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Smoky Now

Women of Color Achieve Ivy League Success

Women of Color Achieve Ivy League Success

Simone Van de Sande, Staffer April 22, 2024
50% of the most prestigious schools also known as the ivy’s are made of caucasian students.- college vine Throughout the years ivy’s have been predominantly white schools founded by white men. The highest acceptance rate for these schools being caucasian males. But this is coming to a chang e three women of color were accepted into ivy league schools. Breaking this continuous pattern of only white males going to top prestigious school.

Liquid Nitrogen Experiment

Lily Gibson, Staffer April 18, 2024

The Innovation Space Plan for the 2024/2025 Year - A conversation with Andre Bala

The Innovation Space Plan for the 2024/2025 Year – A conversation with Andre Bala

Rainey Sharp, Staffer April 12, 2024

At the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year, the study spaces lining the school hallways were installed. Andre Bala, the Smoky Hill principal, starts with an explanation of what the original goal...

The Counselors are Here to Help

The Counselors are Here to Help

Rainey Sharp, Staffer April 12, 2024

Smoky Hill's counselors can help with schedules, planning, or are there if a student needs support. These pillars of the Smoky community have a plethora of reasons for their passion for student service,...

Why high schools give 40% for missing work

Why high schools give 40% for missing work

Samuel Kristjanson, Staffer April 12, 2024

The grading system at Smoky Hill is unique in that it gives students an automatic 40% on any missing assignment instead of being put in, but why do they do this? Usually, schools across districts in Colorado...

A Guide to Opting Out

A Guide to Opting Out

Sofiia Znakharenko, Co-Editor April 10, 2024

With the statewide standardized testing dates fast approaching, taking place from April 15-26, some students may feel that these institutionalized assessment practices are not what is best suited towards...

Opinion | 4-Day Week Schedule at Smoky

Opinion | 4-Day Week Schedule at Smoky

Faven Getnet, Staffer April 10, 2024

Smoky has stuck to the same red/green day schedule for years now. Other high schools are different, for example, having all their classes in one day or having a 4-day week schedule like Brighton High School....

Yearly registration verification more difficult because of students who didn't pre-register courses

Yearly registration verification more difficult because of students who didn’t pre-register courses

Faven Getnet and Rainey Sharp March 8, 2024

Every February, students are expected and reminded to complete course registration. Molly Mugge-Cozza, the GT Counselor at Smoky, has been taking students into meetings to discuss this. “So each...

2 of the selected featured books for Cherry Creek Reads written by Zaila Avant-garde

Cherry Creek Reads Week 2024

Faven Getnet, Staffer March 8, 2024

The Cherry Creek School District is now having its 6th year of 'Cherry Creek Reads' and is now coming to Smoky. Librarian Kyle Harmon said, “Reads week is a celebration of joy of reading across the...

Folger Theatre and Two River Theater Company - Macbeth

Review | Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’

Lily Gibson, Staffer March 7, 2024

Shakespeare is a well-known playwright of his many popular plays, such as Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and Hamlet, becoming known as an influential storyteller and writer in the English language. His name...

Spanish Language and Culture Course

Spanish Language and Culture Course

Isaac Orellana, Staffer March 6, 2024

Spanish Language and Culture is a class that teaches about common customs and traditions shared throughout all of Latin-America/Spanish speaking countries. Students who take this class often learn about...

College Fairs and Opportunities at Smoky

College Fairs and Opportunities at Smoky

Lily Gibson, Staffer March 5, 2024

Recently, Smoky has held a small college fair for students-- the Regional Officers of Admissions of the Rockies, 'ROAR' College Fair. The fair allowed students to get help registering and become more educated...

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