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The student news site of Smoky Hill High School

Smoky Now

The student news site of Smoky Hill High School

Smoky Now

Fall Break 2022

Fall Break 2022

Faven Getnet, Staffer October 12, 2022

Day after day, we get closer to fall in October, most importantly, fall break. According to Jennifer Harding, Mental Health staff at Smoky Hill High School, “I think that our students should try to find...

CCSD cutting down on breakfast times

CCSD cutting down on breakfast times

Simone Van de Sande, Staffer September 26, 2022

The Cherry Creek School District (CCSD) is cutting down on students' breakfast times down by two hours. Since this new school year, breakfast was cut from being able to get breakfast at the latest time...

Opinion: District Officials aim to Open a Much-Needed Mental Health Treatment Center in Fall 2023

Opinion: District Officials aim to Open a Much-Needed Mental Health Treatment Center in Fall 2023

Dawson Patterson, Staffer September 9, 2022

We all know that some people have mental health issues, Whether they are major or minor. A lot of people also don’t have the money to afford good-quality mental health care. CCSD students, however, will...

My Bipolar Disorder Story

My Bipolar Disorder Story

Corbin Jenkins, Saffer September 9, 2022

I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in first grade. It was hard to deal with because it feel like everyone looked at me differently than the normal person. It was hard to make friends because people...

Coming To An End

Coming To An End

Alexandra Lopez, Staffer May 12, 2022

The 2021-2022 school year is finally coming to an end. For seniors, graduation is right around the corner. It's such a special event that only comes once. And well for the rest of us, we've finished another...

Summer Jobs

Summer Jobs

Aubree Maxfield, Staffer May 12, 2022

As this school year is ending, and summer break is starting, students we’ll be going out and finding summer jobs. Employment rates for students are still lower from quarantine than some other statistics,...

Latino World Alliance

Latino World Alliance

Alexandra Lopez, Staffer May 12, 2022

Every Tuesday, a group of students meets in room II-307 for a club. Latino World Alliance. It’s open to all students at Smoky Hill. The club works towards doing projects & activities. “We plan...

Religious Holidays For Muslims

Dana Mohamed, staffer May 10, 2022

Having to go to school on our own holidays can be really tough for some of us with religions other than Christianity. As a Muslim at Smoky Hill, a lot of our holidays actually tend to be in the middle...

A New Covid Response

A New Covid Response

Liam Blasdel, Staffer May 1, 2022

Last Tuesday Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House’s chief medical adviser, told PBS News hour that the United States has now moved onto a “controlled stage’ of the pandemic response. A "controlled...

Off Period Wasted

Off Period Wasted

Dana Mohamed, Staffer April 24, 2022

A 90-minute period is given to almost every student, mostly to work on missing work and better their grades; however, this is very rare to find. "I usually go to my house, I rarely go to the library...

New Hallway Sweeps at Smoky

New Hallway Sweeps at Smoky

Aubree Maxfield, Staffer April 17, 2022

Implemented on April 6, Smoky has decided to conduct random hallway sweeps around the school to ensure that students are in the classes or out of the halls at the correct times. Students have been active...

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