaging conversations that you're able to hold in many other places." (Submitted photo: Sophia Fu)

Q&A with senior Sophia Fu on participating in United States Senate Youth Program

Lucy Han March 21, 2025

Sophia Fu, United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) delegate and senior What motivated you to apply for USSYP? I've always been interested in history, politics and government. I'm a prospective...

Sophomore Monroe Melton perform in the dress rehearsal of Brainstorm. The show runs from Feb. 6 to 8 in the Studio Theater.

Q&A with actors, stage manager on studio theatre production “Brainstorm”

Mady Kiser February 8, 2025

Actress and sophomore Monroe Melton What is the show “Brainstorm” about?     It’s all about us, we wrote it, we put our own stuff into it, there are monologues about our bedrooms, but it’s...

Sophomore Siddharth Deodeshmukh plays in a cricket match on Dec. 4. Cricket Club meets once per month with the next being on Feb 4. afterschool.

Athlete Spotlight: Siddharth Deodeshmukh on the Cricket Club

Ryan Sharp January 31, 2025

When did you start playing Cricket? I started playing a while ago. My dad introduced it to me when I was in elementary school. He used to watch matches and he showed me a few of the matches and...

Senior Addy Czarnecki is doing her part for the team by swimming during a State Finals swim meet. During this swim meet CHS won and became the 2024 Swimming and Diving State Champions. (Submitted Photo: Addy Czarnecki)

Q&A with swim team members over role of team captain

Katie Maurer January 30, 2025

Swim captain and senior Addyson "Addy" Czarnecki What are the regular tasks of a team captain (specific to swim or not)? For us, the captains usually just send out messages to the team and are in charge...

Principal Tim Phares sits in a chair in his office. "I feel, and this is my perspective, we are pretty receptive and constantly reflecting to make changes on how we look at things," Phares said. (Submitted photo: Grace Guo)

Q&A with Principal Tim Phares on student complaints

Anthony Pho September 13, 2024

Principal Tim Phares What are the proper channels for students to suggest changes to school policies? We have lots of students at different times that want to share ideas or concerns about policies,...

Sophomore Ruby Cummings (left) and Panda Pasteries chef Lucy Wright (right) create a blood orange cardamom olive oil cake. The cake was topped with dark chocolate ganache and walnut praline.

Q&A with Chaya Reich about Cheftacular

Ayaan Nadeem May 6, 2024

Chaya Reich, Carmel Culinary Boosters president What is the significance of the Carmel Cheftacular event? Cheftacular is a fantastic educational collaboration between CHS culinary arts students and...

Q&A with Amy Skeens-Benton, Assistance Principal, on prom dresses

Q&A with Amy Skeens-Benton, Assistance Principal, on prom dresses

Mansi Indarapu May 3, 2024

How does the program where CHS students are able to receive prom dresses and suits work, and how do students receive those materials? All they have to do is come down to the freshman center. They receive...

Sandra Yang, Computer Science Honor Society President (CSHS) and senior.

Q&A with Sandra Yang, Computer Science Honor Society President, on password security

Safin Khatri May 2, 2024

How do you define a strong password, and why is it important in today's society? Passwords protect a lot of super important information, lots of information that's confidential. For example, bank accounts,...

Sophomore Grace Marshall competes in a lifting competition. Marshall said, "I would say (winning competitions) is a really good feeling. I work really hard for my strength and my capabilities so to see the outcome of it is pretty nice." 
(Submitted Photo: Grace Marshall)

Athlete Spotlight: Grace Marshall on being a powerlifting champion

Ryan Sharp May 1, 2024

How did you get into lifting? I originally played football here at Carmel High School, so I got into lifting to get stronger for the sport. Do you still play football? No, I stopped playing football...

Q&A with students, teacher about upcoming NCAA March Madness tournament

Mahitha Konjeti March 22, 2024

Sophomore Amay Sharma  What is March Madness?  March Madness is a thing that occurs every year, it’s a basketball collegiate playoff tournament to determine which team is overall better,...

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