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Sophomore Atharva Sahu poses with his younger brother and paternal grandparents in his grandparent’s rural village of Kathonda, India on Dec. 10, 2019. Sahu visited his grandparents’ old house, which they had left over 40 years ago. Sahu said, “You are able to get a sense of how other people in different situations and environments live.” (Submitted Photo: Atharva Sahu)

Communication plays an important role in distant family connections

Drithi Raipet December 16, 2024

The holiday season is a time in which many families spend time together celebrating. According to Statista, in 2022, 70% of U.S. adults said they looked forward to getting together with their family and...

Review: Season four of "Outer Banks" was a waste of my time and here’s why [MUSE]

Review: Season four of “Outer Banks” was a waste of my time and here’s why [MUSE]

Shawn Feng November 30, 2024

Spoiler Warning: This review contains spoilers for season four of "Outer Banks" The appeal of "Outer Banks" was apparent from the pilot episode: a group of rag-tag teenagers fighting against all odds...

School board candidate Jon Shapiro meets early voters at the polls to reach more voters and clarify aspects of his campaign at the Carmel Clay Public Library on Oct. 30. Shapiro decided to run for school board in the winter of 2023 and started knocking on doors during spring of 2024. “I'm committed to making sure that we're bringing the community's voice to the table and allowing our families and other members of the community to have some input and be able to provide feedback on how we are doing,” Shapiro said.

Partisan influences in school board election shape prospective policies for students, affect potential school board dynamic

Shawn Feng November 5, 2024

In the past few years, school districts across the United States, which have typically been nonpartisan entities, have become increasingly politicized. In 2023, Pew Research quantified a striking partisan...

Sophomore Fahed Badreddine listens attentively in his AP African American Studies class as his teacher, Mr. Ziegler, discusses LatinX Heritage month for the class bellringer on Oct. 1, 2024. The class was designed to provide accurate representation by providing more nuanced and up-to-date historical analysis on African American history. “In this class, I've learned that (African Americans) they're a lot more successful than what society and what (typical) textbooks portray them as,” Badreddine said.

Misinformation of U.S. history shapes inaccurate student opinions, harms minority students

Shawn Feng October 23, 2024

Senior Gideon Goldstein said he recalled inaccuracies in one of his very first history lessons in public school. “I remember in Kindergarten when we had this play that we did where all the Native...

CHS should increase amount of voting information sent out

CHS should increase amount of voting information sent out

HiLite Staff October 19, 2024

With a presidential election drawing near, many of this school’s students who have turned 18 are now eligible to vote in the election on Nov. 5. Before Indiana’s voter registration deadline on Oct....

Freshman Sofia Ludington-Barquet rides atop a camel on her way to the Great Pyramids at Giza on Monday, May 29, 2023. “To touch, feel, smell---and just be there---was so much better than looking at the magazine that I had looked at all my life. It truly was incredible,” said Ludington-Barquet. (Submitted Photo: Sofia Ludington Barquet)

International travel provides students, teachers diverse views and experiences

Shawn Feng September 20, 2024

Freshman Sofia Ludington-Barquet had always been interested in different parts of the world, but her fascination with travel began in earnest after graduating kindergarten, when her parents gifted her...

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