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Is advisory necessary at Smoky Hill?

Is advisory necessary at Smoky Hill?

Samuel Kristjanson, Staffer November 6, 2023

The Cherry Creek School District (CCSD) mandates advisory classes each week for students across all schools. The class focuses on building trusting relationships with the teacher and fellow classmates....

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Smoky Now Endorses Incumbents Anne Egan and Angela Garland for the Board of Education

Gloria Namgung and Sofiia Znakharenko October 25, 2023

We can continue the work the CCSD Board of Education has done for the past four years and set priorities to support and uplift the district community. We can continue to build awareness surrounding mental...

Opinion | Lunch should be longer

Opinion | Lunch should be longer

Sam Kristjanson, Staffer October 3, 2023

At Smoky Hill High School, lunch has been overcrowded and it is hard to get lunch and still have some time to eat it. This year school lunch became free, causing a lot of people to not bring lunch to school...

Review | The return of the supermodel cat walk? Moschino and models in Milan Fashion Week

Review | The return of the ‘supermodel’ cat walk? Moschino and models in Milan Fashion Week

Gloria Namgung, Editor-in-Chief October 1, 2023

From the "big three"; Campbell, Evangelista, Turlington; to today's models that dominate the catwalk- the Hadid sisters, Tougaard, and even reality personality Kendall Jenner, runways have taken a whole...

Testing the limits of the new policies at Smoky

Testing the limits of the new policies at Smoky

Simone Van de Sande, Staffer September 25, 2023

On Aug. 28,  I decided to test the limits of the new policy and the consequences of those policies.   For over 20 minutes I walked around with no student ID and also had the incorrect bathroom pass...

Opinion | All Students Eat Free

Opinion | All Students Eat Free

Rainey Sharp, Staffer September 25, 2023

For years, not all students in CCSD have been able to eat free. It was only during the COVID pandemic lockdown and the phase-in back-to-school season that every student was able to get meals at no cost....

Opinion | Locker Problems as a Smoky Student

Opinion | Locker Problems as a Smoky Student

Rainey Sharp, Staffer September 20, 2023

Wednesday morning at 7:50 a.m., I stopped by the school security office. Lockers have not been available for weeks into the school year, and now that they are, I wanted one. When I asked the security...

Photo Illustration by Sofiia Znakharenko via Canva

Opinion | The Church of Leisure

Sofiia Znakharenko, Co-Editor September 17, 2023

When I was around 10, an age notable for its insurmountable mountain of childhood ambitions, I came to the conclusion that the best thing I could ever be was fast.  At the time, the revolving doors...

10 school days lost to Florence, Venice, and Rome: How I did it as an upcoming graduating IB senior

Gloria Namgung, Editor-in-Chief September 15, 2023

I went to three different major cities in Italy for two consecutive weeks but here's the catch- I missed two weeks' worth of classes for it. I had spent a lot of time thinking about the decision...

Opinion | Homecoming ticket pricing is too high

Opinion | Homecoming ticket pricing is too high

Blake Price, Staffer September 13, 2023

As homecoming season approaches, most students are excited about the dance. I know I was- until I saw the ticket prices.  School ticket prices are the result of components like hiring the DJ, security...

Taken on my dads Olympus Digital Camera, my dad made sure to preserve memories in the form of photographs so I could one day look back and evaluate how much Ive grown. Being first-generation in this sense means to evoke those first steps of being a human and facing new challenges or benefits to grow wisdom from.

Op-Ed | What first-generation success means to me

Gloria Namgung, Editor-in-Chief August 26, 2023

As a Korean immigrant who was predominantly raised in America, I was always confined by the eyes of expectation. In my childhood and younger adolescence years, I was expected to prepare myself for the...

Opinion | New Hall Policy

Opinion | New Hall Policy

Faven Getnet, Staffer August 18, 2023

As the new school year unfolds at Smoky Hill, students are already coming across a set of new rules, with the spotlight on the recently introduced hall policy. This policy was made with the intent of stopping...

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