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Indiana House Bill 1035 strives for mediocrity across Indiana schools

Indiana House Bill 1035 strives for mediocrity across Indiana schools

HiLite Staff January 30, 2024

House Bill 1035, which has recently been introduced in the Indiana House of Representatives, has only one goal, to eliminate school improvement plans. According to the Indiana Department of Education,...

Junior Maddie Rothenberger walks home from school on Sept. 26. Rothenberger moved to newly built townhomes in Midtown at the end of 2022 and now walks to and from school when the weather is nice.

As Oct. 4 marks annual Walk and Roll to School Day, students, teacher discuss sustainable transportation

Safin Khatri September 29, 2023

After finishing the school day, Senior Gavin Stewart takes a breath of fresh air and talks to his friends as he starts walking home. Stewart said walking to and from school with his friends is something...

CHS student texts their mom during a lockdown. Lieutenant Adam Miller says that CHS takes gun violence seriously, “We encourage all students to take the lockdown drills seriously and think about what they would do if it was a real incident.  The key to surviving a tragedy is preparation." 

CHS students, SRO address school safety procedures

Maggie Meyer April 28, 2023

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the increase in school shootings in America from 2009 to 2021 has increased by 88%. With the number of school shootings on the rise in America...

With recent racially motivated attack of IU student, Indiana must do more to protect vulnerable communities, schools must combat harmful rhetoric

With recent racially motivated attack of IU student, Indiana must do more to protect vulnerable communities, schools must combat harmful rhetoric

Staff Editorial February 1, 2023

On Jan. 11, an IU student from Carmel was stabbed on a bus. According to court documents, the perpetrator, Billie Davis, said she targeted the student for “being Chinese,” adding “it would be one...

Principal Tim Phares sits in his office. Phares said he encourages connectedness at this school and hopes to see more student involvement in events.

Q&A: CHS Principal Tim Phares speaks on transition to this school, supporting CHS culture 

Chenyao Liu and Archit Kalra September 27, 2022

Why did you decide to become principal of CHS? COVID provided me an opportunity to kind of reflect and look at what I really value and what I love. And what I love is everything about buildings. Buildings...

With holiday season approaching,  make sure to spend time relaxing, winding down

With holiday season approaching, make sure to spend time relaxing, winding down

Ally Horwitz December 11, 2020

By this time already, my family and I would know exactly what the holiday plans are and how the two-week break would be split up between my divorced parents. My room would be decorated, and I would have...

With scheduling for next school year underway, CHS classes attempt  to combine benefits of knowledge acquisition, real-world application

With scheduling for next school year underway, CHS classes attempt to combine benefits of knowledge acquisition, real-world application

Sam Hawkins and Uma Kandallu January 23, 2020

Senior Ruby Sanders wants to be an ecologist when she leaves high school. When she was younger, she loved being outdoors and was deeply fascinated by the inner workings of nature. Ecology seemed the natural...

Moving Forward: Students who graduate early look back on benefits, drawback of different schedule

Moving Forward: Students who graduate early look back on benefits, drawback of different schedule

Leslie Huang, Calina He, and Wendy Zhu April 19, 2019

For most students, their senior year marks the end of their high school experience and begins a new chapter in their life, but for junior Holly Eschmann, her case sways away from the traditional path....

Updated Schedules

Updated Schedules

February 15, 2019

In order to make up snow days, our district has decided to add 10 minutes to the end of each day rather than add days at the end of the year. It will take effect on Tuesday, February 19th. Both the regular...

Vedanth Devadiga, 13, works on his math homework after school at his math tutoring center. “I really enjoy doing sports with my friends, but I also have a lot of school things on my hands as well.”

A Worldwide Student: How students study in different countries

Victoria Nopporn September 27, 2018

For me, the thought of going to school in a foreign country is an opportunity to challenge your perspective of different cultures around the world. Therefore, when I went to Thailand on vacation, I was...

Preventing Parking Problems: Despite the original controversy, parking permits are necessary to ensure safety in, around the school

Preventing Parking Problems: Despite the original controversy, parking permits are necessary to ensure safety in, around the school

HiLite Staff September 21, 2018

As of Sept. 4, student drivers are required to obtain and display parking permits in order to park at the stadium. Different from parking “passes,” which are provided to select students in order to...

Replace the Replacement: Although all-school convocations have been replaced, they prove to be better for athletes, participants

Replace the Replacement: Although all-school convocations have been replaced, they prove to be better for athletes, participants

Selena Liu September 21, 2018

Last month, I was one of  several athletes who walked in the Walk of Champions, a replacement tradition for the previous all-school convocations. However, what I thought would be a fun, stress-free celebration...

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