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Privacy Please. Congress needs to update its online privacy laws, protect citizens’ rights.

Privacy Please. Congress needs to update its online privacy laws, protect citizens’ rights.

perspectives April 25, 2013

Over spring break, I Googled how much a certain pair of shoes would cost. Just once. I began to notice those sneakers popping up in ads across Facebook, Amazon and YouTube. Pretty soon these shoes were...

Principal John Williams speaks into the new doorbell notification system. The procedure, at first scheduled to be implemented next school year, was enacted on April 15. VICTOR XU / PHOTO

Administrators enact doorbell notification system ahead of schedule, looking into issues with intercom misuse

Beats April 21, 2013

Last week, the school installed buzzers on Doors 2, 4 and 13, which are the main office, student service and freshman center doors respectively. In the new system, every door will be locked at school during...

According to Jim Inskeep, director of athletics and activities, the school will hold an all-school convocation on March 14 to honor students with exemplary achievement during the winter season. “We have so much to be thankful for in so many levels,” he said. Inskeep is in charge of programming school convocations. VICTOR XU / PHOTO

Winter convocation to take place March 28

Beats March 25, 2013

The first convocation of the semester is scheduled to take place on March 28 during SRT. This is changed from the originally scheduled date of March 14.  According to Jim Inskeep, director of athletics...

A visitor checks in after entering through Door 2 in the main office. Next school year, Door 2 and Door 13 will be locked and have buzzers and security cameras—secretaries will buzz in any visitors. VICTOR XU / PHOTO

School to implement new safety measures next year: locks on all doors, visitors to be buzzed in

Beats March 22, 2013

This school plans to introduce new security measures beginning in the 2013-2014 school year. These changes will be both technological and procedural, according to Principal John Williams. On the...

A sign at Door 4 informs visitors of the procedure required to enter the school, a sentiment echoed in the first monthly safety tip. The administration began the program as part of a schoolwide effort to keep school safety in the forefronts of students’ and teachers’ minds.

Monthly safety tips part of schoolwide plan to keep security “at the foregrounds of everyone’s attentions”

Beats February 5, 2013

Administrators recently began a safety program through which teachers and students are given monthly “tips” on maintaining a secure school environment. The first such tip in January advised that students...

distracted: Senioritis victim Keshav Ramaswamy talks to a friend during his band class instead of paying attention to the music. Alternate schedules that have been proposed for future seniors may help to subdue this lack of attention that comes with senioritis. SAM PATTERSON/ PHOTO

Seniors of future graduating classes may have alternate options to taking traditional classes

News January 24, 2013

As seniors face their final semester of high school, worsening cases of ‘senioritis’ prompt new efforts to fight the epidemic from students and administrators For senior Keshav Ramaswamy, the...

Liberal Arts Lover. As we strive for practicality and STEM initiatives, we can’t belittle the importance of the humanities.

Liberal Arts Lover. As we strive for practicality and STEM initiatives, we can’t belittle the importance of the humanities.

perspectives January 24, 2013

These days, there’s probably one question English majors hear more often than any other: “What are you going to do with that degree?” Maybe that’s tied with “Are you going to work at McDonald’s...

 Principal John Williams finds an example using the updated grading policy on his computer. Under the new policy, grades for a withdrawn class will no longer count toward GPA. VICTOR XU / PHOTO

School looking to change class withdrawal grading policy

Beats November 29, 2012

Counselors and administrators plan to change how the grading policy operates following a student’s withdrawal and retake of a certain course.  Under the current policy, grades earned for both the withdrawal...

Principal John Williams shakes hands with senior Humphrey Lin during a passing period. Under the new proposed schedule, seniors would have freedoms similar to those of a college student. VICTOR XU / PHOTO

Administration introduces possibility of new senior schedule format

Beats November 7, 2012

At a "Coffee with the Principal" on Oct. 25, Principal John Williams announced to teachers the concept of an altered senior schedule format based on a collegiate class plan. The proposed schedule, which...

Meet the Press

Author Archives October 30, 2012

Hello, dear reader, and welcome to my first blog post. I'm Victor, the editor in chief of the HiLite newsmagazine at Carmel High School. Perhaps you're here to meet one of the renowned contributors to...

Allison Malloy, honors English 10 teacher, submits final grades for her classes during SRT. Malloy said the implementation of the new English curriculum and the Common Core Standards has been difficult to manage. VICTOR XU / PHOTO

English department adjusts to curriculum changes in second quarter

Beats October 22, 2012

The English department is looking to make several adjustments to its freshman, sophomore and junior classes, which finished their first quarters on Oct. 12 under a new curriculum. English teachers have...

During passing period, students traverse the catwalk, which is often used as a viewing location during events in the commons, like the BucketBangers performance on Sept. 21. The administration is looking to possibly reinforce the handrails preemptively for fears of the structure falling as more students lean on it.

Administration looks to reinforce handrail on catwalk

Beats September 26, 2012

Administrators plan to invite an engineer to check on the handrails of the catwalk, which students leaned on in the past as they watched events in the commons area such as the BucketBangers performance...

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