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Far From the Tree: students weigh the option of taking on family businesses

Far From the Tree: students weigh the option of taking on family businesses

Charlotte Horrocks May 17, 2024

It’s the picture perfect passing-of-the-torch ceremony. It starts with the family store, dressed up in one of those big red ribbons with the scissors to snip it lying on a velvet pillow. Next to it also...

Senior Avery Guo works on a digital art project on her laptop. Guo said she uses a keyboard cover so that she can draw with her e-pencil without having to touch the screen.

Creativity accelerated by COVID-19, students reflect on pandemic three years ago

Evelyn Foster March 31, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic shackled many people to their houses for months on end. But for those like Avery Guo, president of the Artist’s Association and senior, this wasn’t such a bad thing. Over the...

Jaylen Zachery, sophomore

Jaylen Zachery, sophomore

Elise Varhan, Student Section Reporter March 25, 2021

"Last March 13 was pretty normal. I remember having a lot of tests and goofing around with my friends in school. Life was certainly more free during that time. I got to see my friends a lot more often....

Zach Osborne, junior

Zach Osborne, junior

Elise Varhan, Student Section Reporter March 25, 2021

"Lockdown happened around the end of our winter workouts for football. We were just getting ready to start spring workouts but we had to cancel all those due to the pandemic. This year, we’re able to...

Averi Weninger, sophomore

Averi Weninger, sophomore

Elise Varhan, Student Section Reporter March 25, 2021

"The weekend everything got shut down, I was supposed to have a hockey tournament in Fort Wayne, but it got canceled last minute. At that point I thought it was kind of weird that things were getting canceled...

Emily Waddell, sophomore

Emily Waddell, sophomore

Elise Varhan, Student Section Reporter March 25, 2021

"I was at a volleyball tournament the weekend before everything got shut down. I remember there was a bunch of talk about canceling school, canceling volleyball, which was a really big deal back then because...

Alayna Wakeman, freshman

Alayna Wakeman, freshman

Elise Varhan, Student Section Reporter March 25, 2021

"Last March, life was pretty normal for the most part. Now, life is definitely stranger with all the guidelines and precautions we have to follow everywhere. However, I do prefer the new hybrid school...

Chloe Chui, senior

Chloe Chui, senior

Jasmine Zhang, Student Section Reporter March 25, 2021

Last March 13th, I was mostly preparing for ISSMA State, the ACT, and Science Olympiad. Sadly, all three of those were cancelled. Also, I was hanging out with a lot of people and getting home pretty late...

Graphic Perspective: Quarantine Blues

Graphic Perspective: Quarantine Blues

Emily Sandy March 14, 2021

For more works by Emily Sandy, click here. To see past issues of the HiLite, click here.

Q&A with Noah Tan on creating a regional virtual science competition

Q&A with Noah Tan on creating a regional virtual science competition

Emily Sandy November 27, 2020

Could you explain to me what the Quarantine Science Tournament is? So, last year when lockdown started, some of my friends and I got pulled out of our science competitions. They were all canceled, like...

Students assess how family dynamics, roles have changed due to COVID-19

Students assess how family dynamics, roles have changed due to COVID-19

Leah Tan August 13, 2020

Prior to March 14, senior Alana Blumberg’s daily life would often consist of staying at her dad’s house with her younger sister while bearing the same responsibilities most students have—homework,...

Students should jump back into life post-isolation, be spontaneous, safe with friends to make up for lost time

Students should jump back into life post-isolation, be spontaneous, safe with friends to make up for lost time

Rhea Acharya August 13, 2020

Perhaps the most significant change since the pandemic hit has been screen time: many of the people I’ve spoken to spend almost three times as much time on their phones than before, some even in the...

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